I moved to this town for the great school system. And a great one it is. I wanted my kids to have the best I could afford to give them in terms of that. I thought with that came the responsibility of the teachers to teach my kids. My expectations are for YOU to teach them at school and for them to come home with homework that they could do to reinforce the wealth of knowledge you gave them from 9-3. It's not exactly going how I planned. So, I have a request~could you please cut me some slack on the homework??? I mean it's killing me. Don't you know I have four other kiddos to care for after school, help with homework, break up fights between, drive to and pick up from CCD, soccer, hockey and daisies, entertain, feed, bathe, read to and get to sleep. This doesn't exactly leave a lot of time for ME to actually HELP with homework.
And while I'm at it~could you tone down the difficulty a bit? I wasn't a geometry genius in high school, what makes you think I can help my fourth grader with it 15 years later??!! And does he really need to read 1000 pages this quarter to get a 4 in reading on his report card? If he does, did you have to tell him that reading so much would get him a 4. He has become obsessed...an obsession I don't have time for!!!
To make it worse, I'm told by 5th grade moms that book reports will be added to this craziness! Where do you think I'm going to fit that in? The weekends~the only days when I actually have time to clean my house, in between driving to and from and attending soccer and hockey games, because my husband is home to entertain all of these kids for me!
So, please, when doling out the homework load...please keep the poor, tired, weary, overwhelmed, stressed and somewhat braindead (speaking for myself anyway) parents in mind. We could use a break.
Sincerely,
Patrick's mom
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