That would definitely explain my parents' high involvement in my education. A's were expected, and anything else meant we weren't trying hard enough. Heck, anything less than perfect was seen as there being room for improvement. Once in high school, I got a report card that had four 100s, a 98, and a 96. My dad looked at it, pointed to the 96 and said (jokingly) "What happened here?" At least I think he was joking.
You seem to have come out ok anyway, but I really don't think that is a healthy approach. I have always told dd that her responsibility is to learn and to get as much as she can out of school. It has always been clear to both of us that doing this is not necessarily the same as getting As.
Travs mom and I have had similar experiences. When I volunteered in my sons' 1st grade class, it was generally during journal writing time and I would walk around the room helping the kids. They would raise a hand, I would walkover and they would ask me a question, sometimes it was "How do I spell x?", sometimes it was "I can't find my eraser.", Sometimes it was I'm done (but they had only written three words- so I would tell them "Try a bit more". Sometimes they needed something stapled. Sometimes, I needed to redirect them to their own paper. Things like that.
In third grade, I volunteered during reading time and I would take a group out to the Pod and we would play a strategy game that involved more reading than math. At the same time, the teacher would be with a reading group doing the reading lesson and the Reading Specialist would take her students at that time. We would switch every 20 minutes or so.
In kindergarten,the kindergarten teacher had three tables set up for small group activities. The kindergarten teacher would be at one, the assistant would be at one and a parent would be at one. The teacher would do a reading exercise, the assistant would do a spelling or word play exercise and the parent would do another simple exercise or game that involved wordplay.
Any of the things I have ever volunteered for have been the same things an involved parent at home does when their child is doing homework. Gentle guidance, redirections to stay on task, help spelling a word, playing a fun game that involves critical thinking........
In the posts where you describe how the school wants you to check the homework, how there are family projects that need to be completed, about the ELL students, it's not a big deal then?
<<You're the one who's acting like checking your child's homework is some major thing.>>
Now I'm not allowed to respond to others because that's guiding the debate?
Really, whatever personal problem you have with my posts, that can easily be handled by simply ignoring them instead of making snarky personal comments about them.
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That would definitely explain my parents' high involvement in my education. A's were expected, and anything else meant we weren't trying hard enough. Heck, anything less than perfect was seen as there being room for improvement. Once in high school, I got a report card that had four 100s, a 98, and a 96. My dad looked at it, pointed to the 96 and said (jokingly) "What happened here?" At least I think he was joking.
Those are great.
Chris
The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett
Travs mom and I have had similar experiences. When I volunteered in my sons' 1st grade class, it was generally during journal writing time and I would walk around the room helping the kids. They would raise a hand, I would walkover and they would ask me a question, sometimes it was "How do I spell x?", sometimes it was "I can't find my eraser.", Sometimes it was I'm done (but they had only written three words- so I would tell them "Try a bit more". Sometimes they needed something stapled. Sometimes, I needed to redirect them to their own paper. Things like that.
In third grade, I volunteered during reading time and I would take a group out to the Pod and we would play a strategy game that involved more reading than math. At the same time, the teacher would be with a reading group doing the reading lesson and the Reading Specialist would take her students at that time. We would switch every 20 minutes or so.
In kindergarten,the kindergarten teacher had three tables set up for small group activities. The kindergarten teacher would be at one, the assistant would be at one and a parent would be at one. The teacher would do a reading exercise, the assistant would do a spelling or word play exercise and the parent would do another simple exercise or game that involved wordplay.
Any of the things I have ever volunteered for have been the same things an involved parent at home does when their child is doing homework. Gentle guidance, redirections to stay on task, help spelling a word, playing a fun game that involves critical thinking........
<<Where on earth did I say it was a big deal?>>
In the posts where you describe how the school wants you to check the homework, how there are family projects that need to be completed, about the ELL students, it's not a big deal then?
<<You're the one who's acting like checking your child's homework is some major thing.>>
Nope, never said that.
PumpkinAngel
Now I'm not allowed to respond to others because that's guiding the debate?
Really, whatever personal problem you have with my posts, that can easily be handled by simply ignoring them instead of making snarky personal comments about them.
PumpkinAngel
that's nice.
<<I don't think that help has to be from other resources.>>
I agree, I don't either, that's not what I said.
PumpkinAngel
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You said that the ELL parents have
PumpkinAngel
thank you.
one district we lived in actually had a written "philosophy" about homework.
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