You have read how more homework is
dangerous to the Children. Imagine that
You are the parent of two children.
Now write a letter to the head master
Suggesting to give less home work for
the children.
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Answer:
_Parent
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Feb 17, 2015 at 2:38 pm
_Parent is a registered user.
HI George,
My opinion is that the moderator didn't understand the comments being made and the importance of the broader implications of good boundary setting to the discussion. In trying to address the points of a poster (who refused to identify whether s/he was connected with the district), those issues of setting boundaries came up, the poster took some cheap shots about what that meant (even though I was pretty careful to disclaim such inappropriate interpretation up front), and the moderator shut the conversation down. Maybe they were glad to end the discussion which had gone on for an unusually long time anyway. I still thought it was a productive discussion and was sorry to see it stopped over a misunderstanding about boundary setting.
People who aren't able to set good boundaries when they are growing up, are less able to set them in other spheres of their lives. In their workshops on personal safety, Kidpower approaches safety from a boundaries standpoint, teaching kids how to identify and set clear boundaries in all areas of life. And yet, in one of the most important boundaries, between home and school, kids and their families aren't allowed to set boundaries, and must choose between setting boundaries and getting an equal education. Anyway, pointing out the most obvious reason people take those classes for personal safety for their kids -- and it's not irrelevant -- got the above poster his/her opening to get the moderator to shut things down, and that's a shame.
I hope that answered your question. I think the Weekly redeemed themselves by doing such a wonderful feature issue about whether our schools give too much homework. Though I wish they would look at the issue in a little more depth. People are talking past each other, rather than looking at the needs of individuals. Some kids really thrive on an intense non-stop academic challenge, the way some people enjoy mountain climbing. It's a great achievement, but not for everyone, and it shouldn't mean the alternative is telling kids they should be intellectual couch potatoes or condemned to some lesser form of mountain climbing. Our district vision is to optimize everyone's education. The kids who don't do mountain climbing, so to speak, need other challenges more suited to their interests, not judgment about their worth based on whether they climb mountains, and told their choice is climbing mountains or sitting on the couch. Equally, we can and should respect the interests of the students who are at their best scaling those bergs. What we should not do is talk past each other thinking there is a single best answer for all the kids. Luckily, the times allow us to individualize educations better than any time in the past.
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