nytimes.com — If the parents do not comply, Mr. Frye tells them, their child’s grade may suffer — a threat on which he has made good only once in the three years he has been making such assignments. The point, he said, is to keep parents involved in their children’s ’ education well into high school.
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heypetrayOct 8, 2007
Does it not suck enough having 15 kids???
frostbytOct 8, 2007
He can't be that smart if he still works for a public school. I bet the top 10% of the public schools rate about the lower 30% of private schools.The strong live off the land. The smart live off the strong.
prockcoreOct 8, 2007
He already babysits your dumbass kids for 7 hours a day.
wattersmOct 9, 2007
Maybe that should tell you something. People remember what they need to, I don't remember half the crap I learned in school but then again I don't need to since I never use it.
pluvoOct 9, 2007
I guess I'm in the minority here in that I think this is a great idea.I'm a single Dad & not only do I help my daughter with her homework, but I give here extra. When I pick her up on Friday, I come to class & chat with her teacher for a few minutes about the weekly goings-on. When we get home I go through her homework folder & spelling list.There are a bunch of resources on the net, especially the home schooling sites. I make word searches for her spelling words & print out math worksheets based on where they are in class. I also have bookmarks on her Google page for online flash cards & other educational stuff. I also have her read for 1/2 hour a day.I realize that I'm an anomaly. I'm the only Dad in a sea of Moms that volunteers at school. I'd home school if I could, but aside from having to work for a living, anything past 6th grade would be beyond my reach. Let's face it, I can't remember all those dates or capitals or whatever.I've printed this story out & I'm bring it to parent-teacher conferences this week. I'd love my daughter's teacher to do something like this.
plugmanOct 11, 2007
Good for you. What a great Dad! I'll bet your daughter knows the most valuable things of all: how to think, & how to learn. I wish you both continued success.
punch405Oct 12, 2007
Helping is mostly just making sure she does it.
Closed AccountDec 5, 2007
Or maybe because he actually cares?
torysgirl91Jan 9, 2008
Gee, thanks. Ever since I've had homework (starting when I lived in England), my dad (and now step-mom) have been correcting my homework (99% of the time they correct my right answers, and never the 1 or 2 I get wrong.) and reprimanding me for making mistakes. I teach them what we are learning in school at the time, because they don't know. I spent several months teaching my father proofs last year (my favorite thing in math...my dad's obsessed with conic sections though). They always say that it's me, my friends, my peers that are stupid. They say they would get straight As. So yes, I would get great enjoyment out of putting their boasting to the test. They laugh at me for struggling, why should I not be allowed to laugh at them?
lirielMar 4, 2008
MoonDog is SO VERY RIGHT. I wish they'd put these gung-ho power tripping teachers in check before this goes too far . . . before this 'I have all the power because I'm a teacher' disease spreads. :)
lirielMar 4, 2008
Your comment was clearly a cry for attention and designed to inspire replies so here you go:It's not about how much free time a parent has. It's about a teacher crossing the line, taking away someone else's freedom to do what they wish with their OWN free time. Parent's should be able to help their children because they want to NOT because they are forced to. If everything becomes about force like this, then there won't be much that is genuine left in the end. This is the wrong path for teachers/schools to take. There you got yet another comment on your flame, ...happy now :P :}~
lirielMar 4, 2008
I see that you live up to your user name. Who is anyone to say what someone else should do on their own time at home. The only people that spend any time talking about what others should do with their OWN time are the same people who belong in a dictatorship.
lirielMar 4, 2008
Exactly.
lirielMar 4, 2008
You are so right. Parents send their kids for these people to teach. They really have forgotten who's employing whom here. They are already crossing so many lines.
lirielMar 4, 2008
That's right. A parent's level of involvement should have no affect on how the school treats the students. Sadly, in many ways, it already does though. Teachers don't seem as helpful or as nice to the students with parents that they don't like. We really should screen teachers better but I suppose with such a great demand for teachers, a lot of the trash will get through.
lirielMar 4, 2008
Rustbelt is wrong.
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