• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    I remember being told I needed to do homework at home and my assigned work at school. I was fast enough that I got through the assignment and started on my homework. Teacher told me to stop. I kept at it as I figured it was better than sitting around bored out of my skull. Teacher lost her shit and I got sent to the principal’s office.

    As a kid, this confused me. However, I kept doing it.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Part of the purpose of homework is to encourage the student to revisit the assignment later in the day. Repetition of exercise develops muscles and your brain is a muscle.

      That said

      Teacher lost her shit

      Generally best when teachers manage their own tempers, as hot heads do a poor job of gaining the trust and maintaining the attention of their students.

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      7 hours ago

      I loved to read, so if I got my work or test done quickly, I had time to read while everybody else was still.workung.

      I was especially good with reading tests, because I was always the best reader in my classes in elementary school. I was always the first done.