Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Did you do your homework?

30 minutes of reading
Spelling, wb. p. 92
Math, wb. p. H7-8 and Review 1-10 Sciencedrill
test Thursday (Unit B, Chapter
Math test Thursday (Chapter 7)


This is my daughter’s 3rd grade homework assignment. All teachers (grades 1-8 ) are to post the homework for that day on the Internet.
I guess the days are gone when your mom or dad would ask you if you have any homework and you might say something like “no not really”. Now the parents check on line just to make sure. I’m not sure if I like this idea or not. I don’t know why but I just feel a little funny when my wife or myself double check and make sure my daughters homework statements are accurate. Or maybe I’m making too big of deal out of this.

2 comments:

unca said...

I can see both sides to this. When the school system wants to put up a web cam in your home to make sure your daughter actually does her homework -- that's crossing the line.

Happy Birthday! said...

I just feel sorry for kids because they have so much homework today. In elementary school, my homework took me like 38 seconds. But it doesn't seem like kids are learning that much more, even with all their homework...I dunno. As for the web site thing, I think it does seem kind of convenient to have it posted online. Then the forgetful kid can check it in case he/she has forgotten during the bus ride home or whatever. But the web cam in the room, yeah, I'm against that. :)