I am the oldest of 10 kids and one thing that my mother has always found difficult is getting homework done at night. Wow, can you even imagine trying to get all your children ranging in age of Kindergarten to High School to sit down and do homework at the same time. It was impossible and truly my mother had to have outside help to complete the task. She hired one of the local High School students to come over in the afternoons and sit with one child while she sat with another child. In all reality, people do not have problems as bad as this getting homework done each evening. They simply think they can handle everything and the homework will get done in due time. Homework is essential in a student’s academic progress and I have found some helpful hints in saving time and hassle.
As a teacher I have found that homework really is an important process that students NEED to learn to do after school. It is amazing how many parents disregard homework all together and don’t get it done. That drives teachers insane, especially because it always seems like the students who don’t do their homework have the lowest scores overall in the classroom. A good idea to verify this information is to go into any classroom for a week and record the progress of students who do their homework compare to those that don’t. It is truly amazing how the simple effort of after school work really reinforces the ideas in the classroom. That information should be enough to start homework as soon as your student gets home, but some parents still need more persuasive information.
