Annual Parental Homework Whine...

[Chris_Wendt]

...now appearing on W-S Patch.

Read about it, here.

In addition to (literally) walking miles to/from school, I also did hours of homework every night. I am talking 2-4 hours most nights.
This left NO TIME FOR TEARS!

Later, in college, it was lights-out at 11PM, and there were more than a few nights my 3-4 hours of homework was not yet finished.
Crying was not an option, then, either. Getting up before Reveille was sounded to finish my work, that was the only option available.

Tough times? Not really, I mean, looking back from here.

Would you like a little cheese with that whine?

Still toughing-it-out....

Chris Wendt

[rr]

Chris - get ready for this...WE AGREE!

I'll leave it at that before I write something inflammatory - like....these people complaining about homework are probably the same people complaining that the Common Core should be eliminated and deciding to have the children opt-out of testing....ooops, I think I just went there.

[greda]

come on, who is Chris kidding? He was partying like a rock star back in the good old college days after lights out

[Chris_Wendt]

rr: we probably agree more and about more issues than either of us may recognize.

On topic, I think parents as well as students have a learning curve with things like homework assignments. Homework is not designed nor intended to be fun or even enjoyable; it is work, and often hard.

The earlier and sooner they (parents and students) grow accustomed to having, scheduling, and doing and checking homework, the better off they will all be for it. My four year old grandchild in full-day Kindergarten is fairly well acclimated to doing homework by virtue of having spent two years in nursery school, where they gave homework.

Regards,

Chris Wendt