Re: first day of kindergarten and homework!

In article <Xns9821534A61029enigmaempirenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
enigma <enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <Xns9820DA5AB1E53enigmaempirenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
enigma <enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

this is another reason why my kid is not ever going to
public school...
kindergarteners should not have any homework. zero. zip.

Because there are lots of private schools out there with
no-homework policies, right? Riiiiight.

ok, so Boo skipped kindergarten & is going from preschool to
first grade, but in his school there is no kindy homework.

DS1 is in kindy at our local public school, where homework is 10 mins of
reading (which we do at bedtime). Officially, they get a small amount of
homework in this second half of the year, but we have seen only one such piece
of homework in 5 weeks!

in lower elementary he will have spelling homework (handed out
on Mon for Fri), possibly some maths if he doesn't finish during
class

I personally think that that is an improper way to issue homework: it
penalises the slower children.

seriously, i have no respect for teachers that either can't
teach what needs to be learned in a 7 hour day, or send home
'busywork' because parents expect junior to have homework.

Ditto here. I just think your assumptions are simplistic.

Public school = bad, lots of homework and
Private school = good, no homework

do not seem terribly realistic ways to approach education.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue
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