My sister teaches social studies to 8th graders.  I have seen some of the papers she grades.  She doesn't de-
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I think it's not good.  This practice seems to be spreading.  Students are there to learn.  If their spelling isn't corrected how can it ever be reinforced?\n\nA lot of the education system has gone daft.
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have you seen some of the crap that the kids come home with now? im only 19 and its a lot harder then when i was in school which wasnt very long ago... my sister asks her teacher for help and you know what her teacher says? figure it out yourself, im busy. how are kids to learn when the ones paid to teach them, dont!!
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tell everybody what you need to learn.  then make them read from the textbook and give project options to show you that they learned it.   say they can choose to write a summary, show you notes they took, draw a diagram, etc.  then move on to the next grade while the others work independently.  and have a good discipline system and keep it in place, even when it's tough.  if you let them get away withit it will be worse later.
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As with any profession, sometimes there are hindrances to completing a job.   Sometimes other students cause so much trouble working on such assignments, that the teachers get disgusted and  good kids like yours are pushed aside\n( And, yes, there are teachers who lose interest in what they've assigned, or they are lazy.  It is unprofessional. ) I suggest the next time your daughter gets a big assignment, you contact the teacher and ask what standard it meets, what is the purpose, when is it due and what per centage of her grade is it. Also, if this is a pattern of her teacher(s), speak to the teacher or the principal.  Good luck.
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I had dreadful handwriting as a child (poor fine motor control) and later became a teacher who had passive to better-than-average handwriting (it never became great).  The first thing is, no one was able to help me with my handwriting, and nagging me about it would have made me not even bother trying.  Second, it gets a lot better naturally around middle school when teachers don't force you to write a particular way (cursive vs. printing) so long as it is neat and you develop your own "handwriting" which will be likely a mix of both.  Having said that, what I did around her age was made myself extra credit out of it.  I made up a "cursive castle" game I did by merely practicing letters on a castle I drew out.  If she's into something, maybe she wouldn't mind decorating it with isolated letters so as to practice formation.  Next, I would recommend trying something like knitting (to start...it's easier to learn than most needlecraft), latchhook, or ideally counted or stamped cross-stitch to develop fine motor control.  This helped me a lot and as my motor control improved, so did my handwriting.  In the end, remember, she has to have motivation to learn to write more neatly and since, in this day and age, computers are honestly the most viable option, she will probably be harder to self-motivate than I was.  Good luck with this.
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try www.gradesaver.com www.sparknotes.com
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Are you sure that your sister is in the right grade at school???
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Oh yes, here at my local school they call it 'survey'.  Check it out - there won't be any grades involved.
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Its not possible for a eight grader to take a full college course. Though it is quite possible that they can do a part of it, if he really has his basics clear.
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Yeah, it goes like this.  There once was a young girl that didn't want to do her homework so she went on the net to see if someone would to it for her. Get off the internet and do your homework!
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I really don't understand your question. But to go to Edhelper, just go to:\nwww.edhelper.com\n\nFor social studies information, click on the "Social Studies" link. (Surprise!) It will take you to this page:\nhttp://www.edhelper.com/Social_Studies.htm
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I cannot answer this definitively, but I believe teachers report this sort of thing to the state Social Services department.  There may be a web site or at least phone numbers online you can check into.
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At my local lubrary they have video tapes on that subject, my sister is taking it too, check it out, they have a proff. teaching the vocab
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People have different abilities. Teachers are responsible for recognising that. Ok so the students get a D, it isn't the end of the world... that was about my average in school, and granted at 21 im still studying but this is not a negative thing as I believe im just building a foundation and getting a thorough understanding of the world before i really enter it. I remember these words from my childhood "if at first you don't succeed try and try again" it doesn't matter how long it takes, you should tell students in this sitution that it is ok and they should take their time, after all the snail once the race not the hare.
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well you see miss. i've been in a private school all me life and been using this curriculum all my life. I have made an 4.0 on my report card for as long as i can remember and i've never made anything except an A on my report card. Abeka books are definately more challenging. I think that if you want your kids to be challenged and smarter then definately go with abeka curriculum. ( btw my bff makes the same grades i do )
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None.  I had a classmate in law school who was in her 50s.  She had been a kindergarten teacher for 20+ years before that. One of her former students was in the group of law students a year behind us!
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Why shouldn't she learn about it?  Would learning about it hurt her in some way?  The teacher must abide by government regulations when forming curriculum and the students must behave when given assignments.  I think I might know where she is getting the attitude, you yourself said that they "did her wrong."  I find it hard to believe that she was punished for her actions in your home.  In her mind, you just said it was ok to behave like that.