Summer Homework: Waste of Time or a Helpful Advantage.
Whoever invented homework was a complete and utter idiot and they invented it because they couldn’t teach properly. The problem with homework is that it’s damn inefficient. Why spend 45 mins stuck on one question, when you could have understood it.
Ancient Olympic Games expert Paul Christesen reveals what life would have been like for the spectators at Olympia. From taking advantage of the Olympic truce to hearing the latest works from the famous historian Herodotus and enjoying a giant, 24-hour BBQ, it is easy to see why the Games were a key date in the diary for Greeks everywhere.
Joel Kreiss, 81, invented and patented the Tinkle Target, the first-ever urinal target that sticks to the toilet bowl. It was the early 1970s, and Kreiss, originally from Brooklyn, was then a New Jersey-based dentist with a growing family. His idea didn’t take off the way he hoped at the time, but variations on his urinal target — from a baked-in fly decal to bull’s-eyes centered around.
There is an enormous difference in what we think the Internet is, and what it actually is like. Let’s clear that up first, and then we can go to who did what. What we actually see and interact with on our mobile phones, computers and tablets, all.
By the autumn of 1940 the government realised that air-raid shelters on the surface did not offer very good protection from high explosive bombs. Deeper shelters were used. Caves were used in many parts of Britain. On September 21, 1940 the London Underground started to be used as an air raid shelter. On the busiest night in 1940, 177,000 people slept on platforms. Many bought sandwiches.
An invention is a new thing that someone has made. The computer was an invention when it was first made. We say when it was “invented”. New things that are made or created are called inventions. Click for more kids facts and information or download the worksheet collection.
Homework activities relate what is learned in school to children's lives outside of school and helps to connect school learning to the real world. But I believe these daily homework assignments should be varied and meaningful, not always rote practice work. To encourage authentic writing for homework assignments; I use a class mascot, his sleepover bag and a journal for students to write about.