My son and I argued for quite a long time about his homework today.
Micah informed me that his homework was too easy, and since he wasn't dumb, he shouldn't have to do it. Personally, I find this to be a reasonable argument if the point of homework was to learn something. However, I'm pretty sure that that isn't what the point of the worksheets that his teacher sends home. She sends home tons of math problems. Simple stuff. Also his spelling and vocabulary words for him to write and define. He also has a reading log. It's pretty much the same thing every day. These aren't things for you to learn at home, they are things to practice so that you can do them faster and remember them at school. I told him about the real reason for his homework. He didn't like that.
Micah gave me a new argument and tried to establish a deal. If he could do his homework in 5 minutes, he shouldn't have to do it the next day. Pretty good argument, right? I thought it was good.
I started the timer. Three minutes, he had all the worksheets done. He pulled out the reading log and reads the top of the page "Read for 15 minutes".
Did I know that was there? Yeah...
I know, I kind of manipulated my son a bit, but after 3 hours of "I don't want to do my homework!" I feel justified. Homework is done.
2 comments:
Is it sad that I think it's funny that you out smarted him?
I think it's hilarious that I outsmarted him...sometimes I'm not sure it's possible....
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