I agree with you completely. In addition, I have noticed an increasing trend over the past few years of teachers assigning homework over material not covered in class on the assumption (and presumption) that mom and dad can pick up the slack and teach what the teacher just didn't get around to covering. I had three kids in AP/Honors programs that had summer assignments that did nothing but create more problems than they solved. The state has them 9 months of the year, the other 3 are up to me.
"In addition, I have noticed an increasing trend over the past few years of teachers assigning homework over material not covered in class on the assumption (and presumption) that mom and dad can pick up the slack and teach what the teacher just didn't get around to covering."
Yep. That was one of the things that started me thinking about homeschooling. I figured if I was to be the "teacher" anyway, at least I could do it without having to dance to the tune being called by the teacher.