Mickey'snewestfan
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I'm a teacher myself, but I just have to ask, what was that teacher thinking? So, on one of the last days before Christmas she gives a 2 hour assignment that has no academic value? Really? I'm all for packing in the learning, but what on earth did a child learn from that assignment?
So many schools in our country are confused about the difference between work that's rigorous, and work that's merely hard -- this totally falls into the latter category.
I also hope this was a Christian school, because if it was public I've got other issues. Grading kids on cultural knowledge that some kids will have and some kids won't is grossly unfair. Homework should be based on what is learned at school, and unless they just finished a unit on traditional Christmas songs in music class this doesn't fall into that category.
So many schools in our country are confused about the difference between work that's rigorous, and work that's merely hard -- this totally falls into the latter category.
I also hope this was a Christian school, because if it was public I've got other issues. Grading kids on cultural knowledge that some kids will have and some kids won't is grossly unfair. Homework should be based on what is learned at school, and unless they just finished a unit on traditional Christmas songs in music class this doesn't fall into that category.
