So I'm from Las Vegas, NV and recently there has been talk around town and on the local news about how teachers give out too much homework that is simply pointless to do. On the radios they have parents who will debate the subject about how they feel on the issue and I think some of their comments on it is so riduculous. For example one parent had called (let's call her Sarah* and her daughter Mia*) saying that "Mia her 4th grader gets too much homework to do and that she as a parent does not have enough time between work and taking care of her children to have to watch Mia and help Mia with her homework." The main issue I have with this is that "Hello she's your kid, aren't you suppose to help her if she needs it. And yes I can understand that you're busy but how hard and how much time would you need to invest to help your daughter with her homework she's in the 4th grade."
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i agree with you. it is the parents responsibility to make time to be there for their kids.
My mom started going back to school for her BA when I was in
fourth grade, and I didn't have that much homework and when I did, she or my teacher was there to help me. Teachers need to take the work load off of these little kids too. Its not only the parents responsibility to be there to help them. Not all families can due to financial situations.
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