It’s an annual back-to-school routine.One morning you wave good-bye,and that 21 evening you're burning the mid-night oil in sympathy.In the race to improve educational standards, 22 are throwing the books at kids. 23 elementary school students are complaining of homework fatigue.What's a well-meaning parent to do?
As hard as 24 may be,sit back and chill,experts advise.Though you've got to get them to do it, 25 helping too much,or even examining answers too carefully,you may keep them 26 doing it by themselves."I wouldn't advise a parent to check every 27 assignment,"says psychologist John Rosemond,author of Ending the Tough Homework,"There's a 28 of appreciation for trial and error.Let your children 29 the grade they deserve."
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their 30 .But"you don't want them to feel it has to be 31 ,"she says.
That's not to say parents should 32 homework-first,they should monitor how much homework their kids have.Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 33 four,five,and six is standard,says Rosemond.For junior-high students it should be" 34 more than a hour and a half," and two for high school students.If your child consistently has more homework than this you may want to check 35 other parents and then talk to the teacher about reducing assignments.
____.
- A.help
- B.reject
- C.decline
- D.ignore
正确答案及解析
正确答案
解析
句意为：那并不是说父母应忽略孩子的作业。
