Mission Possible
I sit. I look at things. I don’t really engage in any reading. I wait. One minute, two minutes, then I hear “Mom, can you take a look at my math?” And so it begins, the school night homework. Three backpacks today held a novel with several chapters to read, lots of math, vocabulary worksheets, a science project, and a new song to learn on the recorder. “We better get that math started,” I said. “We will get this done in no time.” WE Being an educator and a mom, I get to see both sides of the homework issue. In the teacher’s lounge, I hear daily about kids not completing homework. Teachers are baffled. Why don’t kids do their work? Why don’t they get this homework done. Why don't’ they care if they get a detention. So what happens when students get stumped? For many kids, an Algebra class can feel like AP Calculus and be as confusing as trying to read Arabic. If no one is readily available to help, it is easy to get frustrated, feel overwhelmed, and