Hi there. In this short education post I talk about a recent thing that has occurred with two grade 12 high school students I work with in my educational services work. I did have a past education post a while back about homework over the holidays. When I was grade nine I had a geography teacher give a large assignment for us to do over the holidays. I think it was about 20% of our grade for that course. The timing was really annoying especially for those who planned vacation during the break.
I guess one good thing about homework over the holiday is that it is one less large assignment to do during a busy school year before exam preparation season. It is still annoying though.
These two grade 12 students are both classmates and friends. The one student tells me that they have a math project/large assignment to do over the holidays. Having homework over the holiday/Christmas break is rare. Also it really annoys students and even parents about the existence of homework during a break. It is a major inconvienence to those who have vacations planned out months in advance over the break. Knowing that there is homework to do during vacation is not a good feeling. A teacher that assigns homework during a break has questionable ethics and practices. Complaints from students and parents should be encouraged in my opinion.
Thank you for reading.
