Sentences with phrase «all over the homework»

After an afternoon spent sparring over homework and study, a whack with the clever to split open a cabbage seems to be just the release needed.

I often hear parents justifying kids» misery over homework: «He has to get used to it.

Our nights became a constant battle ground over homework and tests.

We hover over homework, track test scores, push for competitive sports and keep our children endlessly busy with extracurriculars.

This letter is in response to «Worked up over homework; Student workload study prompts Wheaton district to suggest changes» (News, Feb. 13).

Do you get sucked into a fight over homework with your child every night?

If your child is bursting into tears over his homework, it's easy to assume he's showing his frustration in class too.

And he has been making sure he got it by having fits over his homework every night, but that is not the kind of attention he really wants.

By connecting with your child over homework you'll learn how your child is doing both academically and socially.

In my academic life, I had panic attacks over homework assignments and was beset by a constant fear of reading out loud in class.

I really need a nanny type of person, after the big argument over homework the other night....

It can be avoided only if teachers take over homework supervision from parents.»

Many kids pick fights with their parents over homework just to pick the fight, not necessarily because the homework is too much or too hard.

In The Battle over Homework (2007), Cooper noted that homework should have different purposes at different grade levels:

It means tears and battles over homework at the end of a long day, when the ADHD medications have worn off.

As daily battles over homework subside, a renewed passion for learning is ignited, and families have time to be families again.

With homework dominating all other categories of math instruction, the researchers argue that the time spent going over homework can be «time well spent, making unique and powerful contributions to students» learning opportunities» only if the discourse in the classroom is done in purposeful ways.Their recommendation?

Today, he'd spent the first five minutes going over our homework assignment, then given us the rest of the period to work on it, while he shut off his hearing aid and did his crosswords.

Aside from the music, the robin's - egg - blue headphones, the spray - painted NOs in the park in Sebastien, the scar and the tattoo and the way her hair fell across her face when she leaned over her homework, what he remembered about Anna was that he'd loved her.

Third day you will meet with the trainer for about 45 minutes in the afternoon and they will wrap up the training, and go over your homework.

Battles over homework that are more like wars.

In the next example, Wendy, who is 10 years old, is angry because her young preschooler sister, Meg, has scribbled all over the homework she had left on the kitchen table.

It's time to get back to the routine of taking the kid's to school and labouring over their homework.

Not exact matches

It's much simpler to just pat your kid on the head for «trying» than it is to sit and pour over his or her homework to see what they're learning.

If you're not aware of the second conversation, you may have done all your homework but come into a meeting slouched over, speaking in monotone, and conveying low energy levels.

If you do your homework, you'll have an enormous advantage over your competition.

JCPenney landed at the center of a firestorm earlier this month over a shirt it was selling to girls, bearing the slogan: «I'm too pretty to do my homework so my brother has to do it for me.»

(Good emotional intelligence homework assignments always bleed over and impact more than one category.)

Johnston: For students, it's the instant nature of getting over a roadblock in your homework or the test that you're studying for.

And while family members do ask one other for money, those doing the lending need to do their homework before handing over the cash.

That said, if you have done your homework and have found a nice bond trading cheap, sometimes paying up a couple of points over what recent trades have been makes sense.

Unbeknownst to me, she'd been cheating on her math homework — not because she couldn't get it, but because she wanted to get it over with and head to the barn behind our house, where she boarded her horse.

But go do your homework and ask all the families and people all over the world whether they care or not who in the world helped them.

I can't say exactly how our friendship started, but it grew strong over cups of tea and records, homework club and dancing around her bedroom to Belle and Sebastian.

With summer almost over and dear old Golden Rule days upon us — in all its book - slinging, homework - bringing glory — parents have enough to worry about.

The book store has gone the way of the dodo and the my copy of Olives & Oranges was donated long ago, but I still have fond memories of procrastinating homework to pore over recipes, making lists of how I should stock my humble pantry, and dog - earing just about every other page or so for recipes to try on my own or to make for Cory when we moved in together.

Between getting them back into the groove of school schedules and all that goes with that (earlier bedtimes, homework, etc.) and pulling together everything that their teachers needed, I felt ready to turn back the clock and do summer vacation all over again.

Sadness would wash over my face as I no longer had an excuse to delay homework.

Ohtani's representatives sent out a homework assignment over the weekend, and teams have a sense of what's most important to him.

«I spoke to Robin a few weeks ago and he said he would sit down with Louis van Gaal and do some homework over the summer,» he told talkSPORT.

He drops his sister, a freshman, off at home and grabs a couple friends, whoever doesn't have too much homework, and they climb into the backseat and slide over his racing helmet.

The truth is, do your homework and see how Walcott has been injured for over 5 years worth of game time while at the club, he has therefore only gained the experience of a 22 year old with playing time.

For a savvy player who does his homework, many of these offerings are almost free money to be picked up off the ground just by bending over.

She was sick of the constant «pressure to perform,» and exhausted from homework over - load and all of the tests her classes required.

It lords over students who scramble to fulfill society's lofty expectations for success, scribbling last - minute homework to the rhythm of «achieve, achieve, achieve.»

This workshop examines the tension that parents, students, and teachers often experience over issues such as homework, grades, and the culture of competition, and offers tools for creating a healthier school climate.

Over the past two years we have allowed our middle school student to choose when to do his homework and when to take breaks.

I've worked with many parents and children caught up in power struggles in the home — they argued over bedtime, homework, curfew, video game time — you name it, they fought over it.

As the owner of Homeworks Etc Kids, and maker with over 10 years experience, I created this shop to teach you to DIY - do it yourself, but not alone.

Regularly sit down with your teen to go over class loads and make sure they're balanced, and help him or her stick to a homework and study schedule.