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Message to cheaters everywhere: do your homework. When the answer key to a difficult problem set was inadvertently picked up by one of the students in Biology 22, "Evolutionary Stable Strategy" (ESS), Head TF William Piel proceeded to give students a run for their money...
...poll taken by The Crimson, undergraduates--while applauding the quality of their academic and extracurricular experiences--painted a far from pretty picture of Harvard life in the broader sense. Sixty-four percent of students reported that they stay home to do homework on Friday or Saturday nights, either every weekend or every other weekend. Forty-five percent say they wish they didn't stay in so often. Forty-six percent say they feel guilty about their use of free time very often or fairly often. Close to forty percent of our classmates have never had a romantic relationship that lasted...
...English and French met memorably on the battlefield of Agincourt. During the Civil War, the North and South shed fraternal blood at Gettysburg. For many parents and children, the encounter over homework bears the mark of a similar armed struggle: Who is in control? What weapons should be used? What are the spoils of victory, the costs of loss? And the ultimate question of warfare: What...
...ponder these questions as a child psychologist, an educational reformer and a father of four. I've got the battle scars to prove it. Perhaps the chief lesson I've learned is that homework is but one chapter in the lengthy book of parenting. The tensions can be reduced if the family's approach to homework echoes the broader relationship between child and parents that has unfolded over many years. Moreover, if families see homework as an occasion for energized action rather than angry reaction, homework can become a far more productive and even enjoyable activity...
...Enter homework. While much education takes place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., it's valuable for students to do additional work at home--perhaps an hour or so in the elementary years, two to three hours at the secondary level. There's so much to be mastered that most students can't do it all in school. Practice is best done in the hours after school. Some projects need the reflective periods that can't be provided in the classroom. And of course it is valuable for youngsters to learn to work on their own, to monitor their...