<p>I really hate the homework assignments for the kids that are parentwork assignments. </p>
<p>I remember this “construct a castle” home assignment for my kid in the 3th grade, where he was supposed to assemble from raw materials an accurate 3D model of a castle stronghold with all its constituent parts (i.e keep, wall, gate, moat, tower, arrow slits etc.). </p>
<p>You should have seen the finished products that the kids brought in, including one dad’s-- whoops, I meant–one kid’s meticulously sawn, mitered, assembled, plywood, master-crafted Magnum Opus. </p>
<p>My young castle builder (his masterpiece was executed in papier-mache) is now in high school, but to this day I sometimes think of that ridiculous assignment and wonder: what was the point?</p>