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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 109411" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Kathy...I don't know how to explain this. Why would my son take higher level mathematics? We are happy that he is doing well with math for life. Each child is different and for Lucas, who doesn't understand that taking a shower is necessary for school and work, THAT is our priority, not higher level math. For his life, he won't need it. Again, that's why I talk to his Special Education teacher for his IEP. He DOES have homework, but he is allowed to do it in school. His IEP is on HIS level, even though he is mainstreamed. All the teachers pretty much have him doing the same work as his peers, but he can get special help if he needs it. My goal for my son is as much independence as he can have--the requires he understand the basics of life--paying rent on time, bathing, hopefully one day learning to drive etc. THAT is why I say you can't make a blanket statement--calculus would not mean much in his life. He has improved TONS, but his life path is going to be different than college level students who will likely have no trouble navigating the world. </p><p>My daughter is only in sixth grade. She is doing great in math. She does her homework after school in the resource room so that she can ask for help if she needs it. She HAS homework, but would rather stay after school than bring in home. Her teachers are reporting she is going great in her mainstream classes. She got all A's and B's and one C (reading, which is her biggest problem). </p><p>Now my older two boys were gifted. They came home, aced their homework and are very successful adults. One son even forego college and is still extremely successful in the computer field and, at age thirty, is already a millionaire. We call him our "Bill Gates." The other is a Regional Sales Manager and is doing really well too, taking online classes to increase his schooling. My third grown child had severe dyslexia, but she went to Beauty School. She never took advanced mathematics, but she is successful in her own right. Each child is different. Even college isn't necessary for all kids, as my older son has shown. I'm not a new mom. I have three successful grown kids, so I'm pretty comfortable with my instincts about my children. Homework is very important to some kids. It isn't to all of them. And homework battles really wear on the family unit. To me, the most important thing for a child's success is a stable home, not one where a child screams and yells until bedtime. BUT each parent has to make his own call. I made mine and I'm very happy with how my kids have done in real life, and my oldest two kids are thirty years old, married and doin' great. I think some teachers load unecessary homework on the children, which go beyond cementing the skills they have been taught in school. I don't remember having homework until fourth grade, and I don't like first grade homework. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 109411, member: 1550"] Kathy...I don't know how to explain this. Why would my son take higher level mathematics? We are happy that he is doing well with math for life. Each child is different and for Lucas, who doesn't understand that taking a shower is necessary for school and work, THAT is our priority, not higher level math. For his life, he won't need it. Again, that's why I talk to his Special Education teacher for his IEP. He DOES have homework, but he is allowed to do it in school. His IEP is on HIS level, even though he is mainstreamed. All the teachers pretty much have him doing the same work as his peers, but he can get special help if he needs it. My goal for my son is as much independence as he can have--the requires he understand the basics of life--paying rent on time, bathing, hopefully one day learning to drive etc. THAT is why I say you can't make a blanket statement--calculus would not mean much in his life. He has improved TONS, but his life path is going to be different than college level students who will likely have no trouble navigating the world. My daughter is only in sixth grade. She is doing great in math. She does her homework after school in the resource room so that she can ask for help if she needs it. She HAS homework, but would rather stay after school than bring in home. Her teachers are reporting she is going great in her mainstream classes. She got all A's and B's and one C (reading, which is her biggest problem). Now my older two boys were gifted. They came home, aced their homework and are very successful adults. One son even forego college and is still extremely successful in the computer field and, at age thirty, is already a millionaire. We call him our "Bill Gates." The other is a Regional Sales Manager and is doing really well too, taking online classes to increase his schooling. My third grown child had severe dyslexia, but she went to Beauty School. She never took advanced mathematics, but she is successful in her own right. Each child is different. Even college isn't necessary for all kids, as my older son has shown. I'm not a new mom. I have three successful grown kids, so I'm pretty comfortable with my instincts about my children. Homework is very important to some kids. It isn't to all of them. And homework battles really wear on the family unit. To me, the most important thing for a child's success is a stable home, not one where a child screams and yells until bedtime. BUT each parent has to make his own call. I made mine and I'm very happy with how my kids have done in real life, and my oldest two kids are thirty years old, married and doin' great. I think some teachers load unecessary homework on the children, which go beyond cementing the skills they have been taught in school. I don't remember having homework until fourth grade, and I don't like first grade homework. JMO [/QUOTE]
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