53 Minutes and Counting . . .

That's how long ds (8) has been sitting at the table doing homework.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

It was one page of 20 sentences - all you had to do was fill in the blank with a verb - like have, had, has, etc.

One page of Math - 9 thermometers, write the degrees.

One spelling activity - draw a picture of 8 of the words.

Tell me in what universe 53 minutes (with 5 spelling words still to go!) it would take that long to get those 3 simple pages done. Apparently this Universe!!!!!!! Am I being unreasonable to think that it could have been done in 15 minutes? I don't think I am! Even if it had taken 20 I might have understood but an hour - more than hour by the time he actually gets done.

I HATE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I could change one thing in the world it would be that children NEVER do homework. 6 1/2 hours at school should be more than enough time to teach a child what they need to know without these stupid homework worksheets!!

Teachers of the world must you torture parents of children like mine with these stupid assinine idiotic assignments??