Do you think it does any of the following?
- Reinforces the lesson
- Teaches responsibility
- Prepares us for real life
- And more?
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I'm a recent high school grad, and I gotta say that only in the last 3 three years of my public school life did my homework actually make me a more knowledgeable and productive human being. Other than that, its mostly just busy work.
What do you think?
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Brought up by Gargantuan in this thread.
I'm a recent high school grad, and I gotta say that only in the last 3 three years of my public school life did my homework actually make me a more knowledgeable and productive human being. Other than that, its mostly just busy work.
What do you think?
[Sorry if this is already a poll, feel free to delete or move this thread.]
Brought up by Gargantuan in this thread.
I'm a recent high school grad, and I gotta say that only in the last 3 three years of my public school life did my homework actually make me a more knowledgeable and productive human being. Other than that, its mostly just busy work.
What do you think?
[Sorry if this is already a poll, feel free to delete or move this thread.]
Brought up by Gargantuan in this thread.
I'm a recent high school grad, and I gotta say that only in the last 3 three years of my public school life did my homework actually make me a more knowledgeable and productive human being. Other than that, its mostly just busy work.
What do you think?
[Sorry if this is already a poll, feel free to delete or move this thread.]
Brought up by Gargantuan in this thread.
I'm a recent high school grad, and I gotta say that only in the last 3 three years of my public school life did my homework actually make me a more knowledgeable and productive human being. Other than that, its mostly just busy work.
What do you think?
[Sorry if this is already a poll, feel free to delete or move this thread.]
I did the IB program and our homework was an extension of the class discussion which forced us to either exercise and apply what was taught or force us to think critically and apply the lesson etc.
Example: How to evaluate sources in history class. Go home and evaluate 3 sources on any topic.
etc.
Id say it was useful.
I cant speak for domestic high school homework.
It reinforces the lesson and teaches the responsibility of time management and deadlines. In the real world, that is what most people will live with to some degree or another: deadlines.
Also, the best types of homework will teach you how to learn something on your own in a disciplined fashion. How to break something up into smaller pieces and synthesize what you have learned, for example. Learning how to teach yourself is one of the greatest things a person can acquire.
Some kids might need to repeat things over and over to learn them, but in most cases homework is a total waste of time. If you learn the subject matter it shouldn't matter how you acquired that knowledge. For homework to make up the majority of our grading system is ridiculous. Assign it if you must, but there's no reason to penalize kids who are able to learn in other ways.
It doesn't teach responsibility, it teaches that mindless grunt work is more important than innovation or being right. It doesn't prepare us for real life, it turns our kids into sheeple.
I disagree. Grunt work is part of life. Being able to do grunt work (work you dislike) is part of learning responsibility. As Einstein said: Success is 5% inspiration, 95% perspiration. It's grunt work + innovation that makes for success. Very few people succeed because they are smart alone. Most successful people will tell you they work very hard to get what they have.
Not "necessary" eaxactly. There are people who never take risk or have a new idea in their life and still do well in life, enough to be qualified as "successful". But most successful people are innovative people who take risks. And America's education system is not that bad a place for innovation. In my experience it's much less rigid than other systems that concentrate too much on exams and as a result produce students that score well on international science or maths tests. There are pros and cons to both. Students need to both be well educated in the formal disciplines of Science and Maths, and have enough space to be creative and take risks.
Brought up by Gargantuan in this thread.
I'm a recent high school grad, and I gotta say that only in the last 3 three years of my public school life did my homework actually make me a more knowledgeable and productive human being. Other than that, its mostly just busy work.
What do you think?
[Sorry if this is already a poll, feel free to delete or move this thread.]
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