DD11 has improved in organizational skills, but at 9, she would forget assignments at school or forget to drop homework in teacher's basket. Her teacher wasn't the most helpful in figuring out a solution to the problem. Often I wouldn't even know there was homework based on assignment book notes. I started to put little reminders in her assignment book, check all papers when she first came in and we would make a trip to the school to pick up papers. I think sometimes she was happy to forget homework since it was quite easy. But after missing out on playtime with friends while going back to school, I noticed a difference.
IMHO the teacher's punishment does not fit the "crime". If he/she was concerned about homework, this should be discussed and he should be given a warning and a chance to improve. To take away something he is excited about, may disengage him from the learning process all together.
Jen
