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French president pushing homework ban as part of ed reforms
The Washington Post ^ | OCTOBER 15 2012 | Valerie Strauss

Posted on 10/16/2012 2:26:08 AM PDT by Cincinna

French President Francois Hollande has said he will end homework as part of a series of reforms to overhaul the country’s education system.

And the reason he wants to ban homework?

 He doesn’t think it is fair that some kids get help from their parents at home while children who come from disadvantaged families don’t. It’s an issue that goes well beyond France, and has been part of the reason that some Americans oppose homework too.

Hollande’s reform plans include increasing the number of teachers, moving the school week from four days to 4 1/2 days, overhauling the curriculum and taking steps to cut down on absenteeism.

"Education is priority," Hollande was quoted as saying by France24.com at Paris's Sorbonne University last week. "An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home," as a way to ensure that students who have no help at home are not disadvantaged.

Despite the four-day school week, elementary school children in France spend more hours a year in school than many other developed countries because students are there all day, starting at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 4:30 p.m., with some kids staying even later.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: education; france; hollande; homework
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To: SeminoleCounty
how do you get proficient at math and physics unless you practice it??? homework is practice
21 posted on 10/16/2012 5:04:50 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Cincinna

What will happen if some parents rebel against this an give their children educational work to do anyway? Will the gendarmes be called out against the parents?


22 posted on 10/16/2012 5:22:19 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
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To: Cincinna

“He (France’s Socialist Prez) doesn’t think it is fair that some kids get help from their parents at home while children who come from disadvantaged families don’t.”

If you care about your kids, if you want the best for them, if you (THEIR PARENT) help them learn: YOU TAKING SOMETHING FROM OTHER KIDS!

Sorry for shouting but this is the best illustration of where socialism leads us. If it wasn’t so serious it would indeed be funny IMHO

That’s what the Socialist Prez of France says. Saddly I believe this is at the core of all socialism, including Obama’s.

It’s not about helping, encouraging all people to improve. It’s about crippling the healthy so the unhealthy don’t feel bad. Mind numbing, and all to common.


23 posted on 10/16/2012 5:39:49 AM PDT by SF Geo (arnold-jones, non-voting citizenship)
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To: Cincinna
Interestingly, you can go back to the 1950s film “400 Blows” and see the concentration on memorization. What a portrait of the French school system!
24 posted on 10/16/2012 6:02:42 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Cincinna

Years ago when I first moved to Los Angeles I use to teach chess for this after school program at the liberal Sequoia school, grades K - 8 in Pasadena, CA. They did not give their students homework there either.....until they found out that almost 50% of their 8th graders were having a hard time getting into high school because they didn’t have the reading or math skills to move on the level. Parents started pulling their kids out and they just cut our program out, even though the parents paid for it separately from the school tuition. I didn’t think any of the students were very sharp there. One parent wanted me to teach them how to play to a draw or a stalemate so that way their would be no winners or losers. I said no...the only way they’ll learn to win is from losing and from there mistakes.


25 posted on 10/16/2012 12:26:15 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
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To: Bon mots; Cincinna

This whole idea is absolute insantiy. It is basically telling the people of France that he wants to resign the country to the standards of the lowest common denominator. Rather than let the best and brightest rise, he will actively attempt to suppress them in the attempt to generate “equal outcomes”.

This kind of thinking is straight out of the dark ages, when the RCC discouraged the people from learning how to read. Completely and utterly foolish and I hope the people of France reject this insanity with forceful indignation.


26 posted on 10/17/2012 12:38:55 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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