tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post8772399140097619685..comments2023-10-07T02:42:10.642-07:00Comments on Coalition for Kid-Friendly Schools: John Holt on the Old New MathFedUpMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-18320927319775050792011-07-11T08:30:45.782-07:002011-07-11T08:30:45.782-07:00I had virtually no homework until seventh grade. ...I had virtually no homework until seventh grade. There might have been the occasional diorama or something, but really almost nothing at all. (This was in the early Seventies.) I do remember having to do a "book report" once in second grade, and being entirely mystified as to what was expected of me (having been shown no examples of what a book report looked like). I did mine on A Charlie Brown Christmas. I'm pretty sure I gave it a thumbs-up.<br /><br />That Holt book is really interesting. What spoke to me most when I recently read it was its depiction of how some kids experience education -- math instruction, for example -- as a threat, rather than a challenge, and how powerless the "make 'em learn" approach is to do anything about that.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-29323141404095814932011-07-11T05:48:24.709-07:002011-07-11T05:48:24.709-07:00PsychMom says:
I've read some of his stuff in ...PsychMom says:<br />I've read some of his stuff in an "Unschooling" book I bought last year. I think it makes alot of sense.<br />I started school in 1964...and for the first 6 years of my schooling, I do not remember having homework. When I bring this point up to my daughter's teachers they dismissively say, "Oh,you probably did, nobody really remembers what they did in elementary school".<br /><br />I recall one bad day with my Mom, as she tried to drum the times tables into my head. One day. I also remember her(my) project for Grade 4...she did most of the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com