So, Do you have any homework tonight?

If you read the list of suggestions in my last post from the FLDOE you may have noticed that none of them involved baking cupcakes or acting as chaparone at the school dance.  They are suggestions for personal involvement with your child.

As I see it, at a minimum, my responsibilities in this educational partnership are to make sure my child gets to school on time and in good shape as well as ensure that he/she completes all required activities.

This leads me to the title of this post.  I hate hearing "Nope" as an answer.  Not because I want my child to spend hours poring over books, but I have NO reliable way of knowing if that is true. 

Like every other parent I would prefer that my child was a paragon of integrity and never ever lied or even forgot.  Years ago, however, I was granted citizenship to Realityland. 

Here are three related suggestions from the previous post:

• Ask the teacher what your child is learning and how you can support this at home.
• Talk with your child daily about homework, classroom activities, and events.
• Make efforts to stay informed of school and classroom events.

I could, I suppose, email each of my child's teachers each morning before I leave work and ask them if there will be any homework or reports, projects, what-have-you to be completed. 

Imagine if the Department of Education gets their wish and all parents become involved at such a level.  I would hate to be a teacher having to answer all those emails!

Apparently this scenario was thought of years ago and some brilliant person has already conceived and implemented a terrific solution for all.