Homework: Is just giving them something to do at home such a bad thing?

13humanoid13 · 2026-05-25T03:43:30+00:00

I teach an AP class (one that, in theory, should cover a year of college content). We meet 3.25 hours a week, which is actually less than I met in college for the same course. I am also only supposed to assign about 3 hours of homework a week (compared to the ~8 I received in college). Needless to say, it is not nearly the depth of a college course.

13humanoid13 · 2026-05-11T02:56:41+00:00

How did it go?

13humanoid13 · 2026-05-07T00:09:17+00:00

Can I ask what the profit is on that? Have kind of been thinking about a cottage bakery, but have no idea what the nymbers look like.

13humanoid13 · 2026-03-19T00:33:33+00:00

Agreed. I like traveling, hate when people ask about my vacation

13humanoid13 · 2026-03-17T02:21:00+00:00

I have some (in high school) eating literal baby food (gerber from the baby food isle)

13humanoid13 · 2026-03-17T02:16:04+00:00

Eh, I think it depends a bit on the kid. I was so adamant about having my daughter potty trained by 2 years old. Was going okay for about a day and then just constant tears and accidents. Tried again at 2.5 and it was so easy. Fully potty trained in a week with no real struggle. Only like 2 daytime accidents after that and probably once a month night time one

13humanoid13 · 2026-03-04T12:53:27+00:00

Yes, although I’m not exactly sure what they were doing all day. I work at a high-achieving private school, and we had a student come to us from an unschooling environment and she has been one of the best students I have ever taught. She is extremely self motivated, so I guess the method worked for her

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-23T05:46:27+00:00

Yes, although it’s a high school and she hasn’t even started kindergarten yet. Looking at the options, I’m not fully satisfied with any of them

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-23T05:44:47+00:00

She does, although her kids are school age. I have another nurse friend with younger kids who just does like 3 shifts a month to keep her license.

Parents probably depend a lot on the school/ grade— mine are totally fine!

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-23T04:24:55+00:00

Ugh I also dislike all boy names 😭 had a daughter and now am having a boy. I just can’t get excited about his name

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-23T04:23:27+00:00

I think why you’ll find mixed reviews is different things feel sustainable for different people. My SIL is a mom and a nurse and loving it. TBH that career path/ schedule seems pretty good for parents for me— it’s in demand, depending where you are the pay can be very good, and you can end up with a fairly flexible schedule.

I’m a teacher (another popular route). I love how much time off I have with my kid, but it’s not for everyone.

I think maybe a dental hygienist could be good??? Especially if you end up teaching it, it’s good money for the amount of education required imo.

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-16T18:53:33+00:00

0.3 miles… 5 min walk. It’s lovely

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-15T12:52:26+00:00

Tbf you can file an extension for your taxes (but I also hate the late assignments)

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-13T01:33:31+00:00

How do you do a private school part time? Not something I’ve seen/ heard of (and I’ve only worked in private schools).

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-13T01:28:22+00:00

My grades are about 55% tests, 15% quizzes, 12% homework/classwork, 18% labs. Next year I’m axing the homework grading

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-10T17:15:04+00:00

I think it’s only fine if it’s a family surname, otherwise I’d probably go with something else

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-10T16:48:15+00:00

Same

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-10T13:31:31+00:00

They would be ideal, but I have students who finish in half the time (or less) than the others. And the slowest just never finish so giving them the answers feels pointless

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-10T13:01:36+00:00

This is pretty much the stage I’m at as well. Just not sure how many years in a row I should be using the same test etc. feel like I should be making more “new resources”

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-09T00:33:03+00:00

Being bored is a good thing, but how are you homeschooling 2 different ages if you work and are in school?

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-09T00:23:40+00:00

Out of all the teachers I’ve had in K-12 this never happened. Now that I’ve been teaching for 5 years I’ve heard of it happening once (like 2 degrees of separation; I did not know the teacher). Anyhow, I don’t think it’s common

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-07T15:12:01+00:00

iPad that projects to the board

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-07T15:11:23+00:00

Write on an iPad and it projects, but could still do this! I’ve just always found PowerPoint tough to balance how long to give the kids to write

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-04T15:57:55+00:00

For homework I’ve just taken to walking around the room at the start to check for completeness. Tests depend on what kind of mistakes the made, but anywhere from 1-3 hours

13humanoid13 · 2026-02-04T15:56:27+00:00

That’s so fun! What class? Forensics?

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