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infinite monkey · 12-05-2012, 07:58 AM

Homework gets a bad rap. Of course, I could knock out my homework in about 20 minutes. Sometimes I did it on the bus. Yes, I got good grades.

A little homework is good. Maybe an hour's worth. I hear about parents sitting with their kids for hours working on maf. My parents never had to help me with homework, I wouldn't have even thought about asking them. I thought the purpose was (in a general sense) to teach the kids a bit of autonomy. Read a few pages, write a small paper, do a couple geometry problems.

Over-homeworked makes no sense. As Clod said, in different words, there's something wrong with the classroom experience if kids are spending hours and hours and needing a helper. Though I would attribute a bit of the helper to tiger parenting and some sort of crazed competitiveness over how successful their kid is at whatever.

glatt · 12-05-2012, 08:09 AM

Last week, the 10 year old boy was going over his spelling words with Mrs glatt, and for once, I really approved of them. He's currently studying those words that many full grown adults have trouble with. The only one I remember right now is "sincere" but there were a couple others that fall into that group that I have trouble with today. Sure, spell checker helps, but what if you don't know enough to get it close enough for spell checker to suggest the correct word?

infinite monkey · 12-05-2012, 08:17 AM

Like the woman I used to work with who was so very sorry about the mix-up and apologized for the 'incontinence.'

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be dummmmmmmmb.

footfootfoot · 12-05-2012, 10:03 AM

Sincere means "without wax" From: cheap repairs to bronze castings were made by filling the voids with colored wax to match the bronze rather than the more time consuming method of filling them with bronze.

glatt · 12-05-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Sincere means "without wax" From: cheap repairs to bronze castings were made by filling the voids with colored wax to match the bronze rather than the more time consuming method of filling them with bronze.

I thought you were pulling out legs, footfootfoot, So I looked it up, and you're probably right. cool!

footfootfoot · 12-05-2012, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I thought you were pulling out legs, footfootfoot, So I looked it up, and you're probably right. cool!

Got it straight from my bronze casting teacher's mouth.

Happy Monkey · 12-05-2012, 10:13 AM

I tried to get my homework done before the school day was over, so I'd have more time to play computer games. Teachers weren't always appreciative of my dedication.

Clodfobble · 12-05-2012, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I tried to get my homework done before the school day was over, so I'd have more time to play computer games. Teachers weren't always appreciative of my dedication.

I was so fast, I did mine BEFORE school started...! But seriously, I always did it the next day in the morning. And really, I'd only make sure to cover the first few classes before first period started, then I'd do the afternoon classes' homework during the morning classes. My parents never questioned anything as long as I kept bringing home A's.

Sundae · 12-05-2012, 02:29 PM

Pulling out legs?
From biders?

I spent a year not doing my homework.
I loved school, hated home. The only way I could keep sane was to keep the two worlds separate.

But of course it was noticed - I went to a good school and staff talked to eachother, especially about bright children. Mum was called into school and I just about died of shame. I was offered therapy - at least a visit to a child psychologist. Mum believed this would brand me crazy forever (she told me it meant my children would be taken off me - I was 13) and refused.

You know there are places in your life where you could turn a different corner...
Just saying.

All I know is not doing the homework didn't impact my learning right up until I was on the carpet for it. In the end it was my guardian angel (drama/ English/ RE teacher) who got me back on track. She was worried that I had too much on my plate educationally and emotionally and perhaps I should give up the role of Blousey Brown in the school production of Bugsy Malone. I was simultaneously gratifed by her care and offended by her suggestion. I showed her what I was made of instead.

Weirdly, my physics teacher even tried to talk me into taking physics at GCSE level. Even after my turn-around I was an appalling physicist - I got 23% in my end of year exam. I seem to remember this being a record. This was before I had even heard of dyscalculia. But Mrs Catchpole was our wardrobe mistress and geniunely believed anyone who could memorise a whole script (inc other people's lines) could surely manage a few basic laws. It was probably the only subject in which I had a valid reason not to do my homework - it was as incomprehensible to me as it would have been written in Mandarin.

Sorry Mrs C - I got a C in Geography instead.

glatt · 12-05-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Pulling out legs?

Pulling OUR legs. Not OUT legs.

Clearly I didn't get enough typing homework.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2012, 11:27 AM

A contractor working at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, put up one of those standard orange "Men Working" signs. The college demanded the sign be removed because it is sexist.

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Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, made the call in mid-November after a female employee raised concerns that the construction company’s sign was too biased, WKEF-TV reported.

The construction company, Jcrane Inc., told the local news station that it has used such signs “frequently and have never had a problem before.”

“It is our obligation to the students of Sinclair to provide them with a safe learning environment,” the company said in a statement, adding that safety is its top priority.

“In no way is the signage provided by Jcrane, in particular a ‘men working’ sign, sexist."

The article also says...

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Dayton locals fell on both sides of the argument.

But a poll at the NY Daily News website, asking if the sign is sexist, is running 3% yes and 97% no, at the moment.

Sundae · 12-06-2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Pulling OUR legs. Not OUT legs.
Clearly I didn't get enough typing homework.

Sorry, it wasn't intended to be pedantic.
I was really laughing when I wrote it.

And yes, I do call spiders "biders" when I am being frivolous. Something hard to explain to my two Aspie boys. Tiger will sometimes ask me earnestly whether the eight-legged creature illustrated in his current book is a spider or a bider. Damn. I find if I respond with authority he is comforted. I am more careful now though.

glatt · 12-06-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

I was really laughing when I wrote it.

Well, it is quite the mental image.

footfootfoot · 12-06-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Sorry, it wasn't intended to be pedantic.
I was really laughing when I wrote it.

ouch

infinite monkey · 12-06-2012, 11:45 AM

REALLY??????????????????????

It wasn't me. I swear.

12-05-2012, 10:03 AM	#4
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12-05-2012, 10:13 AM	#7
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12-05-2012, 02:29 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Pulling out legs? From biders? I spent a year not doing my homework. I loved school, hated home. The only way I could keep sane was to keep the two worlds separate. But of course it was noticed - I went to a good school and staff talked to eachother, especially about bright children. Mum was called into school and I just about died of shame. I was offered therapy - at least a visit to a child psychologist. Mum believed this would brand me crazy forever (she told me it meant my children would be taken off me - I was 13) and refused. You know there are places in your life where you could turn a different corner... Just saying. All I know is not doing the homework didn't impact my learning right up until I was on the carpet for it. In the end it was my guardian angel (drama/ English/ RE teacher) who got me back on track. She was worried that I had too much on my plate educationally and emotionally and perhaps I should give up the role of Blousey Brown in the school production of Bugsy Malone. I was simultaneously gratifed by her care and offended by her suggestion. I showed her what I was made of instead. Weirdly, my physics teacher even tried to talk me into taking physics at GCSE level. Even after my turn-around I was an appalling physicist - I got 23% in my end of year exam. I seem to remember this being a record. This was before I had even heard of dyscalculia. But Mrs Catchpole was our wardrobe mistress and geniunely believed anyone who could memorise a whole script (inc other people's lines) could surely manage a few basic laws. It was probably the only subject in which I had a valid reason not to do my homework - it was as incomprehensible to me as it would have been written in Mandarin. Sorry Mrs C - I got a C in Geography instead. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-05-2012, 07:58 AM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Homework gets a bad rap. Of course, I could knock out my homework in about 20 minutes. Sometimes I did it on the bus. Yes, I got good grades. A little homework is good. Maybe an hour's worth. I hear about parents sitting with their kids for hours working on maf. My parents never had to help me with homework, I wouldn't have even thought about asking them. I thought the purpose was (in a general sense) to teach the kids a bit of autonomy. Read a few pages, write a small paper, do a couple geometry problems. Over-homeworked makes no sense. As Clod said, in different words, there's something wrong with the classroom experience if kids are spending hours and hours and needing a helper. Though I would attribute a bit of the helper to tiger parenting and some sort of crazed competitiveness over how successful their kid is at whatever.

12-05-2012, 08:09 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Last week, the 10 year old boy was going over his spelling words with Mrs glatt, and for once, I really approved of them. He's currently studying those words that many full grown adults have trouble with. The only one I remember right now is "sincere" but there were a couple others that fall into that group that I have trouble with today. Sure, spell checker helps, but what if you don't know enough to get it close enough for spell checker to suggest the correct word?

12-05-2012, 08:17 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Like the woman I used to work with who was so very sorry about the mix-up and apologized for the 'incontinence.' Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be dummmmmmmmb.

12-06-2012, 11:45 AM	#15
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	REALLY?????????????????????? It wasn't me. I swear.

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