Homework?

**Winston001** · 24th March 2009, 20:36

Ask the teachers. My daughters teacher (a mate of mine) doesn't set homework, but all the other teachers do.

**Blackshear** · 24th March 2009, 22:11

I never did homework... Ever.
Flew through Primary. Top classes and all. Top classes in Intermediate, except half of the last year. I told the teacher I wasn't gonna do any, so he kicked me into a different class.
College, top class 1st year... Then 3rd... Then halfway gave up on life.
Didn't go to any Exams, except maths. Dropped out at 16.

No NCEA 1 for Chris...
I passed Maths though, 18 of my 31 credits came from maths

DO YOUR HOMEWORK, A HYPOCRITE TOLD YOU SO!

**portokiwi** · 25th March 2009, 06:23

my son is year 10, 4th form for us old folks,
He gets home work about every two days. lots of home work lol.
My kids in CHCh get home work nealy every day.
the oldest one is 5th form,

**Finn** · 25th March 2009, 08:15

Originally Posted by rainman

You're off your game. Not feeling well?

Feeling fine actually. Good in fact. I'm just really enjoying watching our new Government dredge up all the disgusting filth left behind by your glorious leader.

Found a job yet?

**rainman** · 25th March 2009, 09:06

Originally Posted by Finn

Feeling fine actually. Good in fact. I'm just really enjoying watching our new Government dredge up all the disgusting filth left behind by your glorious leader.

Found a job yet?

Funny man.

And she's not my glorious leader. But then you knew that.

**BarBender** · 25th March 2009, 10:07

Originally Posted by Quasievil

Hi Yall parents out there
Hey Im keen to know if any of your kids are getting homework, reason is one of our 14 years old son's in form 4 (fuck knows what it is in year) simply does not get homework, he always says no when I ask him if there is any, and I appaulled that in the 4th form there is no study practices being put in place via way of set homework every night.
So please are we the only ones or what is your situation ??
Cheers

Hey B - My boy is year 9 also.
My own experience was that homework was just one piece of the jigsaw. Read this a couple of years ago and it made a difference.
http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/Topics...ill-Be-OK.html
I still refer to it on a regular basis cos each year brings a new challenge...(for me mainly)

**Quasievil** · 25th March 2009, 10:21

Originally Posted by BarBender

Hey B - My boy is year 9 also.
My own experience was that homework was just one piece of the jigsaw. Read this a couple of years ago and it made a difference.
http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/Topics...ill-Be-OK.html
I still refer to it on a regular basis cos each year brings a new challenge...(for me mainly)

LOL mate that book is right beside my bed.
Its a goody aint it

**BarBender** · 25th March 2009, 10:23

Originally Posted by Quasievil

LOL mate that book is right beside my bed.
Its a goody aint it

It is! So is P staying on her side of the bridge?

**jetboy** · 25th March 2009, 10:55

Originally Posted by Quasievil

Hi Yall parents out there

Hey Im keen to know if any of your kids are getting homework, reason is one of our 14 years old son's in form 4 (fuck knows what it is in year) simply does not get homework, he always says no when I ask him if there is any, and I appaulled that in the 4th form there is no study practices being put in place via way of set homework every night.

So please are we the only ones or what is your situation ??

Cheers

Haha I always had homework but never told my parents...I mean what was I supposed to do? Sit home and study while all my mates went out and had fun - no way!

I did school cert and have no idea what all this NCEA stuff is about, but homework only boosted what I had learned that day (and if the school is like the one I went to, chances are not much).

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 25th March 2009, 11:06

Originally Posted by Quasievil

Hi Yall parents out there

Hey Im keen to know if any of your kids are getting homework, reason is one of our 14 years old son's in form 4 (fuck knows what it is in year) simply does not get homework, he always says no when I ask him if there is any, and I appaulled that in the 4th form there is no study practices being put in place via way of set homework every night.

So please are we the only ones or what is your situation ??

I use to get bugger all home work... and th elittle I had was done at lunch time and intervials...

I never believed in home work... if they could teach me all while at school then they were doing something wrong...

**Squiggles** · 25th March 2009, 13:24

When they "do" their homework, alot will just copy the answers out... give him a test paper to see if he can actually do the work, The teacher will usually have a stock pile of these. They love calculators these days, so if he reaches for it with no working he probably doesnt have a clue how the math works.

**cowpoos** · 25th March 2009, 18:19

Originally Posted by KiwiKat

3rd form and term 1 4th form maths is pretty easy (often boring with no challenge) being an extension of Intermediate level maths until about mid year when the tricky stuff hits home.

Well actually...teachers are paid to aim the level of whats taught to the level that the kids are at...Maths isn't the most interesting subject and probally never will be[with the exception of a few] and its probally one of the hardest to engage children into achieving, If their teacher isn't aiming at their level then they are not doing their job.

**cowpoos** · 25th March 2009, 18:27

Originally Posted by KiwiKat

Wrong - Great parenting attitude - blame the teacher - Your child is probably one of 150 that the teacher sees in a week. If they don't do the work they lose - simple. They probably blame the teacher too. Time is better spent on kids that want to learn and that have positive parent support.

The Girlfriend seriously agree with you..[teacher,shadow dean]..she says...its so much easier to work with the kids who are interested...and who's parents are interested in their schooling...than the parents that arn't interested and don't respond to phone calls etc....

**cowpoos** · 25th March 2009, 19:02

Originally Posted by MsKABC

Sorry Quasi, but I'm going to have to disagree with you there. As a teacher of 5 years experience, it is my belief that the reason many kids don't get a decent education these days is that schools (more specifically teachers) are not supported. Not supported by the government (funding & legislation), by parents (poor role modelling, ignorance, don't give a crap, poor discipline etc) and not supported by society as a whole.

I hope your not teaching still...because frankly..your attitude is fucking shit!!!
other teachers get along fine..so whats your excuse???

Originally Posted by MsKABC

Do you know how hard it is to actually discipline a child in school these days? When I was teaching, I could give out a detention for uniform infractions, chewing gum, inappropriate behaviour in the playground, and that was about it. Anything more serious and I either had to run my own detention during lunchtime (who the hell wants to do that when you get precious little time to do stuff or relax and eat your lunch as it is?) or send the issue to the dean. The deans were generally all as weak as piss and would give them a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket! As a teacher, I've been sworn at and sexually harrassed, and the worst thing that ever happened to them was they had to pick up rubbish, FFS! Schools have their hands tied too tightly behind their backs when it comes to suspensions and expulsions these days that kids in state schools get away with murder (and I mean that almost literally!) So we have these awful disruptive kids in schools that poor teachers have to expend almost all their energy on, leaving no time for the actual job of teaching! This is the only reason I left teaching.

Once again...as a teacher you had support networks to use...if something wasn't working you had the option of going to a higher level...you can't blame the government for that..you can't blame lack of funding on that...you may be able to blame senior management on that to be fair and school policies...but if it were an issuse...were they brought up??? and buy you towards the school...and school addessed it in some way?? what happened in that case...because your not wrong about it being hard to disilpine...but its not always impossible!

Originally Posted by MsKABC

Your perspective is completely unrealistic, sorry. You have 30 kids pour into your classroom, it takes at least 5 minutes to get them all there and seated and settled down, you've got 55 minutes total to get your lesson done, and you are supposed to go round the room and check each student's homework, taking 5-10 minutes, meanwhile the rest of the room is erupting? It's not as easy as you might think.

Its actually your job?? If you couldn't do it...why didn't you ask other teachers how they managed...because most do.

Originally Posted by MsKBAC

Yes - it's more than a lot of parents would do. I almost only ever saw the parents who cared (and therefore whose kids were doing well) at parent-teacher interviews. The parents I really needed to see didn't bother to come.

Can't be truer than that!!

**MsKABC** · 25th March 2009, 19:17

Originally Posted by cowpoos

I hope your not teaching still...because frankly..your attitude is fucking shit!!!
other teachers get along fine..so whats your excuse???

Actually, they don't - that's why they're leaving the profession in droves.

Originally Posted by cowpoos

Once again...as a teacher you had support networks to use...if something wasn't working you had the option of going to a higher level...you can't blame the government for that..you can't blame lack of funding on that...you may be able to blame senior management on that to be fair and school policies...but if it were an issuse...were they brought up??? and buy you towards the school...and school addessed it in some way?? what happened in that case...because your not wrong about it being hard to disilpine...but its not always impossible!

Its actually your job?? If you couldn't do it...why didn't you ask other teachers how they managed...because most do.

What makes you think I didn't?

You seem to know so much about it - how about you become a teacher?