Homework-Free Society
Born too late for the homework-free society Race to Nowhere is bringing on? Sucks to be you. And me, I might add. Where in the hell was filmmaker Vicki Abeles when I was a wee slip of a thing, playing outside in the sunshine on my pink banana-seat BMX bike and feeling guilty about the 13 years of homework I never failed to put off until the morning it was due?
It’s amazing there hasn’t been a homework revolt before now; the kids have the numbers. School kids are like ants: If they ever decide to take over, there’s not a lot the human adults can do about it. I’m just saying.
I’m a firm believer that Thank-You Notes and the grandparents who force kids to write them are the devil’s work, but every public school student from K-12 should at least send Race to Nowhere’s Abeles a good thought, if not a huge-ass muffin basket.
Further Reading:
New Recruit in Homework Revolt: The Principal
Race to Nowhere
Posted by Alexa Harrington
