Month: January 2006

As a volunteer who works with students in two elementary school classrooms each week, I'm floored by the number of kids who consistently come to class without having done their homework. And the excuses are, well, inexcusable. "I had to go to my dad's, and he was busy." "We were shopping all night." "I don't get to do my homework until late and I was tired." Usually these excuses come from the kids who truly need work on their skills and knowledge base. One weekly assignment involves using spelling words in sentences that reflect the students' comprehension of each word's meaning. I'm not exaggerating when I tell you there are 10-year-olds who don't know the meaning of the word "faithful." Others can't seem to keep their eyes open to read to me because they were up until midnight, playing video games. Where are your parents, and what are you doing? It's obvious what you're not doing. You made the choice to have...