Homework...
I thought I was done with overseeing homework, to be sure it had been completed. I now know it is never done. When you raise your children and they move on, we assume our role is done...or that is what we think when we are more youthful.
Our Homework Role is never over. At any rate it shouldn't be. The truth is that if we wish to continue to grow and learn, it should never be over.
As parents, grandparents, aunts, caregivers or friends we have a responsibility to continue to teach and oversee the homework of the young. Be it our own children or those of others. Children are much the same as a "sponge", they soak up all that is around them, be positive or negative. When we stay engaged in a young person's life, we have great opportunity for both. Them to learn from our experience and us to learn from their inexperience.
The educational system today is far beyond what I was used to when I was growing up. The teaching tools are far greater and the subject matter is far different.
While in "computer lab" at my grandaughters class, I was surprised when the 7 year old, said "NO" you click here., or that you could do simple math problems with a calendar. What an easy tool.
We try far to often to complicate teaching. We try far to often to complicate our daily routines; all in the interest of simplifying things. The biggest lesson I have learned from homework, is Back to Basics. Nothing can grow, nothing can stand firm, nothing will stand the test of time without a proper foundation and basic structure.
So it is with life, ie; business, personal relationships as well as family. Build solid foundations. Develop good business practice by having a solid business plan, healthy relationships based on that of friendship, family relationships based on respect.
So it goes with the homework...it is never done for them or for us, especially when our desire is to always, always continue to grow and be better than we think we can be.
Here's to 101 Anything!
Submitted by Carol Carroll
The Grandma/mom
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