The Battle over Homework Continues

September 11, 2010January 1, 2020 justbecausemypickletalks

Counselor: I asked Jonathan to come back next week with examples of three social skills and why they are important. He didn’t give me too hard of a time.

Jonathan: I’m not doing it.

Counselor: Why not?

Jonathan: Because it’s homework. I already have enough homework, I don’t need more.

Counselor: Well, you don’t have to write anything down, let’s just talk about it.

Jonathan: Not going to do it.

Counselor: Well, we’ll see.

Following week

Me: Jonathan wouldn’t even discuss social skills with me.

Counselor: Why not?

Jonathan: I told you I wasn’t doing it. It’s homework. I already get homework from school.

Counselor: We’ll let’s go back. We’ll see if you get any computer time or not today.

One hour later

Me: So did he talk about social skills?

Counselor: No, but he did display a lot of them tonight.

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Same subject: different day

Jonathan: (full rant) I hate homework! Why do I have to do school work at home? Why can’t I just do school work at school?

Me: (heavy sigh) Are we going to have this battle every night through 12th grade when you graduate?

Jonathan: Pretty much.

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Huh? I walked in from the garage to see this amazing site! It’s Sunday. It’s Sunday morning. Jonathan is sitting down with a book open and writing answers from the book onto a piece of paper. What miracle do I see here?

Me: Jonathan, what are you doing?

Jonathan: My homework.

Me: Your homework?

Jonathan: Yes. Sunday School homework.

Me: You are doing homework on your own.

Jonathan: Yes.

Me: Why?

Jonathan: If I turn it in, we put more marbles in the jar. As soon as the jar is full, we’ll get a prize. Something like a pizza party or ice cream party.

Me: (Widgets turning in my head to see about instituting something similar for all other forms of homework.)