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Re:Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop home... by shpxnvz on Thursday November 19, 2009 @11:51AM (#950537)
Not sure how I misunderstood. It sounded like he was irritated that it was his job to ensure his children completed their assignments by being forced to check and sign something, and would rather that they be taught, in school, to handle that responsibility themselves.

My point, probably poorly expressed, was that it's not realistic to expect the school to instill that sense of responsibility in the child, and that the "check and sign this" policy is really just a gentle encouragement to parents to take an active role in their education.

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Re:Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop home... by shelfoo on Friday November 20, 2009 @03:11PM (#953286)
I understand what you're saying, and perhaps I came off as not wanting anything to do with my childrens education, which is definitely not what I meant.

I guess what I was getting at with the irritated part is that without my signature on the homework, it's deemed 'incorrect/incomplete'. This is teaching my children that they must rely on me for their own success. It's not that the school is not teaching responsibility (agreed that's my job), but that it's teaching dependence.

I also suspect that in many cases the work itself isn't looked at, a signature from me is looked for and that's it. If that's the case, it's a situation where the school is giving homework for the sake of giving homework, which I don't think is correct.

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