The effect of counting homework as a grade..
By cream97
@cream97 (29085)
United States
September 30, 2008 3:50pm CST
My son's teacher, says that she does not look at homework like that. But, when my child takes homework back to school the next day, there are smiley faces on it. Which is not a problem with me. One day, I had a hard time helping my son with his homework. The exercise that she had my son do for homework was complicated.. So, I helped my son out with it the best that I knew how.. So, I turned this sheet in to her the next day, and can you believe that she has an comment about the sheet, about the way that it was done incorrectly.. This is his first homework sheet that she ever said that was wrong. On his sheet she did not put any marks on it. It was just left blank. Why could she have not thanked my son for at least trying to make effort to do his homework? Even if it was done incorrectly? You can tell that he did have help with the sheet. We did try. Why does a child have to do so perfectly in school when it comes to his learning? I understand that she wants him to succeed. But it seems like she is over doing it. I don't expect him to have every homework done correctly.. I am not looking for him to win all the time. I know that he will make mistakes, because that is his way of trying. So, she says that she does not look at homework like that. If she does not, then why would she make a big deal over one homework sheet was done incorrectly? I am confused with this teacher as a child's parent. What should be done about a teacher as this?
When we were coming up in my school days, when a teacher says that she does not check homework, that means that she does not grade it, she does not put on any markings of any kind on the sheet. Nor does she make any comments about it whatsoever. The teacher will instead give it a check, just to say that it was done. There can be a check on the front page of the work. But, the entire lesson won't have check markings on what was right and wrong.
6 responses
@mrbranan (1012)
• United States
6 Oct 08
I don't understand if the homework is being graded or not. I would ask for a confrence and speak with the teacher and explaine to her what your conserns are and ask what is to be expected of my child. I think that if you speak to her and do not leave until all your questions are being answered you will feel a lot better.
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is concerned. Thanks for responding!
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
30 Sep 08
When I was in school, well I'm still in school but when I was in elementary school, we didn't get grades on our school work until we reached third grade or so. Before then, we'd get smiley faces on work that was completed in a correct manner, and smiley faces on work that was mostly completed correctly. If we did not completely correct the work then we did not get a smiley face or a sticker. Instead, we were asked to speak to the teacher about the assignment and get a bit more help from the teacher or other children so we could grasp the concept.
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@moondancer (7431)
• United States
1 Oct 08
What you say is right? If what she says is right by her standards. She should however, if she is going to mark them as being right then mark them if they are wrong. ANd mark why they are wrong. That's what my grandchildrens teachers do. I'd talk to her about it and tell her what she's doing or not doing makes no sense and she either needs to do one or the other. No marks at all or mark both wrong and right papers.
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@checapricorn (16060)
• United States
1 Oct 08
[i]HI cream,
I guess you need to address this to the principal and if you have the same concern with other parents, it's nice to bring this issue in a general meeting! They have to be the model as well as will inspire the kids to learn and to try because in reality, that is life![/i]
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@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
1 Oct 08
This is irresponsible behavior. The teacher is unethical. It is sad! I hope everything will be fine
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@relundad (2310)
• United States
1 Oct 08
I am assuming that your child is in the lower level of elementary school for the teacher to say that homework doesn't count. My son is 9 and in the 4th grade and homework counts for 25% of their final grade. Last year it only counted for 10% of his final grade. This year it is vital, since they don't give a "C" anymore (not that I would ever allow one in my house...lol), if they are marginal in classroom work they could fail the subject.
In my opinion, even if the teacher said that it didn't count, I can only assume that she does "look" at it, even if its not necessarily graded as evident by the check mark. So I would not expect here to "look" at the assignment, and it not be correct and for her to not acknowledge in some fashion that it was done incorrect. Otherwise how would you as the parent checking now that it was wrong, or for the child how would he know that he needed to work on? I just think that she was doing her job by acknowleding that the assignment was incorrect.
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