tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post5644310311322926301..comments2024-03-24T08:15:29.679-05:00Comments on misscalcul8: I Give Up On Homework....Again!miss.calcul8http://www.blogger.com/profile/02014623484245570719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-14179458639719697582016-07-13T13:53:19.710-05:002016-07-13T13:53:19.710-05:00I was going to comment in your other post but got ...I was going to comment in your other post but got busy... I think you are much closer to the correct path in this post.<br /><br />It's tough to understand how someone becomes an admin yet thinks homework == rigor. Rigor ia about setting standards and then keeping those standards. It's probably in Boaler's book, but kids that can achieve the standards are the ones most likely to do homework while the ones that are not yet achieving are quite likely not able to do the homework (otherwise they would already be achieving?).<br /><br />That's not to say that practicing a skill is not beneficial, especially if dealing with a skill that benefits from speed and proficiency. There still, I wonder why we can't allocate class time for this type of practice.<br /><br />Finally, I think that we use the idea of prepping kids for university a bit too much. The world and society is much bigger than uni. If a person is 19 and is finding uni extremely hard, I think there is something else going on over and above not being prepped in high school. I dont say this to criticize your second to last paragraph but rather to say that at some point the responsibility is in the student to dictate their success. "I didn't get enough homework in high school" would go down as one of the worst excuses in the world for lack of success!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958034895477321774noreply@blogger.com