Dog Antics

I have two of the most ridiculous dogs ever to walk the earth. This is said with love, of course, but they are two of the most goofy, clumsy, bouncy, slobbery dogs ever. Period.

They love to go outside, rain or shine, and do several laps around the yard at full throttle. You can just walk outside, and a streak of color whizzes past you. Wait a couple of seconds, and there it goes again!

Of course, when they’re all done, they go roll around in any mud they can find, so the house get nice and dirty when they come back inside.

Occasionally, we chase each other around the house, and we have a wood floor that they simply cannot get any traction on. I’ll be standing there, and a dog will come barreling toward me. I step to the right. The dog skids right past me, limbs flying everywhere, trying to change direction.

At the end of every day, they are so exhausted that they pass out. They get plenty of rest so that we can do it all again tomorrow!

Homework: The Second Iteration

I’ve already made the point that homework takes away any hope of down time a student- such as myself- could otherwise have.

I’m here today, though, to talk about another aspect of homework. In fact, the whole point of school.
In my previous post on homework(published on October 25, 2013), I pointed out that it takes away all of your free time. This makes students hate homework, which leads to hating the school that assigns it.

Teachers spend minutes on end, droning on about the importance of being motivated to learn. Maybe, just possibly, if students didn’t hate the school,they would be more willing to be taught by that school.

Students hate homework. Homework is a student’s entire life. Therefore, students hate their lives. That can’t be good for psychological well being, in fact, stress can have a physical impact on people as well. Studies have shown that stress can lead to shorter lives, more painful lives, and generally- a pretty bad time.

Teachers, do you really need to assign homework that much? Is it worth ruining your students’ lives?

Think about it.

Please