Zone1 Should Little Kids Get Homework?

[DakotaKai_fan20]

Excuse me? You mean they actually did it for you and not just helped you with it? How did you ever learn anything then?

I had regular in school work that I did. I just didn't do homework. And I am self teaching myself to this day.

 

[Road Runner]

I had regular in school work that I did. I just didn't do homework. And I am self teaching myself to this day.

So then do you see how that didn't wind up working in your best interest?

 

[Lisa558]

Excuse me? You mean they actually did it for you and not just helped you with it? How did you ever learn anything then?

IKR? Horrible parents. And the dummy is BRAGGING about it?

My weak spot was math, and my dad was in the STEM field. (By “weak,” I mean I got a C - unacceptable in my home.) He certainly didn’t DO my homework for me; we sat for at least an hour every night after dinner with him trying to teach me.

 

[Lisa558]

I had regular in school work that I did. I just didn't do homework. And I am self teaching myself to this day.

Shameful. If the school assigned homework to kids, then having one’s parents do it is cheating.

 

[Road Runner]

IKR? Horrible parents. And the dummy is BRAGGING about it?

My weak spot was math, and my dad was in the STEM field. (By “weak,” I mean I got a C - unacceptable in my home.) He certainly didn’t DO my homework for me; we sat for at least an hour every night after dinner with him trying to teach me.

The grades I got were the ones that I deserved in my house although I did get help with my homework when I asked for it, but my parents never actually did it for me. Btw, math is my worst subject too for the record and that was special education math.

 

[Muhammed]

I just found this article and I found it to be completely one hundred percent ridiculous. Sometimes I would have a couple to a few hours of homework when I was a kid but once I got it finished then I could have fun.


I say that homework prepares kids for the real world of when they have to work on bills and taxes. It also teaches them about work before play. It's like seriously! Give me a break!

Mom shares how her first grader's homework on the second day of school broke his spirit

"It's breaking their spirit and it robs them of what little fun and family time they have when they come home after a long day of school."

www.upworthy.com

Homework for a first grader? WTF? That's just wrong.

 

[Road Runner]

Homework for a first grader? WTF? That's just wrong.

Please tell me that you're being sarcastic.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Homework just eats away at children's freedom. I had my mother and late father did my homework for me until the end of 2012-2013 school year. My father passed away in February of 2013. For the 2013-2014 school year to the 2018-2019 school year, I had a virtual charter school, thus no homework. I don't remember anything I was taught in middle and elementary school, because none will affect my future job, a security officer. Did any of my homework that my parents done will actually help a security guard? No. Also how does trigonometry, mathematics, History, Science, Biology, or chemistry help me be a security guard? It doesn't.

My Dad did my homework all the time. If I did my homework he threw it out and did it himself. After many years I realized that it wasn't to help me. It was to make himself feel like he was helping me.

You have no idea how your education has helped you interpret the world around you.

 

[Winco]

Sorry-ass "teachers" that don't want to teach IMHO.

There are very few of them.

It's not life for those of us that made the scarifies so our kids never saw the inside of a public school.

Well aren't you Special.

 

[Road Runner]

My Dad did my homework all the time. If I did my homework he threw it out and did it himself. After many years I realized that it wasn't to help me. It was to make himself feel like he was helping me.

So you actually wanted to do your own homework but your dad wouldn't let you? Wow, no offense, but some of you guys had rotten parents.


I hated doing homework as a kid and I don't think any kid actually likes it but in the end it's in the child's best interest for them to do homework and for them to do it themselves.


As it's one thing to receive help but the homework is for the child not their parents and it's like Lisa558 already said, it's cheating if the parents do it for their kids and it's not teaching them anything in the end.

 

[Rawley]

No homework that would take more than a half hour to do other than special projects.

Hours' worth of homework is total BS.

For a first grader

 

[Road Runner]

For a first grader

Yeah but complaining that it's about an hour's worth for first grade is making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

IKR? Horrible parents. And the dummy is BRAGGING about it?

My weak spot was math, and my dad was in the STEM field. (By “weak,” I mean I got a C - unacceptable in my home.) He certainly didn’t DO my homework for me; we sat for at least an hour every night after dinner with him trying to teach me.

I did learn everything I needed to, just math I fell down. That's why I went into law. No math.

 

[Rawley]

Yeah but complaining that it's about an hour's worth for first grade is making a mountain out of a molehill.

An hour for a first grader is pretty ridiculous. 10 minutes - no problem.

 

[Road Runner]

An hour for a first grader is pretty ridiculous.

Why's that?

 

[Rawley]

Why's that?

Burnout. They just spent 6+ hours in a classroom, for the first time on their lives. I likes the metric cited in your link - 10 minutes per grade level.

 

[Road Runner]

Burnout. They just spent 6+ hours in a classroom, for the first time on their lives.

What if it's not their first day of school though?

 

[jotathought]

At third grade and below….None
You have them for six hours a day, do your job

Are you against 1st - 3rd graders learning how to write outside the classroom as an assignment? Practice how to spell their name?

These were basic homework assignments I did as a 1st-3rd grade at home (late 70s), as well as both of my children (between 2008 - 2015).

 

[rightwinger]

Are you against 1st - 3rd graders learning how to write outside the classroom as an assignment? Practice how to spell their name?

These were basic homework assignments I did as a 1st-3rd grade at home (late 70s), as well as both of my children (between 2008 - 2015).

Teach them inside the classroom

 

[jotathought]

Teach them inside the classroom

Sure, and ensure those children grasp the concept of writing by assigning homework. Write your name 5-10 times, and often, this is done by tracing with marks to spell your name. Baltimore high-school graduates could have used this as a building block for the high-rate of graduates who aren't proficient in basic writing, reading and math.