telegraph.co.uk — Teachers call for ban on homework for school children because the pressure to complete assignments makes pupils "unhappy and anxious". The stress of homework can students to resent school and fuel discipline problems.
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ulmedasMar 12, 2008
I am not sure about other school systems, but it is closer to ten months in New York. Even given that, 39K in NYC is not a lot of money to like with, and 25k in most rural areas is down right pitiful. Since the system is designed around kids not attending school in the summer, the teachers should work as gas station attendants while school is not in session, so as to pay off ridiculous student loan debt?
wiihuckMar 14, 2008
Evaluating research is not being soft. Making data-driven decisions is not soft.Giving kids too much of something that doesn't work is not an intelligent approach to education. Head-in-the-sand, this-is-what-seems-like-it-should-work tradition is what has led to the downfall of education.
onyxblazeMar 22, 2008
Really? Well, I was just pointing out that I am making it as difficult as I am allowed, and it remains easy.
onyxblazeMar 22, 2008
In response to kerringore, Right now, tests are worth 20% of my grade in most classes. I can do the homework, and I have started. It is not difficult, just a waste of time.
redwritinghoodMar 24, 2008
And what's going to happen when they grow up to be adults who don't think they should have to do anything they don't want to do? I taught at a school in 1999 where the other teachers told me, "Don't assign homework; the kids won't do it." I assigned homework and 45% of my 9th graders failed the first nine weeks. The principal pulled me in and asked what I was doing. "Assigning homework, " I said. He told me I couldn't give any assignment the kids couldn't finish in class. I had to comply, but I asked how this was preparing them for the real world. Busy work for the sake of busy work is a waste of everyone's time. But real, thought-provoking homework teaches kids to think critically. That's what we need -- critical thinkers.
mhmdkhamisJun 7, 2008
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maqikelefantDec 27, 2008
How in the hell is 30 minutes ridiculous. It is a small fraction of the time they have at their disposal each day. If they can't handle 30 minutes, how the hell can they ever handle 4-6 hours a night in college/grad school? It's called discipline, and it's important.
lordxykonMay 29, 2009
I think that, once upon a time, pressurised/zed was only used in technical language, e.g. a pressurised container.