offensive that they feel like that we can t cut the mustard, that we need some type of extra standards when it comes to our education system. we need teachers to do their job. if they teach the kids the right way, no matter where they come from and give them the proper information, no matter if they are poor, black, white, hispanic, or whatever, then these kids can be successful. we have seen charter school after charter school be able to take those same kids, get them as and bs as well as full rides to college, so, it s not a race problem. it s a teaching problem. joey. joey: i have a different perspective here. i don t believe in grading homework. homework and assignments are for you the student to practice and learn. if you chose not to do and it you don t learn, they will find out on the test which is an aptitude test to see if you have retained the knowledge they taught you and if you get to move on in school. at the end of the day, this comes back to students doing
others say homework can t be handed out on weekends and vacations. other districts have stopped grading homework. i like this. these backpacks are too big. lawrence: you have eight hours with the kids every day. every day. i m not saying some homework isn t okay but all of this these kids are stressing out over homework. they can t spend time with their family. can you let kids go outside? that s why we have an obesity problem. you don t let the kids go outside. most of the time you don t teach them. they are in front of a computer. then the parents teaching them stuff not the same style. you want them to sit down and stress over homework instead of stressing time with their families. doug: i think it s what makes our country what it is. it s what i did, it s what most kids did. it s part of discipline what it takes to be a success. tom: you are the mean principality. doug: i m a rational american who is proud of what this country is all about and given her performance relati