But speaking as a parent, that's not generally what is assigned. It'd be a totally different story if my kids (or me, when I was their age) got assigned a handf

But speaking as a parent, that's not generally what is assigned. It'd be a totally different story if my kids (or me, when I was their age) got assigned a handful of individually selected problems or assignments that helped them with the skills that child was specifically struggling on. But that's not what happens. The whole class as a group are assigned a frightening amount of busywork, the same for everyone, and it is a soul-crushing struggle to finish it.