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gradus_ad ◴[] No.41897451[source]
Seems like the easy fix here is move all evaluation in-class. Are schools really that reliant on internet/computer based assignments? Actually, this could be a great opportunity to dial back unnecessary and wasteful edu-tech creep.
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OptionOfT ◴[] No.41898175[source]
That overall would be the right thing. Homework is such a weird concept when you think about it. Especially if you get graded on the correctness. There is no step between the teacher explaining and you validating whether you understood the material.

Teacher explains material, you get homework about the material and are graded on it.

It shouldn't be like that. If the work (i.e. the exercises) are important to grasp the material, they should be done in class.

Also removes the need of hiring tutors.

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1. teeray ◴[] No.41903592[source]
> Homework is such a weird concept when you think about it.

It’s not when you reframe it in Puritanical terms. Keep the children busy for 12 hours per day: If they get some practice on their courses, great, but busy, quiet children won’t fall in with the devil.

I wish I could get a refund on all the wasted childhood I spent doing useless homework on subjects I have not used since. No, it didn’t make me “a well-rounded person,” it just detracted from the time I could spend learning about computers—a subject my school could not teach me.