What does
it say about homework that children dread doing it and rarely find it of value?
Not exact matches
When a woman talks
about her big job at Hypermegaglobalcorp, it's too often met with a stare that
says, «Oh, so that's why the
homework isn't getting done, and your kids look like rug rats.»
«What we don't know
about Perry is whether he has gone to school since then, and done his
homework,»
says Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at the policy think tank Brookings Institute.
They do their
homework to find out what customers
say about you.
«We had heard
about it before, but we weren't extremely familiar, so we basically did our
homework and looked for ways for us to convert it into dollars,» he
said.
I have seen some rumours
about a midfielder and a work permit and all I can
say about that is I hope we have done our
homework because I for one have never heard of the Geezer.
If you're trying to get your 12 - year - old to do their
homework and he gets angry and
says, «I hate you,» I suggest you respond with, «We're not talking
about whether you love or hate me right now.
When told
about the study from Spain, Dr. Pope
said, «Much of the research has found, after
about two hours total, the positive effects — if any — of
homework decrease.
If they start
saying things
about «getting dinner going», or «needing to do
homework» with an older child — they are politely asking you to leave.
Pope, the co-founder of Challenge Success,
said that research from that group found that high school students from high - achieving schools average more than three hours of
homework each night, and middle school students average
about 2.5 hours.
And since experts
say school - age children roughly need
about 9 to 11 hours of sleep — which means they need to go to bed around 8 or 9 o'clock, depending on what time they need to get up — that doesn't leave much time for anything besides dinner,
homework and reading one short book chapter together.
Some parents, Pope
said, are resistant to the idea of less
homework because they believe
homework teaches children
about responsibility and time management, even though she
says the research does not support that.
Clegg
said the Conservatives are in such «a total lather
about Ukip» that they are even «bizarrely tearing up their own
homework» as their own former prime minister Margaret Thatcher oversaw the formation of the common market.
Janeway, with the Adirondack Council,
says he believes New York voters, as they have in the past, will do their
homework and learn
about the amendments, and take that responsibility seriously.
That's why we tell parents that one of the most important things they can
say to their kids is, «I love you too much to fight with you
about your
homework,» and why we want them to move in the direction of being a non-anxious presence for their kids.
«When I was younger,» she
says, «I had always bad grades in school because I was more passionate
about watching animals outside than doing
homework.»
We must
say that Casper has done his
homework on dating a rich cougar and has been really smart
about his relationship with Jennifer.
Coogler commented
about her dedication to the project,
saying she did «a lot of
homework» on Black Panther in order to understand her role and the country of Wakanda.
«Some parents expressed a concern
about their children falling behind in
homework and their studies,»
says Elizabeth Devaney, PASA's director of quality initiatives.
Instead, wouldn't it be awesome if they
said, «I have
about 1.25 hours of
homework for tonight, so I know how much free time I'll have once I'm finished»?
«Most teachers receive two to five calls a night, mostly for quick, easy questions
about homework or something they missed,» Mazurek
says.
Either a majority or a near majority within each sector
say they have spoken to a school staff member at least once within the past year
about each of the following: their child's achievements and accomplishments; their child's schoolwork or
homework; their child's behavioral problems; volunteering; the quality of teaching; and the behavior of other students at school.
«I asked [an elderly woman] a question
about my
homework and we got to talking,» she
says.
August's Dad, Bernard, is also pleased with the laptops, which he
says have significantly cut down on the need to nag
about homework and have added to the A's on August's report card.
Jo Hutchinson, Centre Forum's associate director for education,
said: «We are talking
about things such as parents attending parents» evenings at school, talking to their children
about subject options, supervising
homework, ensuring that the family eats together and has regular bedtimes.
«Ideally
homework should be
about taking something home, spending a few curious and interesting moments in which children might engage with parents, and then getting that project back to school — an organizational triumph,» she
says.
«We give
homework about digging into the data,» she
says.
Discussing whether or not
homework has more of an impact according to the subject area, the academic
says it does have more influence in maths, again because often tasks set for this subject are
about «deliberate practice» of things learnt in class as opposed to a «project».
When we give reading
homework, the parents
say the kids whine
about it, but they happily sit down and read with the dogs.»
Erin Tuttle
says she noticed the change in the math
homework at
about the same time as Heather, and she also noticed that her child was bringing home a lot fewer novels and more «Time magazine for kids» — a reflection of the English standards» emphasis on «informational texts» rather than literature.
As compared to parents of children in private schools, charter parents are 14 percentage points more likely to
say they have communicated with school officials
about their children's schoolwork or
homework.
While in Logan the previous month, Johnson
said he talked with a mother who brought up concerns
about the content in her daughter's grammar
homework.
The majority of parents
say children have «
about the right amount» of both
homework and pressure to do well in school, and a majority do review their child's
homework.
Frequently, a struggling secondary reader will come to class and
say, «I read last night's
homework, but I don't remember anything
about it (let alone understand it)!»
Duncan
said he's been talking to people locally and nationally
about what he'll do next but for now is enjoying time with his two kids, Ryan and Claire, helping with
homework and making them breakfast.
In their latest School Report Card, 89 percent of the parents
said they «felt welcome to participate» at the school, but only 39 percent communicated regularly with their teachers
about their children's
homework.
Authors who've done their
homework should know
about it, so there really isn't much that authors can
say against Amazon for sending out the warnings.
So I can not
say this enough, do your
homework and be specific
about what you expect from your book marketing efforts.
«These new titles represent a treasure trove of great reading and research for kids and a big asset for teachers,»
said Michael Ross, general manager of Britannica Digital Learning and a senior vice president at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. «Kids can access them anytime, anywhere, so never again will they have to worry
about leaving a book they need for
homework at school, or vice versa.»
«It's important to do your
homework and to talk
about the work required and the costs associated with it,» Chaddah
says.
«You always have to do your
homework and be honest
about how much time you have and the needs of your home and the right pet to fit into that environment,» Hocker
said.
If you really wanted to be an ally to those voices and not just whine
about how you feel so bad
about following only thing white people who have nothing to
say, you could have done your
homework and presented some of them here.
«Maybe it's another
homework to do something
about Galaga,» Komori
said.
Seems
said journalists have not done their
homework, or have and a) Turned a blind eye to the obvious transgressions at CA, or b) Have been told to turn a blind eye and only report what they want people to think
about CA.
«If you get a cover letter where the person clearly knows your industry, knows your competitors and refers to things
about your company that show they've taken the time to do their
homework, that's a big plus,» he
says.
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If you buy the property right (and when I
say «buy» I mean with leverage up to 80 % LTV), and you have done your
homework, you will be fine, With solid cash flow month in and month out, you will have a robust capital repair fund, worry little
about changes in taxes and insurance and basically can «set it and forget it.»
Brian Schlotzhauer, deputy registrar, industry standards, with the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO)
says one of the easiest ways salespeople can protect themselves is to do their
homework and ask a lot of questions
about the brokerage they're looking to work with.
When aligning with others, you want to make sure to do your
homework: Check their references, the Better Business Bureau, and Google to see what customers are
saying about them.