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Parents against homework!?!

CBC News - Consumer Life - Calgary family negotiates homework ban

Interesting article. I have half a mind to agree with the parents in this article. Homework has become just a thing to do, and it does seem sometimes like the teachers are giving it just because. However, I think that class time should be used to teach. My tax dollars aren't being well spent if my child is just in a classroom working by themselves. I expect that my child is being taught, talked to, nurtured. I think that some of their actual schoolwork should be sent home. And parents should be letting them do it. Helping is one thing, doing it for them is another. I've seen far too many educated kids go out into the real world having no idea how to self-motivate. They are waiting for someone to tell them exactly what to do, and how to do it. I think that homework is an integral part of building this ability in kids. So parents - make your kids do their homework. Help them if they need it, but they need to figure it out!
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