¶ … agree with, yet ultimately I have a fundamentally different perspective on the issue of homework, teacher responsibility, and parental involvement in education. It is true that many homework assignments are found to be tedious, boring, and repetitive by students and their parents alike, and it is definitely part of a teacher's responsibility to find ways to overcome these perceptions and attitudes so as to enhance the learning process and make it more effective. Creating more "interesting" assignments is certainly one method for overcoming this issue, yet I agree that this solution does indeed miss the fundamental problems identified with the homework issue specifically and the educational system in general. I do not agree, however, with the poster's assessment of what the fundamental homework issue actually is.
It is somewhat true that children these days have less and less time to spend on homework with the increasing amounts of structured and scheduled activities many children are involved in. It is also true that parents have many other responsibilities that take time away from homework time with their children. These are not insurmountable barriers that require a change in the delivery of education, however, but rather are indicators of the perspectives and priorities that prevail in the public psyche. That is, parents should prioritize homework and fostering an interest in learning for both themselves and their children; if they fail to do this there is little that educators can do to ensure more effective learning.
Peer Response #2
It is difficult to tell what argument is actually being made in this post; there are statements that seem to both be in favor of changes to the healthcare system in the country and against these changes, and none of the arguments are very clear. What is clear is that, according to the one source cited, forty-eight percent of Americans would have preferred keeping the current system of healthcare provision and insurance rather than adopting the proposed reforms. The poster insists that, "it is there [sic] right to choose if they want insurance or not," but they do not really make an argument supporting this statement nor is it connected to the other statements made in this post. The line immediately preceding this assertion is even more confusing: "The current system is working however; there are still a lot of people with no insurance." At first glance, this seems entirely contradictory -- the fact that so many people do not have health insurance is basically the evidence that the system is not working. If the poster really means that the system is working and the fact that people don't have insurance isn't a problem, than the entire issue is a moot point from this perspective.
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