For crying outloud the Kindergarden kids have homework these days. It’s not like my days when you didn’t need any bags to carry your homework home with.
^And although a lot of folks won’t want to hear this, most studies have shown that all that homework (not to be confused with larger out-of-class projects), has NO POSITIVE effects on learning whatsoever. It just doesn’t help kids do better. So the question is: why are we doing this?
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
Must contain some very heavy books.
flanders22 over 14 years ago
For crying outloud the Kindergarden kids have homework these days. It’s not like my days when you didn’t need any bags to carry your homework home with.
cdward over 14 years ago
My kids’ bags weigh upward of 50 pounds - I weighed them.
jmcenanly over 14 years ago
In some school districts, the school websites have the homework assignments to be handed in on the first day of class.
keltii over 14 years ago
i remember being told to carry homework home in a plastic grocery bag,,, now kids need pack mules!
ellisaana Premium Member over 14 years ago
If you add expected homework time to time spent in school, some school districts would have kids working 12 hour days.
It is no wonder some kids rebel and refuse to do their homework.
Everybody, kids especially, need downtime and time for play.
cdward over 14 years ago
^And although a lot of folks won’t want to hear this, most studies have shown that all that homework (not to be confused with larger out-of-class projects), has NO POSITIVE effects on learning whatsoever. It just doesn’t help kids do better. So the question is: why are we doing this?