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It's my own fault, but now I need to fix it
By jensw
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I have a policy that students are supposed to do the assigned work in class and if they don't finish it, it's homework. This serves to keep most of them on track because they don't want homework. The "rule" is that you have until the scheduled time of the subject the next day to complete the work, and then it is a zero if not turned in then.
I have two students who are chronic about not turning work in, and it's my fault because I cave to their parents. I use teacherease.com, and my routine is to immediately notify parents whenever a grade is below 60% (I just click "send e-mail" and it sends | |
off the child's score on that assignment). Since many assignments are "complete/not complete" or ones that I'm capable of scoring right as they are handed in within a few minutes while the kids are working on something else, the parents are getting notifications throughout the day as we do the subject. Then I get these moms coming in at lunch or immediately after school or right as I'm going to pick up the kids, and they ask me to let their child do the work at lunch or they bring me the homework and say, "So and so forgot this at home, so I brought it for him." I always cave 'cause they're so pushy about it, but it's not fair to the other students.
How can I fix this?? They're going to be mad when I start enforcing the rule, especially since I've been so lenient in the past. :o
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