Third Grade Homework is too hard! The teachers are trying to make measuring and science fun so they come up with nifty homework that is more than just worksheets. Fine in theory...but....
Yesterday's homework was to make Potato bread. After mom went and bought the ingredients ($15 later) and we sat down to make it we had problems.
The yeast didn't do what it was supposed to do. Now, it probably wasn't the yeast's fault. More likely it was the 3rd grader following the recipe and measurements that caused the yeast to fail. So when we poured the yeast into the sticky bread dough mixture and then sat back to let it rise ...it didn't rise. There goes the science part of the homework. Watching the yeast rise failed. At that point there was still 40 minutes left of yeast rising to do and 45 minutes of baking to do. BUT...it was also after bedtime and folks were getting cranky.
Mom agreed to finish these steps and have the bread ready in the morning for tasting. The fun homework ended up being a brick loaf of bread that Isabella tried to eat and a big mess for mom to clean up. Not to mention it took over 2 hours of my day from start to finish.
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that is CRAZY. MAYBE a weekend project, but not a week night - are they kidding?
some kids can't afford it, or their moms aren't around to help (working, making dinner, laundry...whatever).
AFTER the work was done they sent home a note that said doing the process in your "imagination" would have been fine too as long as you thought about and discussed the process.
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