He said this about 2nd graders? Seven year olds? Sheesh....
Kids at that age are sometimes not even physiologically ready for that kind of structured academic desk work.
An excellent book dealing with that topic is *Better Late than Early* by Drs. Moore and Moore. He was a public educator before becoming a outspoken proponent for homeschooling.
The man is a colossal jerk. Second graders are just babies.
They try so hard to please their teachers.
Sounds to me like the problem may be dumb and lazy TEACHERS.