Homework is how schools reinforce the already too-large divide between the well-off and the poor. Think about which kids are most likely to have the time, resources (books, internet access, quiet time, well-lit space), and family support for getting their homework done vs. which ones are likely to be caring for younger siblings, working part time, dodging street gangs and bullets, and so on. Would you, as an adult, be happy in a job where you had to put in an 8-hour day at the office and then also be expected to bring another 2-3 hours’ worth of work home with you to boot? Homework stinks!
You don’t have to do homework, or have discipline, or be concerned with material things. Of course eating on a regular basis and having a place out of the rain gets to be a bit difficult under those conditions. It all depends on what you call success.
MS72 almost 7 years ago
a janitor’s work is never done, so deadlines are a bit of nonsense to him
amxchester almost 7 years ago
All a teacher has to do is say is deadline or auto mark down, and enforce it! Once or twice and no (semi-coherent) student tries it again.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Homework is how schools reinforce the already too-large divide between the well-off and the poor. Think about which kids are most likely to have the time, resources (books, internet access, quiet time, well-lit space), and family support for getting their homework done vs. which ones are likely to be caring for younger siblings, working part time, dodging street gangs and bullets, and so on. Would you, as an adult, be happy in a job where you had to put in an 8-hour day at the office and then also be expected to bring another 2-3 hours’ worth of work home with you to boot? Homework stinks!
GaryCooper almost 7 years ago
Yes, if anything that won’t kill you should be done … the possibilities are endless …
Bruce1253 almost 7 years ago
You don’t have to do homework, or have discipline, or be concerned with material things. Of course eating on a regular basis and having a place out of the rain gets to be a bit difficult under those conditions. It all depends on what you call success.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) almost 7 years ago
Well, the other side is this — the dead don’t get homework.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
The dead are beyond the problems and joys of the living.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
Frazz11· hrs ·
What does it say about us that there’s a word for ridiculous overstatement — hyperbole — but no such word as hypObole? I’m guessing not much.