Every day, September 7th through June 12th, students must do homework.
Homework, obviously, is the assigned readings and written assignments.
Homework also is reviewing the day's classwork, correcting wrong answers on
quizzes and tests, reviewing (and, perhaps, recopying)the day's notes,
making a list of questions to ask the teacher concerning points which are not
understood, and reading a newpaper and/or watching the news on TV.
Homework, at the high school level, should take at least two hours. YES, at
least TWO (2) hours!!! If getting a good education is your TOP priority,
school work comes first and other activities are "fit in". There is plenty
of time for everything IF you balance your time appropriately.
Many teachers are handing out HW assignment sheets by the week/month.
Others are putting HW assignments and handouts on their web pages in
folders.
Please check there for more information.
Homework is again a major topic of pro and con conversation, even in the
media. Students are actually in class for a total of 4.5 hours daily in HS,
assuming they are taking 6 courses. The rest of the "at school experience"
is social, which is a necessary part of growing up.
From a learning perspective, it is impossible to learn what any young person
of any generation today or in the past needs to know in 4.5 hours, hence HW.
Especially today, HW should not be considered a "stress". Given the
Internet, every bit of HW should be done perfectly, with minimal effort, just
by "letting your fingers do the walking". Whatever percentage teachers apply
to HW should be a 100% grade. There is no excuse!!!
Monitor your kids Internet use; you are in total control!
