I don't sit down every night and help my child with her homework. I check her homework every night, send her back to look at it again if she gets something wrong, and help her if she can't figure it out on her own. If she really needed me to go through the homework every night, I would do that.
I'm talking about what we do at our school, what the philosophy is and why I think it works for us. I understand that there are other views on this subject. I'm not suggesting that I think everybody should do what I do, just what I think parents at my school (where this is the philosophy) should do.
You did not offend me. I was just trying to alert you to how ingrained some of your assumptions have become. I do understand, as I already said. It is like when dd's teachers think I am a former go-go dancer because I look Polish to them and speak their language badly. Given their context and experience it is a completely reasonable assumption. To me it is funny, but others might feel differently.
How do you think it will help an ESL, low-income, disadvantaged kid to have his possibly illiterate parents who do not speak English try to help him with his home work? You have said several times, as far as I remember, that those parents can not really help their kids.
I was not suggesting that you should stop helping your child. That was not the point at all.
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In our experience, yes.
PumpkinAngel
I don't sit down every night and help my child with her homework. I check her homework every night, send her back to look at it again if she gets something wrong, and help her if she can't figure it out on her own. If she really needed me to go through the homework every night, I would do that.
I'm talking about what we do at our school, what the philosophy is and why I think it works for us. I understand that there are other views on this subject. I'm not suggesting that I think everybody should do what I do, just what I think parents at my school (where this is the philosophy) should do.
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Speaking from someone who lives in a more
PumpkinAngel
I consider my child's homework and projects part of her education, so I view it as such.
Yes, of course there are many ways to be hands-on in a child's education.
Frustration at working at a slower pace, frustration at spending time waiting to move on to the next concept...
PumpkinAngel
Most mornings there was a parent volunteer in the classroom, please remember that this was 15 years ago, lol.
You did not offend me. I was just trying to alert you to how ingrained some of your assumptions have become. I do understand, as I already said. It is like when dd's teachers think I am a former go-go dancer because I look Polish to them and speak their language badly. Given their context and experience it is a completely reasonable assumption. To me it is funny, but others might feel differently.
How do you think it will help an ESL, low-income, disadvantaged kid to have his possibly illiterate parents who do not speak English try to help him with his home work? You have said several times, as far as I remember, that those parents can not really help their kids.
I was not suggesting that you should stop helping your child. That was not the point at all.
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