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Good Lord, woman ... it isn't a zero sum game. OK, so the employer sees an eclectic student that cannot multitask! It is resorting to the lawsuit that is ultimately problematic here. Say the kid didn't do the work and falls behind the other students in the class. Is daddy gonna sue for the "A"? Whine because the AP class won't take him? Have high schools abandoned a varied curriculum with placement into class sections done by aptitude? Let the kid proceed at his own rate but don't demand that the school system jump through hoops for him later. Meanwhile, my student will devour the summer reading list, play with educational games, and keep her mind engaged. As to Larson, that's OK, she will need someone to mow the lawn and bus the tables.

"Have high schools abandoned a varied curriculum with placement into class sections done by aptitude?"

What does that have to do with summer homework? I think the point is that the school system needs to -- and can -- accomplish its work during the time its given. As I wrote in another note, I highly question the necessity of a committed student to working over the summer. My daughter, by applying herself, studied for and passed the AP European History test independently in under a semester. I would suggest that summer work for an AP class is simply "busy work" or a lazy, possibly controlling teacher. The summer is the time for *me* to give her reading lists, for her to develop new interests, to work, etc. Not doing school homework during the summer does not equate with laziness, lack of aptitude, lack of organizational ability or a lack of interest. JMHO.