<10 things teachers want
to say to parents, but can't>
9. Fine. Don't do the
homework
Homework is – and always will be – a tug-of-war between parents and
teachers in primary school. A lot of parents complain when there's too much of
it. Or when there's not enough of it. Or when it's too easy. Or hard. You
complain when parents are expected to help with it and you complain when it's
designed to be completed independently and your child struggles with this. You
complain when your kid has "mislaid" it and it hasn't miraculously reappeared in
her book-bag, the night before it is due. I will be sure to forward all these
complaints to the school governing body, which wrote the homework policy in the
first place. In the meantime, I'll just get on with all of the piles of marking.
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