10 Homework Excuses

10 Homework Excuses One of the reasons I believe my daughter hasn’t yet tried marijuana is because she simply doesn’t have the time. We stand on the sidewalk for a few minutes, chatting. The husband is smoking a joint, and he hands it over. I don’t write down everything during lectures and don’t use highlighters to make important parts of my notes. However, one thing I can do is setting priorities when it comes to homework. Get weekly and/or daily updates delivered to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time and we'll never share your details to third parties. Thank you for taking your time to send in your valued opinion to Science X editors. It’s only Friday, and I have until Monday to finish my homework. Each conference is three minutes, and parents can attend an afternoon or evening session. The conferences are strictly first come, first served. At noon, my wife and I sit in chairs outside each classroom waiting our turn, sometimes for as long as 45 minutes. A student is supposed to be timing each conference, but the students often wander off, and the teachers ignore the parents’ knocking after three minutes. Because I happen to be in the middle of my week of homework when this year’s parent-teacher conferences take place, I am uniquely equipped to discuss the work Esmee is doing. And over the years, I have noticed that the amount of homework does let up, slightly, after the conferencesâ€"if enough parents complain. However, there is always a clique of parents who are happy with the amount of homework. I tend not to get along with that type of parent. Parent-teacher conferences at the Lab School are similar to what I imagine speed dating to be like. Instead, she’s watching episodes ofPortlandiaon her computer. The weekend homework includes another 15 algebra equations, studying for a Spanish test on Monday, and, of course, moreAngela’s Ashes. I tell Esmee that this seems strangeâ€"didn’t she just have an algebra midterm? She says that in her class, they have more than one midterm every term. I’m Chris and If you’d ask me six months ago whether I liked doing my homework, I’d answer something along the lines of ‘of course not â€" who does? ” Today, it’s me who does like doing all kinds of homework. My major is social psychology, so you can imagine the amount of homework I’m dealing with! Don’t get me wrong â€" I still did my homework before, but now it’s completely different because I don’t see this process as a tedious thing I can’t wait to get over and done with. I haven’t smoked in a few months, but it’s Friday night and I’ve been doing homework all week. We part ways, and my wife and I go to a Japanese restaurant, where, as soon as I am seated, I regret smoking. It’s going to be hell trying to do algebra tonight with the head I have on right now. My wife and I decide to go out to dinner, and on our way up Hudson Street, we run into another couple we are close friends with. Though I struggle with converting from standard notationâ€"for example, converting 0. My older daughter’s homework load this evening is just seven algebra equations, studying for a Humanities test on industrialization, and more Earth Science. After a few minutes, replies started coming in from parents along the lines of “Thank God, we thought we were the only ones,” “Our son has been up until 2am crying,” and so forth. Over the next few months, the math teacher assigned a more manageable workload. My daughter now went to bed before 10 o’clock most nights. He disagreed, saying the teacher felt threatened. And he added that students weren’t allowed to cyberbully, so parents should be held to the same standard. As the person who instigated the conversation, I was called in to the vice principal’s office and accused of cyberbullying. I suggested that parents’ meeting to discuss their children’s education was generally a positive thing; we merely chose to have our meeting in cyberspace instead of the school cafeteria. My daughter has the misfortune of living through a period of peak homework. This algebra unit, on polynomials, seems to be a matter of remembering a few tricks.