A teacher deconstructs government-assigned homework.
Observes Harry Goslin: "Because so much of our lives, especially any aspect connected in some way to government bureaucracies, is driven by paperwork and 'official record-keeping, the power of children doing homework, tangible proof of learning to many, cannot be understated. I have had top-quality students tell me that because their parents never saw them doing homework for my class, there was no way they could be learning anything in my class."
