It is time for Holiday Home works… Is it good?

@Sreekala (34312)
India
May 18, 2018 7:14am CST
Here most of the schools are closed for summer vacation, my younger son’s school too. Now I have a bundle of holiday home works which I have to sort out and collect information from net. It is a big burden actually. He will do but he needs my assistance to collect all these. Then I have to buy scrap books, colour pages, chart paper, writing sheets etc. Another burden is school is closed without dong its term exams. That will start once the school is reopened. So there won’t be any fun for children for sure. Parents too will be tensed for preparing their exams. For parents, Have your children on summer vacation? Others – in your place – schools closed for summer break? Do you think any advantage is there to giving a lot of projects works on vacation?
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• Trinidad And Tobago
20 May 18
I am against 15 teachers giving a load of homework and projects...holiday is supposed to be a break. But as a teacher, when students return without homework , they do not even do a basic revision and this is a tremendous setback in the classroom.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
21 May 18
Yes, he got home works for every subjects. That also not simple but heavy. He must make a 'torch' (electronics) then clay pots, project on tribe's life, project on early man's life etc.. the list is long.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
23 May 18
@Gita17112016 He started to do his home works regularly, concentrating one subject in a day.
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• Trinidad And Tobago
22 May 18
@Sreekala Perhaps when you have a Teacher's day you can mention that the holiday's homework is too heavy. That's too much homework. What i find, as a good practice, is to take the first two days off and do out all the homework...that way your son and you, can enjoy the rest of the holidays.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 May 18
our school will open on August so staying home and mylotting is my daily activity.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
Since you are not a student there won't be any burden in the form of holiday home works.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
21 May 18
@ridingbet Yes it heat is too much. Sun is straight on our head.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 May 18
@Sreekala right on that. there was a mini reunion of high school classmates the other day; one asked me on Facebook why i am absent and i said i do not want to be under the sun for fear of heatstroke.
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
18 May 18
we are just starting. summer break is over. and it is cool to do some summer projects works for kids. It will make their vacation memorable and also they have something to share in the class when the start begins again.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
I don't have much time to spend all these works for sure. One side it is torching summer and other side, office works, house chorus so helping children for their works at this time is not good for me. However, I have to do as a responsible mother. No escape for me.
@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
19 May 18
@Sreekala well it is something to be done by family example house painting. or gardening. so children will not be spending time in the computer playing computer games.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
@Mavic123456 They are going out for playing in morning time.
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@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
20 May 18
Here in Kenya kids are still in school and they close in August
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
21 May 18
Oh that is great, Here the summer break will be in between Mid May and June last.
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@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
27 May 18
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@Shivram59 (35590)
• India
21 May 18
@Sreekala I'm against homework in vacations.Vacations should allow children to play and make fun.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
22 May 18
I think they are giving summer vacation just for sitting inside home study as it is hot climate outside.
@SirPeters (255)
• Nigeria
18 May 18
In my place they ain't close yet, till Next month. There is an advantage of giving projects work it will make the children to seat up. Nevertheless,all work no play makes Jack a dull boy
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
Projects works may be meant to make them active in summer break with studies as well. But the kind of projects works they are giving seems to be a burden for parents alone.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
@SirPeters Yes, parents are busy with so many things. I have to find out time for his works as well.
• Nigeria
19 May 18
@Sreekala oh! U see. It won't be easy for parents then, because they have many other things to attend to.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
18 May 18
I have to say now that my kids are grown and I am retired, summer vacation doesn't affect me at all.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
Good to know that, enjoy your time well.
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• Philippines
19 May 18
They deserved to have their vacation, it won't be a vacation if they are still doing school work.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
21 May 18
Indeed, apart from the project works they supposed to prepare the Unit test which starts the day school reopens.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 May 18
No because in any case it's the elders who have to do them....They should get the projects done in schools
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 May 18
Sadly yes, if school authorities knows this fact then why they provide projects?