[lbo-talk] Class dismissed....

[Jim Devine]

On 1/12/06, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> My kid is in the middle of second grade.  She's got a ton of homework every
> night and it's sometimes difficult to get through all of it.  It's
> frustrating because when you want to stick with something for another 15
> minutes or half-hour, a long time for a seven year old, you have to shift
> to something else to get it all done.  Her mom and I went to a
> parent/teacher conference in the fall all ready to ask what gives.  It
> became quickly apparent that the teacher didn't like having to move so fast
> either, but she has to because of these tests.

the homework craze (imposed on our kids) goes beyond No Child Left
Behind. It's part of the yuppie status anxiety that prevails these
days. If we can force the kids to learn calculus in 2nd grade, the
reasoning goes, we can avoid the downward social spiral...
--
Jim Devine
"The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an
intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin