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<blockquote data-quote="wintak" data-source="post: 431215" data-attributes="member: 11938"><p>Last night was ...shall we say difficult..at best. Monday is the one day he has to do his homework at home. The rest of the days the school helps him with it. So he comes home with the equivalent of "Mad Libs" where you fill in the blank and it makes a funny story. And he argues with me about MOST of his homework. One blank says "verb ending in "ing" and he puts 'tree'</p><p></p><p>that's not a verb and it doesn't end in "ing". </p><p>YES IT DOES</p><p>show me where it ends in "ing"</p><p></p><p>and it goes from there. His map of his room was horrid. I wouldn't let him turn it in. (it was for extra credit anyway, which he doesn't need) For one, the teacher doesn't know if it's accurate or not but he's got the closet under a picture on the wall which isn't even close...and the bed, dresser and bookcase altogether...and they are not in real life. </p><p></p><p>USUALLY I let him turn in POS work because some books say to let him take the consequence at school. He truly doesn't care about the consequence at school. I have found that as long as the math homework has answers, it is deemed "complete" and not checked for accuracy. I have found that's probably true in other subjects, too.</p><p></p><p>My question is..what are your suggestions for what to do when he argues with me about something that is clearly wrong and he's adamant that's it not. Deep down, I feel he knows it's wrong but wants to pick a fight.</p><p></p><p>And his school isn't the only one that kind of passes over homework, so it's not a school per se issue, but more of a school district issue. </p><p></p><p>Thanks all</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wintak, post: 431215, member: 11938"] Last night was ...shall we say difficult..at best. Monday is the one day he has to do his homework at home. The rest of the days the school helps him with it. So he comes home with the equivalent of "Mad Libs" where you fill in the blank and it makes a funny story. And he argues with me about MOST of his homework. One blank says "verb ending in "ing" and he puts 'tree' that's not a verb and it doesn't end in "ing". YES IT DOES show me where it ends in "ing" and it goes from there. His map of his room was horrid. I wouldn't let him turn it in. (it was for extra credit anyway, which he doesn't need) For one, the teacher doesn't know if it's accurate or not but he's got the closet under a picture on the wall which isn't even close...and the bed, dresser and bookcase altogether...and they are not in real life. USUALLY I let him turn in POS work because some books say to let him take the consequence at school. He truly doesn't care about the consequence at school. I have found that as long as the math homework has answers, it is deemed "complete" and not checked for accuracy. I have found that's probably true in other subjects, too. My question is..what are your suggestions for what to do when he argues with me about something that is clearly wrong and he's adamant that's it not. Deep down, I feel he knows it's wrong but wants to pick a fight. And his school isn't the only one that kind of passes over homework, so it's not a school per se issue, but more of a school district issue. Thanks all [/QUOTE]
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