You can avoid the dreaded "group projects" that frequently leave one or two students doing all the work, or spoiling it for everyone else.
Or am I the only one that hated those? It's not like you could pick who to work with either, because the teacher knew that no one would pick the slackers. So if you were a particularly good student, the teacher would stick you with a slacker on purpose, hoping that you'd somehow motivate him when she had failed to. How ridiculous.
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I dreaded group projects. We always had groups of four, and there was always ONE kid (sometimes two) who just sat there.
My happiest day in school came when we complained to a high school English teacher about one kid in our group (literally a vegetable in class), and she gave him an F and the rest of us an A. It was awesome. But that is a rarity - usually the lazy kid gets the same grade as the hard workers! And we wonder why so many kids are unable to add and read in high school? Sigh...
I remember only too well...
Yep! Hate them! I hate the science fair and history projects even more. I'm all for independent learning, but not when it causes my child to be stressed out for a week or two. I have decided that there will be one child homeschooled again next year for sure -- unless the Engineer adamantly disagrees :o0?
Blessings!
Deborah
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