Reply #14: I absolutely support this [View All]

[amazona]

Real education, real ability to think, requires some space to develop one's own thoughts and to have one's own experiences.

I am always shocked and a little horrified by how much homework is required of children today. It is as if the school system really wants to take over and invade every little bit of private thinking space. Even elementary age kids have homework -- unthought of in my day. Study hall was already being phased out when I was in high school, and now it and recess and gym class is a thing of the past in some school systems. Extending the school's dirty little tentacles into the summer holiday sounds like a wonderful way to teach children to hate learning. And maybe that is the point.

After all, education is now paid for by lottery in many states. And an educated populace doesn't buy as many lottery tickets as an uneducated one.

We really over-load children today. It breaks my heart to see tiny children with huge backpacks bigger than anything I could carry. No wonder by the time they're high school age they hate learning with so much passion.

For me every time I visited the library it was magical. But for them the magic has been crushed.

Yeah, I support the kid's lawsuit. Even if he loses his suit, it's great that he is thinking outside the box and fighting for a little free space for himself. It will be a far more educational experience for him than just doing the stupid homework.

I give him an A.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72