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Homework Posted By: ADifferentDrummer
Posted On: 05/16/2008
Sometimes (it used to be often so I am lucky), Corvus cannot finish his work at school. He gets too worried, too anxious or too distracted. In 1st grade, they kept the work at school and did not tell me about it.. As it piled up, his anxiety took over and nothing got done. The day before Christmas break, he secretly snuck home his 'incomplete' folder and told me he did not know what to do with it. He was in tears - poor boy. I helped him organize it and finish all the things that were almost complete, then the things that were half complete, etc. By the end of Christmas break, he had finished more than half of the folder and I had words (calm, collected, well planned words) with his teacher. We kept the folder at home and finished it on the weekends. For the rest of the year and all of this year, incomplete work comes home on the day it was incomplete. We finish it up and get it back the next day. Sometimes, though, I just want to scream at him as he argues with me about when he should do it, where he should do it, whether he should do it, what pencil he should use, whether he should scribble out mistakes, whether he should fix errors, etc. The place (the table), time (right now), box of pencils (pick on eand stick with it), rules (erase and fix errors), etc., have never changed - but he still finds the need to argue. I look forward to the days when real homework begins - NOT.
Deb
       
Jake9068 wrote this reply on 05/16/2008
THe arguing about homework sounds typical to me!! I hate homework. One of the advantages of homeschooling---No Homework!!! We are generally done with the days work by 1 1 or 12.

Motherof4 wrote this reply on 05/17/2008
This year, at 16, Daniel has begun doing his homework himself. Most days, I have to remind him, but sometimes, I'll come into the kitchen and find him just doing it, no reminders. He gets lots of praise then. He won't let me work with him anymore. I am so grateful! I hope Corvus will be younger when the responsibility hormones hit.

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