The school year's almost half over...

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The school year's almost half over...
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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 7:47pm
Is your work status working for you wrt

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:01pm

The post that you totally agreed with, to which I was responding to, wasn't talking about your children...it was about mine.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:04pm
I dont have a 12 year old yet, my ten year old the fourth grader yes, Iam invovled, and plan on staying that way so i know what they are learning.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:08pm

Please define responsible.


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Then I don't understand your definition of responsible, since it certainly sounds like they are not responsible, as you oversee, go over, check for mistakes, neatness, review

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:13pm

Yes it DOES imply that they are not doing the homework independently. If a child is dependent on your help and intervention in order for homework to be completed, then he isn't independent. There is more to doing it independently than just being the one to supply the answer. Doing it independently also means remembering to do it even in the absence of a parent verifying that it was done. And it means independently checking his own answers to make sure he didn't skip any questions, miss the problems that were on the back of the page or otherwise make errors that are just "going too quick" mistakes rather than lack-of-knowledge mistakes.

If you didn't ask about the homework and didn't verify that it was done and no questions were skipped over, would he remember to do it and remember to proofread it? If he's never had the chance, you don't know if the answer is "yes".

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:19pm

<<If a parent is actually doing the homework the kid is leatning nothing, not sure how checking homework would stop the learning process?>>


Checking the homework is part of doing the homework.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:21pm
I realize that but i was answering for my children, I cannt answer for your's.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:22pm

Sorry, I misread one of your posts....I thought you stated something about a 12 year old.


So homework is a measuring stick of how involved one is with a child's education?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:25pm

Then why are you totally agreeing with a judgmental post about my children?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:27pm

You have got to be kidding me they do it all on their own. I do not do it for them i wind down with them and go over what they are learning I teach them to be responsible for their homework. To do it neatly and in a timley manner, to be respectful.

They have a certain time everynite they do homework until a certain time...at 7:00 say it is homework time at 7:30 they are done. I have done nothing for them in that time, unless they need help on a assignment. Many times i make them skip the question they are stuck on and go back.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:42pm
Would they do it even if you DIDN'T check up on them or assign them a time to do it? That would be true responsibility.

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