My son is in third grade, and I've been shocked at the amount of homework he's had the last two years (less this year, surprisingly). I remember that when I went through school fourth grade was the year we all dreaded because we knew the fourth graders had homework. First through third had no homework.
But maybe that's why I'm dumb enough to vote for Bush ;-}
"But maybe that's why I'm dumb enough to vote for Bush ;-}
LOL, maybe! I too remember 4th grade as being the year homework started. My kid had a lot of homework in Catholic School kindergarten, more than she had at Salvation Army kindergarten (she repeated kindergarten, it annoyed her, but it was an age thing, born in January so she missed the cut for 1st grade after leaving the Salvation army), and also more than she had during 1st grade at the same Catholic school! The next 7 years were basically a blur, and HS was hell!
She started college this year, no "homework" there, results remain to be seen!
But hey, she voted for Bush too, she was so proud to cast her first ever vote for our Prez!