And really, who doesn’t want to come home from a gruelling 12-hour day to teach themselves long division so they can then teach a grumpy, overtired and hungry child, who has never been more certain about anything as they are about the fact that they absolutely do not want to learn long division tonight. I would drop them to the childminder at 6.30 am and collect them at 6 pm. I have one child in sixth class and one in first year, and I feel like we have been arguing about homework since the dawn of time.Īt its peak, I was working a job that was a 90-minute commute each way. OUR PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins recently made headlines when he called for homework to be banned in Ireland, saying “People should be able to use their time for other creative things”.Īs a parent, I felt that this was such a welcome breath of fresh air.
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