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I got this in an e-mail and thought it was funny. The child was drawing a picture about what his mother does for a living. The mother works at Home Depot and the picture depicts the mother selling a shovel.

Why do teachers assign so much homework? What do they hope to accomplish by making their students work like slaves? Is a little "reinforcement of the materials" going to help students more than a desire to learn will? How much homework can a child take before they shut down and hate learning...