I had a parent few years ago who had a limited reading ability. She was a very humble woman. Each night that I sent home an assignment she didn’t understand she would call me at school. She checked over her son’s assignments as soon as he walked in the door. If he couldn’t remember what he was supposed to do or she didn’t understand any of the words on the assignment, she called me by 3:30 p.m. I was still there at 3:30 p.m. and could easily give her the help she needed.
I had another parent about fifteen years ago who would send in a homework assignment back undone. She would tack on a note saying her son said he couldn’t do it independently so, she didn’t make him do it. I would start each morning going over his homework and having him do it. He could do it. He just needed someone to point him in the right direction.
Guess which parent was telling their child school and learning were important.
