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Originally Posted by Buddy-licious  I need to vent!!!! Does anyone else get so upset with homework time with their kids? My son is in the 5th grade and he comes home with sooooooo much homework every night. Half of the stuff he brings home has not been covered in class; therefore, I have to teach it to him. I AM NOT A TEACHER!!!! If I would of wanted to be a teacher I would of majored in this in college!!!!! I do not mind helping him with his homework each night but when it interfers with after school actitivies, dinner, family time, play time, etc.... it drives me crazy. My son and I both become so frustrated and we both end up arguing. Tonight I had to physically remove myself from the situation for about 10 minutes....go outside and take a big breath. I do not know how to handle this. Talking to his teachers would not do any good....all the parents that had kids in the 5th grade last year warned me how tough it would be.
Normally, I am so excited for my son to get home from school each day but I am starting to dread it because I know we are going to have to do 2 hours our home work.
Can anyone else relate? |
It's been hard for everyone. My daughter is now in the 3rd and the other the 6th. Both are in honors class so the hw runs about 4 hours a night. It's ben a rough road for the teachers because of the way that the changed the curriculum. My girls get frustrated as hell sometimes because they have so much homework. I think hw should be no more than an hour. It's nuts that they spend so much time in school learning and applying then have to come home and do more work then like you said at times I have to sit and read the book to learn how to do something or another because it wasn't covered in class.