Should Homework Be Scrapped?

panther · 11-03-2008, 21:08

they say...Homework is making Britain's kids miserable and should be scrapped, according to a leading teachers' union.

primary school kids should not be given homework, IMO.
high school kids?...yes i agree with.

what do you think?

slinky · 11-03-2008, 21:11

I'm same as you Panther. I think Primary school kids shouldn't have the worry of home work.

I do think that secondary school homework is good for them. I think it gives them a taste of Dead lines that have to be met and responsibility, which, hopefully ( If they decide to get a job )

will come in handy.

flashy · 11-03-2008, 21:12

i'm in the middle with this one, yes they should have LESS homework BUT i dont think they should stop it altogether, maybe just not give them as much

shillelagh · 11-03-2008, 21:13

homework - hated it when i was at school, hated it when i was at college, hated it now i bring it home from work sometimes. Most of the time the homework was done on the bus going to school in the morning .....

thats why i can now write anywhere as long as the pen's working!!!

But yes kids should get homework and if i remember rightly one of my nieces and both my nephews got homework in the top class of primary school.

Less · 11-03-2008, 21:14

No it's the only thing that you women complain more about than your fellers!

Oop's sorry misread the title as HOUSEWORK!

Margaret Pilkington · 11-03-2008, 21:18

Primary school Children should not have homework....unless it is like a project......I remember doing one when I was at Peel Park(centuries ago)...it was about growing cocoa beans and the best project received a prize from Cadbury's......I think we all got something from Cadbury's. It made learning fun.

I think that secondary School children need to develop a degree of discipline and focus towards their studies...so I think there should be some homework.....but I am sure that learning could be more fun and more valid if done in work groups.

slinky · 11-03-2008, 21:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Less

No it's the only thing that you women complain more about than your fellers!

Oop's sorry misread the title as HOUSEWORK!

We know your up take on housework.......

pssst ... Less - have you managed to sweet talk AccyLass yet??

Less · 11-03-2008, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by slinky

pssst ... Less - have you managed to sweet talk AccyLass yet??

No, she seems to think I need a brush with a longer handle,

I told her we could come to some sort of compromise, if she could be more relaxed and just grip it with one hand! (so long as it gets the job done I won't mind how long she takes!).

flashy · 11-03-2008, 21:27

see Less you DO need a woman in your life

panther · 11-03-2008, 21:32

My son comes home with homework and hes only 7, ya can tell with his face hes not interested in it, also reading, hes always fetching books home to read and this too is making him fed up, with having to keep doing it.
he's doing really well with his reading and having to keep doing the same thing all the time is putting him off!, surley this cant be a good thing?

so NO as i said before primary school age kids should get NONE