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[GMDino]

(10-30-2019, 10:31 AM)Au165 Wrote: It's possible, and it may just be her way of simply saying it's an overreach by schools which I do agree with to some extent. We are being told kids are addicted to screens and spending too much time in front of screens, but we are now forcing them to be on screens to do a required activity like school work. One could argue they'd be on screens anyways, however that is just sidestepping the fact that now a government entity is requiring it. 

I personally despise homework and am against anything that is pushing kids to do more work away from school. I think the issue is our inefficient way of teaching children not that they need to do more work while they are away from school. My favorite are the big projects that teachers assign over breaks as if they want to make sure that kids can't escape the stress even over a designated break.

To the bold: I mostly agree.  Homework can be used to reinforce what was taught during the day.  Too much and those large project do create more stress than good IMHO.  I agree with you on that.

As to making them use the screen time for good and not just entertainment Id maintain that would be a good thing.

As an aside to that we were on vacation in Virginia a few years ago and took the family through an aquarium there.  I stopped to read a sign about the submarine studies they had my wife was calling back for me to hurry up.  I told her I was reading something and that it was interesting.  She replied that she didn't want to learn anything.  So every time we are in a museum for a trip or there's a chance of something being educational where we are I loudly proclaim "We are not here to LEARN anything!  We are here to have fun ONLY!"