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Polish pupils happy about new government limits on homework (www.euronews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No that wouldn't work at all. Kids would show up without having learned the concepts, except for the most studious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Education at later levels is pretty much all homework. Teachers go over tricky to understand parts and practical explanations whilst the child does the actual studying independently.

My kids grew up with homework and it was never received as much of a chore. Mostly was completed in less than an hour. The trick is to pay attention in class and do the homework pretty much as soon as it is assigned.

Now they are at university, having the ability to study independently is paying off.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Not sure of the ages of your children, but as a 52yo who grew up in the States, I averaged 2-3 hours of homework a night in grade school. They'd tell us "oh, it's only about 15-20 minutes per class" which doesn't sound terrible, except that it was more like 20-30 minutes of work x 4-6 classes. By 7th grade I burned out and realized that the world didn't end if I started skipping homework, and my test grades remained about the same. I just had to live with the stifling anxiety over getting in trouble for not getting my homework done.

Thankfully by the time my kids came along schools started pulling back on the volumes of unnecessary homework. I also never pressured them to get every assignment done, but instead asked them if they understood what they were doing. As adults having completed further educational programs, they did just fine. I'm glad that as time goes on, kids are getting more of a chance to be kids.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I can't imagine learing math without running equations myself. Once reading and math skills are proficient students need to be doing some independent study.