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  • homework to be banned in Ireland ??

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 22 10:58:49 2023
    President Michael D Higgins calls for homework to be banned in Ireland

    The country's favourite leader has given hope to a new generation of
    students that the bane of their afterschool evenings could be
    scrapped.
    ...
    ..
    President Higgins argues that this would make time for young people to
    engage in more creative pursuits outside school hours

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/president-higgins-homework-banned-ireland-29007566

    NO!

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Jan 23 14:18:13 2023
    On 1/22/2023 11:58, JAB wrote:
    President Michael D Higgins calls for homework to be banned in Ireland

    The country's favourite leader has given hope to a new generation of
    students that the bane of their afterschool evenings could be
    scrapped.
    ...
    ..
    President Higgins argues that this would make time for young people to
    engage in more creative pursuits outside school hours

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/president-higgins-homework-banned-ireland-29007566

    NO!

    Is "NO!" your input, JAB?

    I have to agree with the Irish president. I think that after-school
    work just drains children. It sure did with me. Not that I flunked out
    of anything, but I would have done better in school, specifically high
    school, without homework. Time at home is to recharge... I usually
    crammed and did homework on the bus or in homeroom... else it didn't get
    done.

    Alternatively, the Japanese seem to have better educational system ideas
    than we do in the US. Their children don't get a summer vacation. Yes,
    I liked summer vacation as a child, but you lose a lot of information
    and motivation over those months, and the first half of the school-year
    is spent back-tracking to get everyone back up to speed.

    My theory: Ban homework all together, and shorten summer break up to a
    few weeks, or a month, tops. Perhaps split it up with a short Autumn
    and Spring break instead.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to michael.trew@att.net on Mon Jan 23 14:57:28 2023
    On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:18:13 -0500, Michael Trew
    <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

    Is "NO!" your input, JAB?

    Correct....some homework is good...not excessive.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Jan 23 22:47:34 2023
    JAB wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:18:13 -0500, Michael Trew
    <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

    Is "NO!" your input, JAB?

    Correct....some homework is good...not excessive.

    ... and for creative time outside of school-hours read make Tik Tok
    videos and pop down to McDonald's for their dinner. As the poor parents
    of today's generation just don't have the time to supervise their
    children's homework. (After school study sorts that out for them!)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to blueshirt@indigo.news on Mon Jan 23 16:00:03 2023
    On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:47:34 +0100, "Blueshirt"
    <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    ... and for creative time outside of school-hours

    Before TV and radio...during the 3Rs days, I suspect those who went to
    school did not have these diversionary activities.

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