an or their context?My twins in Nursery were required to learn by heart in numerical order, 40 verses from the King James version of the bible for homework! (Who was it who said learning is supposed to be fun!!) UNBELIEVABLE!! Not fun for them or for Mummy!
And then there is the other extreme; my eldest son's projects are like something out of kindergarten - cut and paste magazine pictures.What do they learn from these activities?
Last year he didn't complete a Grade 5 project. I had given countless reminders and offered assistance but Pre-teen disorganisation and playing basketball with his friends took priority so it never got done. The morning it was due and 10 minutes before he had to leave out of the door for school he then suddenly wanted my help....
I hoped it would be a lesson for him and that the no grade might be a 'wake up' call to help kick start him into action, maybe an extra assignment for not doing the work or even detention would do the trick?
I couldn't believe my ears or eyes when he arrived home with a classmates project, handed to him by his Teacher who had told him to photocopy the homework......And what did he get???? An A Grade!!! 100% for watching someone else press the green button on a printing machine and writing his name on the front page!
To be an 'A' student it doesn't take much! For a woodwork project you can just purchase a ready made item from a furniture shop and thats your grade secured.....Sad, but true!....so much for the actual learning process of any skills or taking pride in ones achievements.....
Outright, unashamed copy and paste techniques taught and accepted in the classroom and a generation of kids who learn nothing, know nothing and can do almost nothing for themselves.
Maybe they just photocopy the graduation diplomas too?
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