As a teacher and an admin now, you'd be surprised how many people BEG us for work for their kids over break. They don't know how to keep them busy or what to do with them. So they prefer their kid be buried in schoolwork so they stay out of trouble.
I can only imagine. I know parents who feel this way and I don't agree, but that's an entirely different discussion
. Surely, teachers must know that this is unpopular with (at least) some parents and I'd guess all students, so I wonder what the deciding factors are for assigning it. In our case, I'm thinking that it has to do with the shortened school year and the need to meet certain criteria/objectives with less class time to do so.
But we suffer through it because it usually only takes an hour or two for elementary work anyway.
LOL, there's another thread about kids spending more time complaining about the work rather than just doing it, which means (for us) that two hours worth of work could take days.
free choice and time to delve in to whatever they want at whatever level.
I wonder what happens if a student chooses level 0, meaning not interested in doing it. Given any kind of choice, DS chooses the path of least work, least effort, etc. His teacher has mentioned it to me before. If she assigns 1-2/week of an activity, DS does 1. He's met her requirement, but she'd like to see more. Not really sure what to tell her...
