And an article on schools offering less homework

One of these shows up every year. As always, the comments are really funny. For some reason, the ones that are all "Oh, we need lots of homework so our students can compete are always misspelled. "Our brain is like a mussel", anybody? (And who says that the best way to exercise is to do repetetetetetetive busywork? There's no exercising your brain by cooking, doing chores, taking music lessons, playing with your friends?)

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