Sunflower89 wrote:
Midnightstar16 wrote:
Kuraudo7777 wrote:
I don't understand the point of assigning kids more work to do at home. When my mum homeschooled me, I only did extra work if I had a bit to finish up.
I think it's dumb too. But my teacher used to tell me that learning is 24/7 and that they don't want you to forget overnight.
I never got enough sleep when I had all that homework. I had to go to sleep and not do it all and turned everything in late.
I have a friend who never got enough sleep as a kid, especially in high school, because he always had so many after-school activities plus homework. Somehow, he managed to do it all, more or less, most of the time. But he was always so tired. No idea how he managed it.
And how he managed to chat with me so often after school on top of all that. I couldn't have done it.
The homework thing is simple really. They want kids spending more time learning their specific, limited curriculum, but they don't want to extend their working schoolday to do it. Enter homework.
Somewhat along the lines of what Kuraudo is saying, I think it'd be cool to have some more open homework assignments. For these, the kids would have to actually pursue some interest of their own, find ways to learn about it, and report back to the class. It'd be interesting to see what all the different students would choose as their interests and how some of the projects would someday affect their life choices. Imagine how many more students would turn in their homework if they found a useful interest they actually cared about.