Posted on 09/27/2022 9:25:40 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Didn’t they know, homework is racist? /sarcasm
But they don’t give up on indoctrination.
Maybe years and years and years of telling kids “You can turn it in later...just get it to me before the school year ends” and “You did poorly on the test? No problem, I’ll give you a make-up test” have taught the kids some important lessons?
Like performance doesn’t matter, timeliness doesn’t matter, and nobody gives a sh!t.
Union rules?
The solution, says Karen?
Pour MORE money into public schools and teachers’ unions.
Why would it be fair for a teacher to spend 80% of their time on 20% of the students?
The valdictorian of my high school class of 1972, went on to get a business degree in college in three years. Came back to our small town work as a bookkeeper until he recently retired.
He would be the first to tell you that on his job he never used the algebra, geometry, chemistry, and biology he excelled at in high school.
The point is to teach you how to think, and develop a good BS Meter.
I taught high school for one year, for a teacher that was out on maternity leave.
I realized I could read the entire textbook myself in a weekend. This was the curriculum for the entire year.
So, since I had them 3 days a week I reviewed and explained the material the first day. We worked the homework problems the second day, the 3rd day was a test.
They all got good grades, because I didn’t rely on them going away to learn it on their own.
It worked for me. (Earth Science, 9th grade)
Don’t, like, try to teach her, like, English.
Privileged families. IOW married parents. Working parents. Parents who graduated high school maybe even college so value education
I helped my daughter through her math difficulties by sitting and working every problem with her
Even in Hollis where there are so many minorities
GIVE ME A FAT BREAK! I grew up poor as dirt and I did my homework. I am sick and tired of this 'poor' not being able to do stuff like HOMEWORK....................
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The article works from the assumption that "fairness" is the most important outcome.
It is not the most important outcome.
The most important outcome is basic literacy and competence.
It may be even more important to maximize the education of the most talented with math and science and ability to focus on problems: those are the small percentage who move us forward.
Capitalism does a great deal to reward the productive, which is why it is so wildly successful.
Attacking the problem by encouraging stable families is another way to improve the outcomes.
I told my kids from Day One, the School and the teachers are not responsible for your education, YOU ARE!
That sounds kinda "white" to me.
Not an issue of equality, an issue of effort and success. We all are not born with the capacity to an I.Q. over 150, and that only covers certain topics. We have two sides of the brain. One covers facts the other creativity. People are not equally as strong in both sides. Some people can afford Harvard or Princeton. Some are looking for a job right out of high school.
So as cited by Amelga (2012) notes that 93% of middle school students aim to attend college, but only 44% enroll eventually, and only 26% graduate. But as for preparation, high schools appear to be doing a decent job of preparing students for success in college as about four out of every five respondents feel their high schools properly prepared them. Grand Canyon University’s (GCU) survey shows average preparedness level on a 0-10 scale is 7.1. (GCU, 2021) But it is equally displayed about the attitude of students, teachers, administrations, and parents that push a student across the line to success. And that’s where it fails or succeeds.
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