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Originally posted by Indemaijinj: I have always been a proponent that a failed assignment should always give an above zero score (but still too little to pass) as long as there is an actual attempt on doing it. The zero should strictly be reserved for assignments that haven't been made, missed exams (without a good reason) and assignments where it is clear that there is no actual attempt on doing them right. Reason: We should not learn our children futility.

I completely agree, that any effort put toward actually completing the assignment should receive a non-zero grade. But to make everything less than a 50% a default 50% is bad, stupid and wrong, in my opinion. It also sends very bad message to kids, it makes them expect something for nothing, which in the real world they will rarely find...well unless they choose living off the welfare system as their goal in life

Originally posted by RevRuby: i think ilike the idea about homework not being so big in grading. i hated homework, and only when the teacher could inspire to like the subject of the home did i do it. infact there were some american lit assignments i didn't do because i didn;t like the book or story. that was my choice, and i can't fault my teacher for doing what she's been told, but in geography the teacher was a [edit] and the only home work was big projects that required a person to ignore all other work to do. hating geography i didn;t mind failing. they made me take world cultures ins ummer school...no home work and i had 106% at mid-term, and 98.6% at the end of it. i like world cultures

Children frequently dislike things that are good for them...chores, responsibility, accountability..Homework is a necessary part of the education system I believe...it teaches responsibility and accountability, it also teaches the subject matter and it gets them used to the idea that you have to work to get anywhere in life....Unless you want to be a complete looser.

[Sir Taliesin]

I have no problem with homework, as long as it doesn't become the dominate event of the evening, night in and night out. It all too often seems to be the norm now-a-days. Many of the fourth and fifth grade parents I talk to now, tell me that their kids are spending 3 to 4 hours a night doing homework and that it leaves no time for family activities.

Sir T. Im sad to say that around here there are no such 4 or 5 hour homework assignments. What we have is a 15 minute assignment that cuts into television watching time is protested loudly by an obnoxious parent and all of a sudden...no more homework...it was rare for my kids to bring home work, when they attended Maryland Schools.

Errr how many nights a week do you have "family activities" scheduled? Personally with my work schedule I dont like to plan events for during the week. We tend to have dinner, and chit chat a bit then kids do homework while parents relax from a day of work.

[Sir Taliesin]

Originally posted by MagiK: Sir T. Im sad to say that around here there are no such 4 or 5 hour homework assignments. What we have is a 15 minute assignment that cuts into television watching time is protested loudly by an obnoxious parent and all of a sudden...no more homework...it was rare for my kids to bring home work, when they attended Maryland Schools. Errr how many nights a week do you have "family activities" scheduled? Personally with my work schedule I dont like to plan events for during the week. We tend to have dinner, and chit chat a bit then kids do homework while parents relax from a day of work.

We have something going on several nights a week. Sometimes church or ball practice or some such. What do you mean by "relax from a day of work"? What does that mean? I'm not familiar with that at all!