Do you truly not understand the point of homework? Do you really think that there should be no need to study? Sure, maybe at early ages it's slightly unnecessary, but even then it's getting students ready for the more intense workloads they will face in the future. The human brain can only absord so much information at a time, after all. So either you're suggesting that instead of 12-18 years of school (depending on the path you decide to take) we move to a system closer to 20-35 years of school, or you're suggesting that instead of a 6-7 hour school day we move to a 10-12 hour school day.
Learning academics is no different than learning anything else. It takes practice. Teachers aren't there to do it all for you, that's simply not possible. They're there to inspire you to want to learn, and to give you the tools you need to learn the material they teach. Unless you can come up with a way to make our school system (and every other one in the world, might I add) run more efficiently - which could probably only be accomplished by DRASTICALLY balancing the student:teacher ratio, which would require money that I'm sure YOU'RE not willing to fork over - then your argument really has very little basis. I doubt that anyone gets excited about homeword, and would be surprised to learn that anyone looks forward to cracking open a chemistry book and studying for hours on end - I sure didn't. But it's one of those necessary evils, if you will. We're trying to cram lifetimes of information into everyone over the span of 12 years...so until you devlop a way to transfer all that data virtually into someone's mind - a la The Matrix - just accept that it has to be done. And if you're imparting the notion that homework and studying is worthless and blaming your children's flaws on the education system, then you are a fool unfit to raise your child.
I really hope that was just a poor joke...
