Homework with teenagers
Let me just say this one thing. Homework
should be banned. I am a mother to 5 children and a I’m a teacher; I rarely set
homework, research maybe.
The reason being is I am not my children’s
teacher when it comes to homework. I learnt maths differently than they did, I
had to go to the library to research things and I don’t believe just ‘googling’
something is always accurate.
When the kids come home from school with
their home/coursework, the teacher does not provide me with a copy of their
aims and objectives for the lesson and kids being kids (well mine anyway) do
the absolute minimum necessary to complete their homework.
What is annoying me at the moment is my
son’s private school, who we pay to educate him in boarding school and who know
we are in the middle of relocating from South Africa to Dubai over Christmas
have sent over tonnes of home/coursework for him to complete. Most of it has to
be completed online and the hotel wifi isn’t the best in regards to speed for
downloading and connectivity.
As with the other children I’m fighting a
battle to get this work down, he sits GCSE’s in 2015 then A levels. I had the
same battles eith the other children, it hasn’t got any easier, I’m still
wondering why I’m paying all this money for my sons education, especially as I
only see him 4 times a year maximum and the entire visit each time, I’m nagging
him to do homework..
Hubby has a solution he offered to the 15
year old this week, after seeing the pressure I was under that if he passes his
GCSE’s to include English and Maths, he’ll buy him an Iphone 6 plus.
Now I wish I’d thought of bribary earlier.
It would have saved a lot of hassle.
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