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In another demonstration of how the mollycuddling of our kids has gone to far (and how in a fashion typical of man, someone has leapt to exploit the niche), there now plays on national radio, a commercial where the orator attempts to persuade the parent (read 'customer') that homework, utilizing this system 'can be fun'.

Well, two things:

* a. When did homework become fun (when I was a boy it was nothing but a chore!)
* b. Has our nauseating, almost whispered in hushed tones, kid gloves approach to our 'little ones' (God, how I despise that term) become so infected with sensitivity, that we have now lost all trace of authority, instead resorting to the expedience of covert persuasion.


"Shut up, sit down, and do your homework!" "You finished your homework yet?" "Why haven't you done your homework?"
These and many more where barked at me as a boy.

What we have here is another microcosm of the bigger picture concerning the young and the protection society has foolishly given them through various governments' acquiescence to the bleeding hearts and tree-hugger types.
All, ultimately, for votes, for votes make money and money leads to power, and power is what man seeks more than anything else. That's the tragedy of it all.

Homework's not meant to be fun, but it IS an essential part of education and to remove it from curriclae, I fear will just hasten the advance of the ignorant.

Watch out for pass marks being lowered again to compensate.