tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post82894404847887272..comments2023-10-24T06:25:01.611-07:00Comments on none of your beeswax: What I learned by watching my Mom do my homeworkBeeswaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10418719062005209787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post-84446432172242523862011-03-15T04:55:16.757-07:002011-03-15T04:55:16.757-07:00Since you asked...
I learned to write by doing my...Since you asked...<br /><br />I learned to write by doing my own homework. And my kids learned to write by doing their own homework. I'm pretty sure we all learned a few other lessons in that as well.compulsive writerhttp://compulsivewriter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post-88892263322899986132011-03-14T10:52:47.632-07:002011-03-14T10:52:47.632-07:00I have an allergy to doing my kids' homework. ...I have an allergy to doing my kids' homework. <br /><br />Helping? Correcting? Supervising? Making them do it over again when it's not right? Yes. Doing it? Nope.<br /><br />And yes, I stared right into my seven-year-old's face this year and said shucks, then it looks like you won't be in the science fair this year.<br /><br />The HELL I'll ever do their homework.<br /><br />And that's what I learned from my parents never doing my homework.Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post-39754724074094495962011-03-10T16:12:33.730-07:002011-03-10T16:12:33.730-07:00I just read this as I helped my kindergardener,and...I just read this as I helped my kindergardener,and 2nd grader with their homework. That was after I proof-read the fifth graders report, gave awesome notes, and then did some extra online research for him so the report would be better written. We have already worked on some many projects this year I can not keep count. This weekend I will be helping to create a power point presentation. So I can honestly say you are doing the right thing, and I am never wrong. Just ask my husband.missloulouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836554182635850744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post-70476790206272746592011-03-09T03:23:11.063-07:002011-03-09T03:23:11.063-07:00I think that 90% of science fair projects are done...I think that 90% of science fair projects are done by parents, and I am emphatically against them entirely. I don't need to be given homework at 30, which I think is essentially the case with the science fair. I will be saying to my kids what my mother always said to me: "I already passed such-and-such grade".<br /><br />*Helping is a different story, but "helping" is not in the cards.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18244908551583729419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post-42062533734780683872011-03-08T19:12:38.577-07:002011-03-08T19:12:38.577-07:00I remember in high school having papers to write, ...I remember in high school having papers to write, and asking my mother to proof read them for me. She would give me suggestions of a different way (better!) to say something, and I would almost always take her words verbatim and put them in the paper. I believe this helped my writing to develop.<br />I find myself helping my son in the same way. Teachers have too many students to help them one on one... this is the best way I know to help my son develop his writing.<br />Reading is good, but the actual rewriting experience, with someone who knows how to write, is priceless.Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07674527009400041533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11480853.post-56425496267926367092011-03-08T14:52:43.076-07:002011-03-08T14:52:43.076-07:00Very entertaining post, but I can honestly say tha...Very entertaining post, but I can honestly say that my parents never did ANY of my homework for me (not even science projects) and I have repeated the favor (lack of favor?) for my children.<br /><br />I think the only way you can learn to write WELL is by reading a lot. Not sure if that advice will help a second grader, though.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.com