I knew something was wrong when my son was assigned homework in KINDERGARTEN. He had to do some totally absurd assignment, designed to be "fun" by the teacher.

I knew something was wrong when my son was assigned homework in KINDERGARTEN. He had to do some totally absurd assignment, designed to be "fun" by the teacher. It was something like describing part of a Curious George story on a home-made kite. I was livid. Our son could not even read at that point, nor did he have the motor skills to assemble a hand made kite at the age of 5. The assignment was clearly aimed at satisfying the parents who thought that homework should start early. We put up with that public school for another year, then we got him into a private school that did not believe in homework in elementary school. Our lives were much less stressful, and he spent more time playing outside when he changed schools in 2nd grade.