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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 353819" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>I don't understand why the consequences for not doing HW can't just be getting the grades you earn on the tests?</p><p></p><p>I have been fighting this battle for years. The most recent incarnation is 10th grader. I got a call last semester from his English teacher that he hadn't been doing HW or in-class work and he was going to fail the test on the book they were reading the next day. He got a 96. Ditto for the next 3 books they read. No HW, very little in-class and A+ on all tests. Although he had terrific grades on all tests, he got a D because he didn't do HW. My argument is if he shows that he knows the work in the tests, then is the HW anything other than busy work? especially since i have been told that the purpose of HW is to allow kids who don't test well to bring up their grades, yet they use it to punish kids who know the work.</p><p></p><p>Hold your ground on the suspensions. My deal with the school was that as long as he was not disrupting the class, he would remain there even if he did nothing. If other kids asked why difficult child was not doing the work, the teacher could say that it would show in his grade and they should do their work and worry about their own grades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 353819, member: 3493"] I don't understand why the consequences for not doing HW can't just be getting the grades you earn on the tests? I have been fighting this battle for years. The most recent incarnation is 10th grader. I got a call last semester from his English teacher that he hadn't been doing HW or in-class work and he was going to fail the test on the book they were reading the next day. He got a 96. Ditto for the next 3 books they read. No HW, very little in-class and A+ on all tests. Although he had terrific grades on all tests, he got a D because he didn't do HW. My argument is if he shows that he knows the work in the tests, then is the HW anything other than busy work? especially since i have been told that the purpose of HW is to allow kids who don't test well to bring up their grades, yet they use it to punish kids who know the work. Hold your ground on the suspensions. My deal with the school was that as long as he was not disrupting the class, he would remain there even if he did nothing. If other kids asked why difficult child was not doing the work, the teacher could say that it would show in his grade and they should do their work and worry about their own grades. [/QUOTE]
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