Pooey - I'd like to read all this but I have only a little time on computer as I left my laptop lead far away so have to go to my dad's to catch up online!
at my primary school (5-10 years old) we had very few lessons - just handwriting and then maths in the last year - and no homework. My friends and I used to get extremely bored and beg for homework. We joined the astronomy and birdwatching clubs so we could learn something. Then at secondary school for the first two years I was so shy and scared that i did my homework studiously, then when I realized I could get high marks without bothering I stopped doing it. I only worked for Russian, because it was hard and I had to and I wanted to learn it, and English because I loved reading and writing anyway.
I suppose it differs from person to person greatly, but I agree about reading. Most people do need to be set reading to do for homework or will not read much at all, and reading the books in class takes up way too much time. Going on theatre trips probably helps a great deal. My little brother's school only got him to read one play by Shakespeare throughout his whole time there, whilst at my school we read two a year and went to see plays regularly.
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Date: 2010-11-20 05:59 pm (UTC)at my primary school (5-10 years old) we had very few lessons - just handwriting and then maths in the last year - and no homework. My friends and I used to get extremely bored and beg for homework. We joined the astronomy and birdwatching clubs so we could learn something. Then at secondary school for the first two years I was so shy and scared that i did my homework studiously, then when I realized I could get high marks without bothering I stopped doing it. I only worked for Russian, because it was hard and I had to and I wanted to learn it, and English because I loved reading and writing anyway.
I suppose it differs from person to person greatly, but I agree about reading. Most people do need to be set reading to do for homework or will not read much at all, and reading the books in class takes up way too much time. Going on theatre trips probably helps a great deal. My little brother's school only got him to read one play by Shakespeare throughout his whole time there, whilst at my school we read two a year and went to see plays regularly.