Re:How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids from How to ‘Do School’ Could Im...
by Animats on Sunday December 21, 2014 @03:02AM
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There's a delightful article which I can't find at the moment about a mother who did her middle school daughter's homework alongside her for a week. Her daughter advised her "memorize, don't understand". There's not enough time for understanding.
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Re:How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids from How to ‘Do School’ Could Im...
by ColinWright on Sunday December 21, 2014 @04:23AM
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It was a father:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/10/my-daugh...
Re:How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids from How to ‘Do School’ Could Im...
by jacalata on Sunday December 21, 2014 @05:22AM
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He never really explained why his daughter couldn't start homework before 8pm, which I thought displayed a curious lack of acknowledgement that it was a late time to start - homework she started at 4pm (like I had to at her age) wouldn't be cutting into her 8 hours of sleep even if it took 4 or 5 hours. Is she doing required school activities? Watching TV at home alone because her parents are at work? Doing three kinds of dance lessons they signed her up for? Although he does at one point mention that "she already worked on Spanish that afternoon" so I'm not sure if she does and he didn't count that time? Just seemed like he was being a little myopic about the issue.