Why am I doing freshman science write-ups when I am 37?

Published: September 14, 2007, 7:00 am

Tags: homework, public schools, publicschools, tests, waldorf schools, waldorfschools

Filed under: High school, Public school, TeenagerFor the past eight years my son has attended a Waldorf school. It was a wonderful education and one that suited him well during his early years. Now he is in a mainstream public high school and our lives have changed drastically. Please note how I used the pronoun we in that sentence. See, in Waldorf there was virtually no homework. Sure the kids learned but it was an altogether different approach to education; our nights and weekends were mostly free from any assignments.Now that my son is in a regular school there is homework every night. Every night. I know this is standard for most schools, but after an eight year hiatus from homework it comes as a bit of a shock to the system for both of us. Thus far I have been reintroduced to math story problems about trains traveling on different schedules to different towns only to have used the same amount of fuel. I have been enlightened about just why a flame seems to suck water into a glass

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