Homework (1)
Yesterday, I overheard a conversation between my neighbor and her young son. As the mother was about to leave, the boy asked, "Mom, should I do my homework?" To my surprise, the mother replied, "I will do it for you when I return." Yes, she was offering to do her son's homework.
This conversation reminded me of a story I heard a while ago. A mother has a little kid - a kindergartner. The kid often confused the number '3' with the letter 'E.' The mother knows this, but one day she noticed they were written correctly in his textbook and asked who wrote it for him. The boy, being a kid, replied, "ሚስ ናት የጻፈችልኝ ግን ለማንም አትናገር ስላለችኝ አልነግርሽም".
What are we doing? I understand our country's education system is broken, but we should try to fix what’s wrong, not make it worse.
I remember when I was a child, math word problems confused me. You know the types: "Abebe has 10 bananas. If he gave five to Aster, how many does he have now?" I really hated those problems and always went to my father for help. However, he never gave me a direct answer, let alone did the work for me. Instead, he would turn the book back a page or two and show me an example, a question I had done previously, with an explanation like, "This question is similar to that one; try solving it like this." I had to understand how they solved the problem in the example and then apply that principle to the current problem I was facing.
Now, we have parents and teachers doing homework for students. What a crazy time.
#Education #Parenting #Learning
Yesterday, I overheard a conversation between my neighbor and her young son. As the mother was about to leave, the boy asked, "Mom, should I do my homework?" To my surprise, the mother replied, "I will do it for you when I return." Yes, she was offering to do her son's homework.
This conversation reminded me of a story I heard a while ago. A mother has a little kid - a kindergartner. The kid often confused the number '3' with the letter 'E.' The mother knows this, but one day she noticed they were written correctly in his textbook and asked who wrote it for him. The boy, being a kid, replied, "ሚስ ናት የጻፈችልኝ ግን ለማንም አትናገር ስላለችኝ አልነግርሽም".
What are we doing? I understand our country's education system is broken, but we should try to fix what’s wrong, not make it worse.
I remember when I was a child, math word problems confused me. You know the types: "Abebe has 10 bananas. If he gave five to Aster, how many does he have now?" I really hated those problems and always went to my father for help. However, he never gave me a direct answer, let alone did the work for me. Instead, he would turn the book back a page or two and show me an example, a question I had done previously, with an explanation like, "This question is similar to that one; try solving it like this." I had to understand how they solved the problem in the example and then apply that principle to the current problem I was facing.
Now, we have parents and teachers doing homework for students. What a crazy time.
#Education #Parenting #Learning