Alright so I'm going to throw something out there that I'm sure I'll get a lot of crap back. But here goes anyways.
I HATE HOMEWORK!!!!! I feel if you have my child in your school for 8
hours in a day then when he/she leaves to come home it's time for ME to
have MY children and not have to sit up for another 4+ hours doing more
ridiculous school stuff!!!!!!! Seriously how many of you adults leave
your place of employment after giving them 8+ hours and then go home and
do another 4+ hours of work for them? People complain about our
children in America and how they're all declining and becoming extremely
bad children well HELLO AMERICA WAKE UP!!!! Quit sending home homework
for them to do all night so that they have no time to spend as a family!
Instead why don't you try saying "For homework tonight you need to go
home and make a double batch of cookies as a family, or help make
dinner, or help change the oil on the car, or read a book as a family
and report about it. Just make sure you do something as a family." Bring
back the importance of spending quality family time and just maybe our
children of America will come back to us and all around be a better
generation. If your reasoning is that you don't have enough time in the
classroom to teach them everything then QUIT working to get them ready
for the "test". Only do ONE "test" per year instead of 3+ tests. Now I'm
not talking about the normal spelling, math, science, etc. tests over
the units they just leaned about; no I'm talking about all the other
"tests" (Diebles, MAP, PAWS, etc.).
Really what it boils down to is
just look at our past. When children were sent home after only 2-4
hours of school to go help Pa work the land or help Ma with house work
our children were better and more respectful. Through the years as we
added more hours to school and less hours at home as a family we
gradually declined and now we are at a point where our children spend 8+
hours at school and then are sent home with tons of homework so they
get no quality family time. It's no wonder our children are rebellious,
disrespectful, angry, drug addicts, gang members, etc. they're just
trying to get/find/feel what comes natural wanting to feel loved and
wanted, wanting the family time that's missing, and so they're out
trying to find it, not realizing that they're looking in all the wrong
areas.
America let's bring our families back, let's make them our
priority not the "test"! We need to go back to our roots and follow
their examples, make family come first! Yes I still feel being in school
during the day is important but no more homework. If you couldn't
finish it in class today well there's always tomorrow and we'll finish
it then, just go have some quality family time!
It's
time America steps up and puts family and GOD first! If we just did
those two little things could you imagine how much better America would
be!
Just like to
add this is not directed to any particular school or teacher. It's a in
general this is how I feel. I've seen what my children bring home and
I've heard of what friends and other family members children bring home
from schools all around America. I do feel that all teachers are great
and wonderful people and do a wonderful job, but their hands are tied
because they're needing to meet or exceed the standards on the "tests".
So they're doing the best that they can. It's just time for us as
parents to take a stand and bring back the importance of family. Who
cares about the "test". I'd rather my children's teachers teach them and
complete it all in the school day with no homework.
Ok there
you have it and now I'll get off of my soap box. I feel so much better
now that I've let that out!
Have a wonderful day!!!! :-)
