Anyone else feel like the teachers have left the kids untrained in such ventures these days? My third grader came home with research project and report to compile and be ready to present on the day after winter break. I know the teachers mean well and want to give the kids (maybe parents too) incentive to stay busy and retain some of the school discipline over the holiday break. But seriously, did they stop to think how busy parents are during this time? We're busier with kids home than when they're in school. I know many of these teachers are parents too, so what gives?! I remember as a kid learning all the steps before having to put it together ourselves.

That's obviously not the case this time around. The directions stated for the parents to assist their child with the project since it's their first. Really?! Are they kidding? I know I shouldn't complain. They have a lot more to contend with these days than I think they ever have. But am I the only one that recalls "those" days? I know over half of my kids' teachers are older than I am. So I can't possibly be alone with these thoughts.

Sometimes it really makes me wonder about our school systems and the process with which decisions are made. The big decisions that affect our kiddos daily in the classrooms like: teaching methods, discipline practices, appropriate times to accomplish tasks and learn new ones, etc. These are the times I rethink the homeschooling option. If I'm going to be teaching routinely myself, maybe  I should just commit to doing it full time. Realistically, I realize it's more than I could take on, at least at this time. But it doesn't stop me from revisiting the thought process from time to time and sometimes wishing some things for our family were very different.