First, he did not finish all the homework he was given yesterday. I oversee all the work, but the little stinker did not write down that he even had an assignment in that subject. Then, when I had to sign a note to the teacher saying I was aware that he had missed an assignment, my boy had written the wrong subject. There was a lot of shouting going on here as I tried to figure out where his homework for social studies was only to learn that it was health homework that needed attention. Even now I am confused. Yesterday for health he missed questions 1-6; today his assignment book says questions 1-4. Even he doesn't really know what to do. Then, when he did the work, most of it was wrong so he's back at it.
This week he has already spent an hour coloring a leaf. (Where is the educational value here?) And, he has a map to accompany the book Ribsy due tomorrow (but he tells me they got an extension -- I have too little faith to trust him.) We still need to review for the spelling test tomorrow.
He got off the bus at 3:10. It is now 6:35 and I guess he has at least 2 more hours of work to do. This is miserable. I can't wait for the weekend.
It's a good thing I am not working now. IF I heard one parent complain about 2 and a half hours of homework for a 7th or 8th grader, I'd probably lose my temper big time!!
The saddest part is that even with all this homework, my boy still has trouble actually understanding the material. He is so swamped getting the work done, he doesn't even know what it's all about. What a shame.
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