Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop homework

Re:Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop home... by yesimahuman on Thursday November 19, 2009 @09:52AM (#950314)

I'm not a parent so I can't say this from personal experience, but if you come home from work, do you want to still have a night full of more work, and better yet, do you want to deal with/feel the pain of your child having to? That's what college is for, not fucking elementary school. There is a limit to what's effective.

Also, studying all the time as a kid (or having a night full of homework every night) leaves you with less time to develop socially and hang out with friends. I don't want my kids to just hole themselves in their room all night doing homework.

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Re:Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop home... by dpcan on Friday November 20, 2009 @04:25AM (#952166)

I have 4 kids, homework or no homework, the work just begins when I get home from work (thankfully, I work for myself).

Elementary school should assign more homework. The kids actually enjoy it. Math games, story problems, reading fun stories. If they don't have homework, they actually CHOOSE to do something fun out of their workbooks. At that age, learning is fun.

Maybe it shouldn't be required or graded, but assigned and provided.

Later on, when they are more independent, I want their school work and homework to prepare them for college. Yes, this will require more of them academically.

There's always time for friends. Kids wouldn't have it any other way.

Maybe it's just the parent in me. I want my kids better prepared for college than I was, and I want them to have more and better opportunities than I had. I think hard schooling opens these doors.

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