Thunder

My child brought up a valuable point about teachers. She always has lots of homework but the teachers don't grade it when it comes back. I am worndering how they would feel if they went to work and did not get those hour paid out on their pay check what would they do?

Do you think it is fair for our children to not get graded on all homework turned in?

tater03

I have not run across that problem yet. So far my son's homework or the work he does has all been graded. I would want to see it graded just so I know what he might need more practice on. I would actually ask him/her why it is not graded?

theglyphon

Yes, that needs to be followed up on. Although it may not received a grade per se it should be corrected and commented on. Psychological experiments showed that practise alone does not produce very much learning, unless there is feedback about what is correct and what it not. I have always found that the teacher at least looked at it and offered comments on good and bad points.

sweet_mayhem

i think, too, a qualitative grade or comment is more important than a quantitative one. but overall, i'd be frustrated, too, if my daughter's teacher failed to do either.

happy2bg33k

Homework is such a tough issue. As both a teacher and a parent I am inclined to say that homework should only be to practice a learned skill, hopefully just for the kids who need to practice it. However the reality of our school systems sometimes is that teachers give homework to cover material they haven't been able to get to in class. That's hard to grade b/c if the students don't understand a non-taught topic then it's unfair to grade it.

TracyW

We are lucky ~ at the beginning of the year both of my sons teachers sent home a sheet outlining homework expectations and what we as parents should expect throughout the school year as far as his homework and the percentage of that would effect his grade. We are well into our 4th six weeks and they have been consistent in their expectations. JMO - If I were you ~ I would talk to your childs teacher and ask her expectations of homework and guidelines of grading it. Good Luck!

evilbrent

Uh, I'm still a few years away from this problem... but I'm planning on instructing my kid's teachers that my kids will be ignoring busy-work.

In your situation I would give my kid a signed note that reads "My child is excused from this homework because it would be a complete waste of her time. We'd rather she be out in the sunshine with her friends. Please only set homework in the future if it has educational value."

FooserX

lol @ previous poster.

You'd send a note that your child doesn't have to do the homework? Nice.

Why?

I agree that teachers SHOULD be checking homework and grading it...but it's also up to the parents to help out when they can. What's wrong with checking it yourself as a parent? I already give my son homework in pre-school just so he gets used to doing it.

He's fine doing it, even though it's not very fun. It's made him the smartest kid in his class, and I plan on continuing that trend so he is always a step ahead of all the other kids whose parents don't teach them things.

It's weird to see such perspectives, but to each his own.

fallon

I'm not really sure how you think this will go over. You child won't be excused from any work that the class is expected to do. what exactly do you consider busy work? Teachers aren't really in the bussiness of wasting time and probably won't take to kindly to a letter like that. If you aren't happy with the work your teacher is assigning, set up a meeting and have them explain to you the value of such assignments, I'm sure they're there for a reason

FooserX

No kidding Fallon!

Since when do teachers just make up homework just to waste everyone’s time? Is that part of the approved curriculum…homework that serves no purpose and doesn’t promote learning?