Editor,
I was impressed by the March 7 guest perspective by William Liang regarding homework in the artificial intelligence era. The writer has a firm understanding of the purpose of education and the pitfalls technology has presented. Rather than adapt homework to the realities of AI, I recommend they do away with it entirely.
I remember my own experience when there was no opportunity to do the reading assignments for those of us who played sports, had jobs or other activities and responsibilities. We were at a distinct disadvantage compared to other students who came home to academically supportive environments.
The curriculum that a student is expected to learn should be presented during school hours. If they don’t pay attention or need additional time to learn it, they can do so after school, but giving grade-altering assignments or tests, that some students have no chance of preparing for, is totally unfair.
Tim Donnelly
San Mateo
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Thanks for your letter, Mr. Donnelly. Your idea is worth a try. If data shows student test scores improve from not having homework, then we should do it. If not, double the homework or get better qualified educators.
I doubt Mr. Donnelly played sports at the level I did and legit had to manage minutes everyday - straight from Crocker to tennis training at the premier academy of the bay area in Sunnyvale for 3 hours - getting home around 8pm - having to eat dinner and do my homework at the same time and try to get to bed by 10 - and this was all in middle school. I also had to manage playing ODP soccer as well as playing on a club team - I really never had time to sit still. I was forced to quite Taekwondo because I had no time - and I was a 3rd place state champion. By highschool I was tasked with doing all this myself without my parents because my mother had breast cancer and pretty much had to check out and dad had to work 12 hour days. Kids these days are soft and pathetic. Instead of finding a way to get through the tough situations they are confronted with - they instead play the victim and want to change the whole system because all the sudden - kids in the 2000s are "special". Kids like this will fail in the real world and their parents are complicit enablers. They might get lucky and work for nonprofit grifters or become politicians to try to enslave us all into their New Communism. Age 30 and below are pretty much a wash.
Kids who participate in sports have higher GPAs on average than those who don't. My son plays a sport every season and does all the "optional" workouts and weight training, plus practicing on his own with friends. He also coaches or referees for pay a few hours a week, has lots of friends and an active social life. He has learned to manage his time, gets all his homework done and has all A's in honors and AP classes.
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