She made the meals, she did the laundry, she helped with homework -- yes, a 15-year-old.
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They recalled how a favorite teacher felt frustrated when a student struggled with homework.
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In the evenings they have their tea at school before catching up with homework and extra sport training.
It is not enough to train teachers or provide textbooks, if children have to struggle with homework at night in the dark.
It's been my experience that many teachers don't really care whether parents go to the PTA or help their kids with homework.
Some states now offer better information and counselling: on what kind of health care is available, how to help with homework and so forth.
It also includes small touches, such as cross-ventilation and computer carrels in the kitchens to allow parents to help children with homework while they are cooking dinner.
The volunteers will support youths with homework and sports activities.
And he found that he could cut the dropout rate dramatically by doing away with homework and incorporating income-generating activities such as fish cultivation and livestock rearing in the school curriculum.
She gave, as an example, pilot projects for 11 to 14 year olds in maths, Latin and Japanese, and Channel 4's Bafta award-winning Gridclub, which helps 7 to 11 year olds with homework.
The teenager's week back in Kenya was also an escape from the pressures of her life in the UK. In London she has early morning training and late nights catching up with homework.
Stories like the young woman, just 15 years old, who took on the role of a third parent -- helping her brothers and sisters with homework, assisting with meals -- as her mother cared for her wounded father.
In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a parent, for a mother or father who will attend those parent-teacher conferences, or help with homework, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, read to their child.
And I've been here for three years at Mary's Center, working in the Teen Program, and they help us with our homework and with anything we need, whether we have problems at home or anything else.
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The assistants support pupils with their homework and from time to time the institution provides children with school bags, paper and school books to make it easier for them to attend school.
As fathers and parents, we've got to spend more time with them, and help them with their homework, and replace the video game or the remote control with a book once in awhile.
When the children get home, the parents are too tired to help the kids with their homework, let alone setting down and having a "Family Dinner", with everyone at the table.
There she would be in the dining room, helping the twins with their homework.
Huang thrived by helping his classmates with their homework and learning to stand his ground.
It will take parents getting involved in their children's education, consistently -- going to parent-teacher conferences, helping their children with their homework.
These attractions are mainly geared toward the students, naturally, but they can be readily enjoyed by those with no homework assignments or college connections.
Fortunately, there were occasions when I enjoyed a normal day when I played catch with my sons and helped my daughters with their homework.
He went to a school, asked to borrow a class room and convinced a couple of students to come back after school with their homework.
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He and pal Scott Kolb conceived of Slader in 2010, after reminiscing about their high school days in San Diego when they struggled with math homework.
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Perhaps you closed a big contract at work or perhaps you managed to get the kids to soccer practice, help them with their homework, and get dinner on the table.
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In Russia, it is lumped with "Defender of the Fatherland Day, " which has little to do with the fatherly duties of helping with the homework and attending Cub Scout meetings.
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You know, when it comes to education, we need parents who are willing to read to their children and help with their homework -- regardless of how much government is going to reform the school system -- if we're going to compete.
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