Childrens Elementary School

[Neptunus Rex]

Boy is this ever off topic!

As this forum is diverse and worldly I thought I would ask you all.

Here's the scenario:

I have three boys, the oldest is a freshman in High School. The other two are in 3rd and 5th grade. My issue applies to my younger two as homework and grading go.

Back in my day, my teachers checked to see if I did (or attempted to do) my homework and it would be checked to see if I was having any problems. Homework got grades as;

S = Satisfactory (do it)
U = Unsatisfactory (not finishing)
I = Incomplete (not doing homework)

At NO time was my homework ever graded for correctness AND the grade entered onto my record. The S, U, or I were loaded as a factor for final grades.

It turns out my 5th grader's homework, which I consider an exercise to build on that day's lesson(s), is actually being graded (n%) and entered into his grade record.

This just strikes me as wrong. This equates with the teacher showing them how do do something and then demanding they get it exactly right on the first time they do on their own.

Before I go and start making an issue of this (because I think it is SOP in these schools here) I ask my SUBSIM collegues on this issue. Though my kids school is not having problems, a large part of the district is on academic watch by the State. (and I think this may be a large factor.)

So all you parents and teachers, please chime in.