Formally withdrawing child from homework

Mojisola

j.e.j. wrote: »

I would like to formally withdraw myself from housework.
Anyone care to join me?

Already done that - we have a cleaner. (Forced on me because of poor health but it is lovely when when she's been through the house!)

milliebear00001

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Peer assessment/marking is totally wrong.. it gives other children the opportunity to bully/ridicule/whatever others by highlighting their lack of understanding or makes others feel a failure when they 'mark' a 100% correct one and they get 25% for example.. if teachers can't be bothered to mark the work they shouldn't set it.. we have also had teachers marking stuff right when it isn't and vice versa.. or just not bothering.. it must be a tedious task but part and parcel of the job they knew about before training.

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Haha! I do love a parent who thinks they're an expert on teaching and learning despite: only having personal experiences as their basis for opinion*, never having trained, having never looked at a piece of educational research, never having taught and never having been inside a classroom/spoken to a teacher for longer than a ten minute parents' evening appointment...

*axe to grind

Mojisola

milliebear00001 wrote: »

Haha! I do love a parent who thinks they're an expert on teaching and learning despite: only having personal experiences as their basis for opinion*, never having trained, having never looked at a piece of educational research, never having taught and never having been inside a classroom/spoken to a teacher for longer than a ten minute parents' evening appointment...

*axe to grind

I'm a trained teacher and of the same opinion as pigpen.

valk_scot

pigpen wrote: »

Uniform is not compulsory at any state primary school so they cannot enforce it. So long as a child is dressed appropriately that is all that has to be adhered to. The school can say they prefer children to be in uniform but there is nothing they can do if the parents refuse. They can say no jewellery/heels etc as a safety issue but a top with a school logo is not safer than one without.

That's just what I said in the following sentence, surely? The school can't sanction her in any way. In the meantime her classmates (including my DD) moan constantly about how N doesn't have to wear uniform so why do they? It's not great for the overall sense of community in the class. It's not as if N's parents can't afford it either, or that N has any special needs that require different handling, it's that she doesn't want to and her mother won't make her, for whatever reason. And what N wears is not suitable for school, not in the least, it's skimpy party gear and high heels, usually.

bestpud

milliebear00001 wrote: »

Haha! I do love a parent who thinks they're an expert on teaching and learning despite: only having personal experiences as their basis for opinion*, never having trained, having never looked at a piece of educational research, never having taught and never having been inside a classroom/spoken to a teacher for longer than a ten minute parents' evening appointment...

*axe to grind

Do you also love parents/teachers who assume anyone with a different opinion from their own knows absolutely nothing about the subject in question?

milliebear00001

Mojisola wrote: »

I'm a trained teacher and of the same opinion as pigpen.

Which opinion?
The one where she accuses any teacher who uses peer marking of being too lazy to mark?

milliebear00001

bestpud wrote: »

Do you also love parents/teachers who assume anyone with a different opinion from their own knows absolutely nothing about the subject in question?

I assume anyone who forms an opinion based on nothing but personal experience as not having an opinion that's based on much - if that's what you mean?

bestpud

milliebear00001 wrote: »

I assume anyone who forms an opinion based on nothing but personal experience as not having an opinion that's based on much - if that's what you mean?

How do you know pigpen hasn't read any educational research and/or spoken to a teacher, or anyone else for that matter, about peer marking?

Isn't that you making assumptions about a parent based on your personal opinion?

milliebear00001

bestpud wrote: »

How do you know pigpen hasn't read any educational research and/or spoken to a teacher, or anyone else for that matter, about peer marking?

Isn't that you making assumptions about a parent based on your own personal opinion?

Pigpen has expressed her opinions (and knowledge/experiences of education) many times on these forums. Perhaps she has some insight ito peer marking that my Masters in teaching and learning missed out though.

valk_scot

koalamummy wrote: »

I totally understand this as I was in her position almost 30 years ago. However when you finish these you are still left with a lot of free time. This is again intensified if the child in question is an avid reader which means that the spelling element has little if any impact as these words are already fully familiar, also the write sentences part is effortless as prior reading helps put it in context and make it natural text/language.

I don't think DD has ever got to the end of the extension exercises in class, her teacher said at the start of the year that she was going to "stretch" DD and she wasn't kidding, she's an endless source of extension stuff. DD moaned at first because she liked to be sitting there looking smug when she'd finished ahead of the others, now she regards it as a challenge. She got put in the accelerated maths class too. It's just an ordinary state school in a very average area but they're committed to putting a fair bit of effort into the bright kids instead of pouring all the resources into the bottom end as often happens.

She only gets the standard homework though, it's usually done and dusted in half the set time, I glance over it and that's that. I do actually think the homework is a bit of a waste of her time because she finds it too easy but it's good for her to sit down and do it nightly, plus all her classmates have to do it so why shouldn't she?

It's a change actually, getting DS to settle to his homework at the same age was akin to pulling teeth. But I was determined he should get into a homework routine, it's good for them even in primary years to develop the habit of prioritising homework and not just cramming it into the corners because they don't want to or they've got a better offer. He's not as naturally bright as his sister either, he really needs to have good study habits to make the top grades. The doing of the homework is as important or more so than the actual homework imho.