Spring Break homework rant...

[Goldeneagle]

I hate school now almost as bad as I did when I was enrolled.

It's way worse!

[Skinner]

It seems the teacher should be educated in what the word Break means.

[Chew]

I got kicked off the high school baseball team for going crappie fishing during spring break instead of practicing. I guess I figured the chances of me becoming a professional Fisherman were a little bit better than becoming a professional baseball pitcher.

[bowhuntertex]

I got kicked off the high school baseball team for going crappie fishing during spring break instead of practicing. I guess I figured the chances of me becoming a professional Fisherman were a little bit better than becoming a professional baseball pitcher.

Our high school coach actually showed up at South Padre and started telling any of us he could find to go home because we had practice the next day. That was the roughest practice I have ever had.

[Pedernal]

Back in the day, I remember an algebra teacher telling our class that homework would amounted to 5% of our total grade. Well, this guy did zero home work at home. She always had the assignment posted on the board at the beginning of class. I would do what ever I could manage in class and that was it. I ended up with about a 40 average on homework but still maintained an A average for the year.

Don't have kids but have seen the enormous amounts of homework my nephews are assigned. It just does not make sense. What are they doing in school?? Kids have an unmatched ability to absorb knowledge. They don't need 8 hours of class plus 2-4 hours of homework.

[Tubby]

I'm going to take the opportunity to throw this on folks who use it with regards to a deer lease. " Her classroom, her rules."

Man it felt good to say that. I hate the phrase, "His land, his rules.", but it sure gets thrown around freely.

Question is: How much will this zero impact the overall grade? It may not be worth the fight.


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A zero is a zero... regardless if the student is a straight A student or barely squeaking by by the hair on their teeth...

Going to find out today when the homework was actually assigned; if anything was actually mentioned during class before they got out on spring break. I don't have (much) of an issue with homework over spring break but I do have an issue with homework being assigned via email during spring break and then due the day they come back. Half of the homework gets done and the other half can't be done because the tournament had already started.

The tournament started on Tuesday March 14th., the email was sent out on Sunday March 12th. The instructions for the bracket homework was a video of her describing what she wanted. So that's 2 days to research the teams at the beginning of spring break. "IF" something was said in class before they were let out for spring break, are the students supposed to put their spring break on hold to wait on a homework email, bust their *** to get it done in 2 days (which is plenty of time but that's not the issue here), and THEN be free for spring break?

[Tubby]

Back in the day, I remember an algebra teacher telling our class that homework would amounted to 5% of our total grade. Well, this guy did zero home work at home. She always had the assignment posted on the board at the beginning of class. I would do what ever I could manage in class and that was it. I ended up with about a 40 average on homework but still maintained an A average for the year.

Don't have kids but have seen the enormous amounts of homework my nephews are assigned. It just does not make sense. What are they doing in school?? Kids have an unmatched ability to absorb knowledge. They don't need 8 hours of class plus 2-4 hours of homework.

The same teacher had a homework email video the other day. Knothead said as soon as class started she said: "I don't feel like explaining this 7 times to y'all, I'll make a video over it and you can do it for homework". He said they didn't do ANYTHING in class, the teacher gave them a "free day" to play on their phones, talk, or whatever. Now how is that "TEACHING"?

This is my future stepson. Last night we had 3 subjects of homework that took 4 hours to complete. And no, these weren't assignments that could have been worked on in class, all were emails that were sent when school was let out. The last one came in at 7:35pm.

[Goldeneagle]

I better check my e-mail.

[WItoTX]

A zero is a zero... regardless if the student is a straight A student or barely squeaking by by the hair on their teeth...

Going to find out today when the homework was actually assigned; if anything was actually mentioned during class before they got out on spring break. I don't have (much) of an issue with homework over spring break but I do have an issue with homework being assigned via email during spring break and then due the day they come back. Half of the homework gets done and the other half can't be done because the tournament had already started.

The tournament started on Tuesday March 14th., the email was sent out on Sunday March 12th. The instructions for the bracket homework was a video of her describing what she wanted. So that's 2 days to research the teams at the beginning of spring break. "IF" something was said in class before they were let out for spring break, are the students supposed to put their spring break on hold to wait on a homework email, bust their *** to get it done in 2 days (which is plenty of time but that's not the issue here), and THEN be free for spring break?

One thing I will highly suggest, don't go in there with guns blazing. In fact, I would go in under the assumption your boy just forgot. That way, you are giving the teacher the benefit of the doubt. Then shes going to be much more open to discussion than if you come in and call her out immediately.

If you want a good learning lesson for your son, bring him with, talk to her in a calm, collected manner, and he will see how problems like this are supposed to be handled. I am sure you already know this though.

My mom was a teacher, and I have heard tons of stories of parents whose kids lied to them come in to talk to her, cuss her out, only to find out their child lied, then leave with tail between their legs.

[hopedale]

I don't see how the teacher could justify that unless there is some kind of written policy that says they have to check their email, every day, regardless.



I'd start with the teacher, and I wouldn't quit going "up" the ladder until the zero is dropped.

This.


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[Encinal]

Is get both sides to figure out what the actual chain of events was.

However, I have to say, there are few things that make me more upset than a teacher assuming that his/her time is more valuable than a parent's time.

That assignment, as described, makes mandatory what most kids already understand and are doing voluntarily.

It's lazy and doesn't provoke much thought.

[Tubby]

One thing I will highly suggest, don't go in there with guns blazing. In fact, I would go in under the assumption your boy just forgot. That way, you are giving the teacher the benefit of the doubt. Then shes going to be much more open to discussion than if you come in and call her out immediately.

If you want a good learning lesson for your son, bring him with, talk to her in a calm, collected manner, and he will see how problems like this are supposed to be handled. I am sure you already know this though.

My mom was a teacher, and I have heard tons of stories of parents whose kids lied to them come in to talk to her, cuss her out, only to find out their child lied, then leave with tail between their legs.

I agree with you. I know that he's not the only student in her class and she has to deal with a lot of students and parents as well that will chew a teacher out at the drop of a hat.

I'm going to find out the facts first. Like I stated earlier, if he's lying about her not saying anything in class, that's one thing... but her expecting students to drag their laptop with them on spring break, check their email, do homework, etc...


My whole issue with this is when the email was sent. There was no way I can see based on the information she stated in the video that she went over it in class. Then there's only a 2 day window to get the homework done during spring break because the tournament started only 2 days after the email was sent out. Half of his homework was completed but still a zero grade because there was no way to research and build a bracket once the tournament started. (yes, she required them to register a bracket as part of the assignment).

He said almost no one did the bracket homework due to the fact they were either out of town or didn't know about the assignment. They did the worksheet yet still got a zero. Like I said in my OP, "setting them up for failure".

[clay4626]

man glad I went to school in the 60's No cell phones no computers
That's when you told the teacher that the dog ate your homework.(that didn't fly either)

[Goldeneagle]

Got this today. Why would kids have anxiety problems in school? They shouldn't.

[ladybluearm]

When my boys were in school (hs) they were assigned a book to read over the summer and had to write a report and make a poster and present it the first week back to school, my husband and I did not agree with this. They chose not to do this and we backed them. They received zeros and we were ok with it. Summer time is not school time!