Oh Cat it gets worse!!! I HATE....I mean it HATE homework!!! To me MOST of it is busy work. I don't understand why they have to come home after 7 hours in school, working hard only to do another hour sometimes MORE of homework. It's crap! LOL My kids too are in extra curricular activities and on those nights it's just a nightmare! Kindergarten homework was a BREEZE compared to what we have in 2nd Grade. I am scared for next year and the years after! lol Wait till you get those stoopid reading logs they have to fill out each night! I swear it's like torture to one of my kids who HATES to write! UGH...then the nightly journals, spelling, math worksheets..it's all overwhelming to me and to them most nights. It seems easy enough if you have one kid and no activities and do not have to make dinner. But add all that in not to mention tired hungry burnt out from the day kids and it's just enough to make me drink each night!

Get used to it...it only gets worse! Btw...at the beginning of the year this year I complained about the work load and they did adjust it. Don't get me wrong I love having each of my kids read to me each night. But throw in those dumb reading logs and UGH. I don't mind a "little" bit of homework as review. But most of it is just busy work and totally unnecessary.

Terri~
12/21/01 at 33 weeks