"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/4/2014 7:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> She was actually absent when the assignment was given out so she may
>> have gotten some details wrong.
>
> Oh BS. Even when you and I were in school if we were absent the day
> homework was handed out, the instructions were given in writing. When I
> was Angela's age I was absent for a week due to an inner ear infection. A
> school friend brought me my books and my *written* homework assignments.
> The instructions weren't vague. Get real.

Nonsense! I often did not get written instructions. That's what notes are
for. These days it is done by putting it on the whatever they call it
board...some kind of computer thing and kids are supposed to use their
phones to take a pic of it. Our schools do not use books any more. It's
all online. However, the school district redid the websites and the teachers
lost the ability to put assignments online. The math and science "books"
are accessed via a website that is not the school's.

Just because *you* did something a certain way doesn't mean that is the way
things are done now. I had to do a lot of reports that involved going to
the library and taking notes. The library is no longer used for such things
and Angela has never ever had to do a major report like I used to have to
do. She also hasn't had to write a lot of essays. School these days is
totally different than when I went. When I went, I didn't have tons of
homework except for when I had a report due. I wasn't required to take any
math in high school at all. Now? Some nights 5-6 hours of homework. And
none of it involves books.