Schools waste enough of our children's time, for little benefit and at much cost, to prepare for a world that no longer exists. I work as a free-agent, something that is not normal for my generation but may be the norm for our children. How does school prepare for free-agentry? Through homework?

If schools and teachers cannot get their instruction done in 6 hours each day, then the system doesn't work. I want our family time back so that we can focus on some real education.

We will be homeschooling our youngest son this year, but our eldest is in a high school that values homework for homework's sake: