It's summer, and my school is sending homework through the mail?!!!

[Kritish]

Firstly, is it a public or private school?

If it is the former, I'd tell my child not to do it and write a letter to the school explaining that my child is my responsibility over the summer, not theirs. It is my job to raise my child, not theirs. And during the summer, if I want to park my kid's ass infront of a TV and feed him chocolate and candy every day, it is my choice, not theirs. When he is in their school for eight hours a day, five days a week, they can do what they want, but other than that, back off.

I can't wait to be a parents, I'm gonna feed him nothing but ketchup and mountain dew, let him play with a crossbow and watch zombie movies. I'll give him the childhood I wanted.

 

[webhead731]

Firstly, is it a public or private school?

If it is the former, I'd tell my child not to do it and write a letter to the school explaining that my child is my responsibility over the summer, not theirs. It is my job to raise my child, not theirs. And during the summer, if I want to park my kid's ass infront of a TV and feed him chocolate and candy every day, it is my choice, not theirs. When he is in their school for eight hours a day, five days a week, they can do what they want, but other than that, back off.

It's public. I don't know if we should make a big deal out of it with the school...though I'd love to.

How good are you doing in school, could you manage to get away with not doing it and still pass?

I don't think it's THAT big of a grade. I don't know. I'll do it, but probably cheat and half-ass it.

 

[Matt]

It's public. I don't know if we should make a big deal out of it with the school...though I'd love to.

I think you damn well should. It would be one thing if it were a private school and you agreed to accept any of their stipulations (including summer assignments). But its not. It is public school and they have no right at all to try and raise you in the summer.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Haven't you ever gotten summer work before? I got summer math from 6th grade on, and summer reading all through High School. It's not that big a deal, everyone just does it the week before school starts.

And Lord of the Flies is like 200 pages long, it'll take you like 2 weeks to read if you spread it out a lot. It's weird that they shipped it to you and didn't just give it to you at the end of the year, but other than that I don't see why this is such a big deal. If you're really that dead-set against reading it, there's been like 3 or 4 movies made of it, and all are pretty to-the-book.

I wouldn't recommend not doing it and complaining though. I seriously doubt they'll be impressed if you tell them you don't care and read enough comics that you don't need to do their homework.

 

[Spider-Gamer]

Man, Summer is for students to relax for a couple of months so they don't get burnt out from all the work durring the school year, but NOT to do more assignments. Is it that hard to squeeze in reading a book during the school year that they need to do it in the summer? What gives?

 

[Leto Atrides]

In my experience, they do it so there is something to discuss right at the start of the year.

 

[Matt]

Haven't you ever gotten summer work before? I got summer math from 6th grade on, and summer reading all through High School. It's not that big a deal, everyone just does it the week before school starts.

And Lord of the Flies is like 200 pages long, it'll take you like 2 weeks to read if you spread it out a lot. It's weird that they shipped it to you and didn't just give it to you at the end of the year, but other than that I don't see why this is such a big deal. If you're really that dead-set against reading it, there's been like 3 or 4 movies made of it, and all are pretty to-the-book.

I wouldn't recommend not doing it and complaining though. I seriously doubt they'll be impressed if you tell them you don't care and read enough comics that you don't need to do their homework.

Its not an issue of how long it is, or how little effort is put in. It is about the persumputious nature of a public school to think they have that kind of authority over someone else's child.

 

[doc ock rules!]

Bleh. Thanks for reminding me about my three AP summer assignments.

Really, I have to agree with you. Unless you agree to sign up for a highly paced class (such as AP English), there's no reason for a summer reading assignment. Most kids I know would either cheat their way through the assignment or just completely forget about it. I think teachers are smart enough to realize this.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Its not an issue of how long it is, or how little effort is put in. It is about the persumputious nature of a public school to think they have that kind of authority over someone else's child.

I don't know, the way I see it it's the same as them giving homework the rest of the year. The teacher/school is assigning them work outside of the time they are literally attending school. If they actually made them come in or attend some event during the summer I'd agree, but to me "do this before you come to class tomorrow" and "do this before you come back in September" is the same.

I had to do it for years and I'm completely used to the idea though, so I suppose I'm biased.

 

[nosebleed.]

Heaven forbid that you read something outside of comic books

 

[Catman]

Just say the package never came. It got lost in the mail.

lol. Thats what I would do.

It's some Lord of the Flies book.

Dude, Lord of the Flies is an AWESOME book. Read the book but don't do the assignment.

My bro said he watched a movie version in school, and it was good.

Which version? The `60s or `90s version? The `90s version is HORRIBLE!

 

[Telekinetic]

Every summer we have to read a book and complete an assignment and have it ready on the first day of school

nothing new for me.

 

[webhead731]

We shouldn't ever have to do work over the summer when it involves school. That's ******ed.

And my bro didn't tell me which version he saw, Catman.

 

[webhead731]

Heaven forbid that you read something outside of comic books

Read the first post.

I had comics down as well as some others. Including actual chapter books/novels.

 

[Telekinetic]

I would just read it off of sparknotes.com

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

What is the world coming to?

 

[xwolverine2]

trust me ive never done ONE summer reading in my life...

my whole class always denies being given a reading list from the previous years teacher...

dont read ****

 

[Catman]

trust me ive never done ONE summer reading in my life...

my whole class always denies being given a reading list from the previous years teacher...

dont read ****

I don't think its a requirement in Miami. And even if it was the teachers cared as little as the students.

 

[Telekinetic]

im in a program at school.

normal kids dont have to read at all over summer.

 

[The Geek Vault]

Here's what ya do! Read the book and do the worksheet then when you mail them back poop in the envolope

 

[xwolverine2]

I don't think its a requirement in Miami. And even if it was the teachers cared as little as the students.

they say "requiremed reading"...



teachers just mark it as extra cred

 

[CAH]

Man Webhead...that sucks...I think it would have to be some pretty good reading material for me to even think about taking the time out of my summer to read it, but you do whatever you feel is right.

CAH

 

[Abaddon]

It's strange that they didn't give it to you before vacation started.

 

[The Apocalypse]

I'd read the book anyway. Its a pretty good book. I understand though. I have to read 5 books over the summer. I just read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm not reading 5 other books.

 

[The Evolutionist]

Man, I had to do summer reading from 2nd grade through to graduation, and some of my friends even had to do it for college. Quit your *****ing and read, The Lord of the Flies is an interesting read and not that long.