Indian kids ousource homework assignments

[Space_Chief]

I have ranted about this at least once before in this forum.

Honestly kids are lazy, but we all are, we don't remember things anymore, we just google it.
When is the last time you worked out a waiters 25% tip in your head? we have smartphones do all the work for us.

It's much easier to work out 10% and then halve that.

these kids are doing the same thing, and we can't blame them.

They're just being kids. Kids are usually naughty and take chances. They copy homework or bully a smart kid into doing it, or pay for it, or offer romance for homework, which never materialises, but nerds will still do it for that ever elusive "Have it ready by tomorrow four-eyes", when a girl actually addresses them.

the problem is not with the amount of work kids are getting, its with the quality of it. sure Koosi is right there are kids who are spending the entire weekend doing projects and homework, but when you go look at what it is they did you will be even more appalled, grade 9 science project is a collage. kid spends 10 hours finding pictures and cutting and pasting them into the right places. ask them what the project is about and then to explain what they have learned. go ahead. do it.

Not exactly cram school stuff, I agree. This must be a reason why we're so good and East Asia sucks so much.

the OBE system that is in schools at the moment (yes it's being phased out...) has ruined the children's ability to think for themselves. we are not teaching teachers how to use reason, how will this flow down to the students?

Sheep don't need to think.