I recall when my D was not allowed to read a book in 2nd grade unless she could define for the teacher any random word the teacher pulled from the text (and silly me, I always thought we learn words from the context when we read). That made reading a chore for her, because she had to read “baby books” in school. If they had thrown some of these silly math requirements at her, she would have found math to be a chore, as well. So glad my kids are out of school now.