Educated parents are usually smart enough not rely on the education system to educate their kids.
Homework helps reinforce what the kids didn't learn in school.
Good schools are a bridge to success, bad schools are an obstacle course.
"Harvard is the storehouse of knowledge because the freshman bring so much in and the graduates take so little out." Charles Eliot
"In the first place God made idiots. That was for practice; then he made school boards." Mark Twain
Homework helps reinforce what the kids didn't learn in school.
ReplyDeleteHave I mentioned any time in the pasg 10 minutes that I have a 353-page test prep book WITH NO ANSWERS to have Christopher do during winter "vacation"?
I ended a letter to the editor critical of our school board with the Twain quote once. Started quite the stir. I recommend it highly.
ReplyDeleteI ended a letter to the editor critical of our school board with the Twain quote once.
ReplyDeletegood lord
you've got me beat
Actually, Rory's Friday education quotes concept is a GREAT idea!
ReplyDeleteI mean...it might be a great idea for a school district listserv...
The NY SUN has quotes every day. Wonderful.
Unfortunately I lost the paper that had two terrific quotes on the nature of political work.
Send me your quotes... I will post them again next friday-ish.
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