Mom Gets Shocked After Seeing Her 6-Year-Old Daughter’s Sexist Homework, Rewrites It And Goes Viral
Lynne Polvino, outraged after reading her 6-year-old daughter’s homework assignment that suggests it’s a mother’s job to stay at home, decided to rewrite the entire text. “I was already feeling pretty frazzled, and when I read the assignment, I almost lost it,” Polvino told TODAY. The worksheet featured a story called Back to Work. It asked Polvino’s first-grade daughter Hazel to choose words from word banks to complete the narrative. “Lisa was not happy,” the opening paragraph stated. “Her mother was back at work.”
“It just pushed so many buttons for me,” Polvino said. “And with each sentence it managed to get worse! My shock and dismay quickly turned to outrage. I mean, what decade are we in, anyway? In this day and age, we’re going to tell kids that mothers working outside the home make their children and families unhappy? That fathers don’t normally do things like cook and wash the dishes?”
Palvino claimed she reworked the story “to reflect the kind of world I want to live in, the kind of world I want my kids to live in when they’re old enough to have jobs and families.” Although she didn’t send her text to the teacher directly, the mom voiced her concerns in an email. The teacher agreed the assignment was outdated, and promised she would review it in the future. Scroll down to compare the original to Polvino’s (who works as a children’s book editor in Manhattan) version and see if you can spot the difference.
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6-year-old Hazel’s mom could not believe her eyes when she read her daughter’s homework assignment
This is the original
And here’s Polvino’s version of the text
“My shock and dismay quickly turned to outrage. I mean, what decade are we in, anyway?”
“In this day and age, we’re going to tell kids that mothers working outside the home make their children and families unhappy?”
Other people were also disgusted by the worksheet and cheered Polvino’s edit
Polvino voiced her concerns to the teacher via email. She agreed the assignment was outdated and promised to review it
I'm a proud feminist and still, I don't really see any sexism in that assignement. The only part I would change is the one about the father not cooking good, because it is actually a stupid prejudice about dads (for example mine cooks much better than my mum!). But please, people get shocked very easy lately.
This 100% what I was thinking. Its only about a kid missing their mom because of the change of their daily routine... nothing else.
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Yes, OH MY GOD, this is horrible! The childred doing this assignment will be scarred for life! I mean, the thought of a child wanting one of her parents to be home.. Preposterous! The stoning of raped women in other countries is nothing compared to this horrendous case of sexism!
Childred? DAMMIT! Looks like I need some schoolin' misself.
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Im for equality, but what exactly is wrong with this? I dont know any child who WANTS there parents to go to work and leave them...
This being posted on boredpanda is what's wrong. They promote this retardedness by allowing posts like these. That mom should live alone on another planet. Then the big bad world can't pick on her. Because everyone is at fault except her thinking.
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What about the jab at men for not cooking well. I'm furious. I'm going to make a big deal about it!
Passive aggressive much? I get the mothers point, but that rewrite definitely is not for 6 year Olds...
I think the mother here missed the point of this and that it is more truthful that the child is sad to see their mother go to work and wants them to be around as they were for the whole time they were off (1 year.. or more in some cases) to be around.. she selfishly made this about herself rather than thinking how the young child would see things.
How is this sexist? Please don't downvotes, I'm like thirteen and I have the right to know what's going on. Thanks!
Some people think it's sexist because it's not encouraging of working moms, and it makes dad look incompetent at home. Outdated stereotypes.
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Ah the First World problems we get upset and stressed out over lol. Seems like the time it took to write this would've been better spent discussing it with the little girl. Oh well.
Lol it's just a school assignemt, the kid probably forgot all about it the moment she finished it :/
I think it was a poor choice of subject matter. It's a sensitive topic because parents face all kind of pressure when trying to balance working and raising children. There is a LOT of judgement, including from this mom who thought a story about the difficulty of a woman going back to work is sexist.
The assignment did need to be rewritten/removed because it wasn't well written and had some really odd syntax. Plus, the parents really suck at communicating if a six year old thought they would be home alone. The mother's rewrite wasn't any better because a lot of it would have been gibberish to the age group.
I have seen this SO many times in my son's school work. Granted, his school district is financially strapped, and the text books are over 10 years old (as are the hand-outs), but that's not a valid excuse. Publishers need to review and revise this s**t regularly. The district spends >$500 per text, which is exorbitant, and the texts have the same content/context they've had since the '60's?
Haha so true. I remember using a textbook in junior high that still showed Czechoslovakia as a country instead of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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I'm more appalled by the grammatical errors in the original assignment than in the content. Sorry, I had to laugh at the 2nd paper had words like bias and misogyny. These kids are only 6y/olds, right? Hell, I know adults who haven't got a clue what the definition of misogyny is!
Seriously, it isn't from the mother's point of view, but rather a six year old child whose mother is going back to work. No child likes change. It is unrealistic in the "new" version read like it is from the mother's point of view. If it was from the mother's point of view, you would likely read about how she missed being there, wanting to stay home, but having to work... My mother didn't want to go to work, but like many women, she HAD to go to work. What kind of child is going to do the following, "YES, MY MOMMY IS GOING TO WORK AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT NOW!!!" I'll tell you who... Children who didn't like their mother's to begin with. >_< Stop getting so butt hurt, your daughter will eventually understand that you're not choosing work over her, but rather you're working FOR her to have a better life.
This is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with the homework. It's the story about a girl who misses her mom. What's wrong with that? Yes, I'm a mom. I have 3 children (2 are now adults), and I stayed home some with some of them, worked most of the time fulltime. I'm not offended by the homework. Get a grip, people.
This teacher did an excellent job of both helping her students on the language task and by using a FAMILIAR SITUATION OF THE LEARNERS IN HER CONTEXT. Sometimes feminism is too quick to claim "sexism" instead of looking at the lived reality around them. The only sexism here is at the cultural level where women make less money than men so it is therefore practical financially that the moms work less hours. Very unreasonable criticism and this is one reason why TEACHERS ARE QUITTING in mass numbers - oversensitive parents that themselves have no idea of what teaching is and yet need to tell professionals what to do. Josh Lange, EdD
what a load of rubbish, it is simplified, get a grip. it is because of people like this mother that kids today are stressed out. everything they do has to be scrutinised and labelled. we never needed councillors and stress therapy at school because as kids we had no worries about meaningless things. i had probably left school before i knew anything of political correctness. why complicate life for a child of six? As a six-year-old, i would have probably found the mother's version so boring i would have lost concentration after the first couple of lines. i wonder if the kid went to school and told her friends as mummy, (presuming as it is ok to call her that and not super mum) was very angry at teacher. it just shows kids it is ok to be angry at what teacher says in my opinion.
I only found that the text was poorly written. Else, I don't really see sexism in the assignment. Why everyone wants attention on an non-issue???
Another special snowflake that thinks the world revolves around HER and is TOO stupid to see that the assignment was SUPPOSED to be from the CHILD's point of view, NOT the mother's. Tell the MOTHER to grow up and then MAYBE the child will have a chance to have a normal lifestyle and not end up thinking that society should be kissing her *** and that everything is someone else's fault.
The kid was upset because it was a change in routine. The assignment is geared to 6 year olds. Mom re-writing the assignment so that the child was upset about missing her mom tells could teach the kid they are not allowed to feel negative emotions, they aren't allowed to miss their parents, or be upset with a change in routine. It's better to teach kids how to deal with the emotions appropriately than you can't feel sad or bad. The kids are 6 for Pete's sake, stop fighting your battles through them. Let them play, let them be sad, let them learn how to handle emotions.
What was wrong with that assignment. Of course Lisa would be sad her mom wasn't at home, after being used to her being there. Geez. It's just a change in routine. Get over yourself. Getting real tired of some parents trying to one up the teacher. If you think you can do better, get a teaching degree.
When I was little, every other week my mom finished work later than my dad. We both missed her and walked to the bus stop minutes before the bus arrived to be sure that we're there on time. I guess we're terrible, terrible people.
It is not wrong that a parent or parents work, or choose to stay at home when kids are younger. The fact is that that paper read in such a negative way, would actually alter how children see their home life, question why everyone in their household is at work all day, should it be different and should I be sad about it ? that is too much to put on a kid, and it was just inconsiderate. The fault though is not only did the teacher act as though she was not really paying attention to what her students were taking home, it was the blame the outdated text part that made me angrier...for a start HOW OUTDATED ? it is 2017 that kind of garbage wouldn't have been seen since the 80's.
cont... if a teacher knows their text is so outdated why can they not come up with their own take, just as the mother did. It was one sheet, it would have taken a teacher no time to come up with a little story like that, and then do the same copies for the kids. In the end it is meant to be that the child understands what is being said, and which are the correct words to input, lets give the kids something a little more fun and interesting. Those that said that the Mum should be at home and all kids would be sad, have you met any kids lately ? it would be more like Lisa was grumpy, she got home to find her Mum was there when she should be at work, this threw her whole after school routine out. She had planned on making her favourite snack, slouching in front of the tv and catching up with her friends on her tablet for an hour. Now she would have to do chores and washing the dishes will ruin the polish her and her friends applied during recess. THAT IS REAL
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That homework: Shouldn't it say "I left the office early..." and not "I leave the office early.."?
The problem is, a lot more mothers would like to stay at home but can't. My mum was a stay-at-home mum and although it was nice to have her at home, I didn't get the financial support my friends had. My my dad worked, his income alone wasn't enough. How many 17 year olds would have a car and their university fees payed for them if their mothers didn't work? And why should I have to pay for single mothers to stay at home and raise their children? If their partner earns enough to allow this to happen, fair enough, but women shouldn't have kids and expect us to pay for them
Well, I am not much into political correctness, but I must admit that the initial homework was b******t.
This really is a lesson on how to turn a simple assignment written for a CHILD into a clusterfu<k of a read that even an ADULT doesn't want to waste time reading. Way to go Polvino. This is how to make learning difficult and unrelated to the lesson.
Feminazi spotted. Let's be honest here, every kid hates it when their moms work, any sort of work, even housework. Kids just want to be with their mom the whole day. When I was a kid, I participated in a debate against moms working. The only sexist thing here is that dad is a bad cook. The essay doesn't say anything against women working. It only tells about how Lisa feels.
I agree that things have changed and that women are an integral part in today's economy. Nevertheless, the assignment was not an attack on a woman’s ability or market contributions. It was the perspective of a young child who probably got accustomed to her mom’s presence at home. To think for a second that a child has to make an intellectual effort and “feel happy”, thus nullifying her natural feelings and convince herself that “mommy was finally back at work” is better than whatever she feels as a child, is not feminism…is selfishness. Many mothers (and fathers) have done career sacrifices to give their children a loving and nurturing environment; nothing wrong about that. When and how did caring for your household become a demeaning factor? My wife stayed home for our first child, and I stayed home for our second one. Neither of us has felt the urge to run back to the office at the expense of our kids. And this comes from a guy who washes the dishes and cooks as well.
This HW is simply about a child who FEELS she won't see mommy as often. It's from the CHILDS perspective. It's not a political statement. :/
This HW actually opens dialogue between parent and child. fill in' those blanks about maternity leave and moms value at work.
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I can't believe how many shallow people there is in this world ! You people really don't understand why this is so sexist ? Let me break it down for you ... Lisa had one of her worst days in her life ( every single thing that day sucked ), and whose fault it was ? Her mom's. Nobody else was to blame than her mom. There is so much negative things and emotions going on only because of her mom: "Lisa was not happy" , "The morning was terrible", "It was not too good", "That was not too good either " ... and that's just first part of this short assignment. There is nothing in this assignment that shows that there is something good in mom going to work too. Nothing is mentioned that mom will be happier, that they will be able to afford nicer things, that things will be better. It's all about her ego ( and six year old have huge ego )
Imagine six year old having this assignment and later on to be told that mom is going back to work. That is traumatic event by itself, and it is always hard for parents to explain it to their children. This assignment certainly doesn't help kid to see their mom as a "good guy".
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It must be exhausting always on the look out for sexism to the point they see it, everywhere. This is just about a kid missing her mom.
As a working single Mother I think this woman is brilliant! Maybe the teacher can use the corrected homework in the future. <3
What a complete and utter over-reaction. The original was not about the actual story but about filling in the blanks. It used simple, short sentences and ideas that a child could understand. Way to make it about you and not them though 🤦♂️🤷♂️😂
Hooo-boy..... A few thoughts that may or may not have gone through the lady's head while producing her rewrite: "A family where Mom AND Dad have to work to support the family? That's so silly! Nobody lives like that!" "The girl goes home after school instead of attending one of the countless free after-school robotics programs that clearly exist everywhere and for every social class?" "A child that doesn't like washing dishes? OUTRAGEOUS!!! How dare she?" "It's so weird how the text implies a child missing their mom when she goes back to work. Nothing in my life prepared me for understanding that some children actually miss their mom when she leaves." "Thank god that living in this gated community with private schools prepared me perfectly for understanding how real life works for most people."
How is it sexist? Good people have bad days. Plus the first day they try out their new family routine it will be a bit messy and stressed.
This is stupid. If this is real then that Mom is looking for issues. Her rewrite seriously looks like a Saturday Night Live skit to me. Utterly ridiculous. Why search out s**t? There's enough blatant s**t in the world without looking for it in the nooks and crannies of everything. Way to teach that kid to be hypersensitive lady.
The paper itself isn't bad because of the whole 'sexism' thing. It just has bad grammar and sentence structure.
what a lot of whohuh the mother needs to take on more hours so she doesn't have time to push her stupidity on her children
I upvoted this because she mentioned that teachers would have smaller class sizes and more resources to better teach our children. 1,000,000,000x yes to that. Yeah that kind of a dumb worksheet but i don't think the kids are going to remember anything from it. But if i had a class of 15 students instead of 36, I wouldn't need worksheets. We could actually do meaningful leaning activities in class every day!! Kids wouldn't have to read c**p like that.
Well at least the first write up is more realistic, the second is idealistic rubbish.
Love the mom's updated version. Only thing I disagree with is the statement that her child's public school teacher was well paid. That's not true. Especially if the mom is an engineer. I don't think she'd like to trade salaries with a school teacher.
I've seen that assignment before and of course it was complete and utter b******t. It looks like something from my mother's generation, fercryinoutloud.
Hahahahaha, people are stupid. How are you gonna tell a kid how to feel? Kids are going to miss their mothers and fathers no matter the circumstances. Maybe the dad can't cook in this story, you don't know. This Polvino chick is a nutbar.
'assignment that suggests it’s a mother’s job to stay at home.' No it didn't. Where in the paper did it suggest that? It was about a girl who was sad that she wouldn't be spending so much time with her mom from now on. The worst thing about the assignment was that it was written badly and had grammatical errors. It was in no way sexist. People look for sexist and racist things in everything these days. Jeez.
FANTASTIC!! I wish I'D had the kind of homework you wrote when I was in school...I never got something so incredibly, horribly offensive as the original, but also nothing NEAR the beauty of what you created! Your mothering abilities give me hope for our future!
I don´t get it? She left work early, not ending it to be a housewife or something? Working at an office can´t be to much fun?
Ikr...kids are TOTALLY gonna feel what you tell them to feel...everybody knows they have no judgment of their own right? Oh...and if you think of teaching your kids about some kind of ethics or morals to prepare them for the real world....just forget about it...that's the schools work, right? Better just write them a passive aggressive letter and seek online approval for your actions...that's TOTALLY the right move to do guys. I mean...likes=good, right? yeeeeeeah...right...
This offends me as a vegan transgender atheist who vapes and crossfits 4 times a week and im also a male feminist as I identify myself as a pastafarian apache helicopter dog mega multi combo god of hyper death and if you dont agree with me. You're an ignorant arrogant globaphobic sexist lesbian.
The teacher agreed the assignment was outdated, and promised she would review it in the future.????? Why wasn't the teacher reviewing it already? All material should be reviewed every year so it isn't outdated....like this assignment.
Good job on finding sexism where there is none. Seems like the child is unhappy due to the mother no longer being at home all the time
You had me all the way up until the part where "teachers were well paid and happy."
If this woman wasn't so ugly she probably could have married a more successful man and then not had to worry about working. Stupid, stupid idiot. PS I love it when men smear poop on me. Makes me super horny. Most girls don't admit this but, it's true. Drop a big one on my face, in my mouth, you know you want to :)
I loved this article. Schools should choose a different subject for the kids to fill in, not about any gender related claptrap. This Mother has put it into context and I hope the Teacher sees it. The Teacher in this one aught to get a Literature and Grammer lesson herself.
I'm a proud feminist and still, I don't really see any sexism in that assignement. The only part I would change is the one about the father not cooking good, because it is actually a stupid prejudice about dads (for example mine cooks much better than my mum!). But please, people get shocked very easy lately.
This 100% what I was thinking. Its only about a kid missing their mom because of the change of their daily routine... nothing else.
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Childred? DAMMIT! Looks like I need some schoolin' misself.
Load More Replies... Im for equality, but what exactly is wrong with this? I dont know any child who WANTS there parents to go to work and leave them...
This being posted on boredpanda is what's wrong. They promote this retardedness by allowing posts like these. That mom should live alone on another planet. Then the big bad world can't pick on her. Because everyone is at fault except her thinking.
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Passive aggressive much? I get the mothers point, but that rewrite definitely is not for 6 year Olds...
I think the mother here missed the point of this and that it is more truthful that the child is sad to see their mother go to work and wants them to be around as they were for the whole time they were off (1 year.. or more in some cases) to be around.. she selfishly made this about herself rather than thinking how the young child would see things.
How is this sexist? Please don't downvotes, I'm like thirteen and I have the right to know what's going on. Thanks!
Some people think it's sexist because it's not encouraging of working moms, and it makes dad look incompetent at home. Outdated stereotypes.
Load More Replies... Ah the First World problems we get upset and stressed out over lol. Seems like the time it took to write this would've been better spent discussing it with the little girl. Oh well.
Lol it's just a school assignemt, the kid probably forgot all about it the moment she finished it :/
I think it was a poor choice of subject matter. It's a sensitive topic because parents face all kind of pressure when trying to balance working and raising children. There is a LOT of judgement, including from this mom who thought a story about the difficulty of a woman going back to work is sexist.
The assignment did need to be rewritten/removed because it wasn't well written and had some really odd syntax. Plus, the parents really suck at communicating if a six year old thought they would be home alone. The mother's rewrite wasn't any better because a lot of it would have been gibberish to the age group.
I have seen this SO many times in my son's school work. Granted, his school district is financially strapped, and the text books are over 10 years old (as are the hand-outs), but that's not a valid excuse. Publishers need to review and revise this s**t regularly. The district spends >$500 per text, which is exorbitant, and the texts have the same content/context they've had since the '60's?
Haha so true. I remember using a textbook in junior high that still showed Czechoslovakia as a country instead of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Load More Replies... I'm more appalled by the grammatical errors in the original assignment than in the content. Sorry, I had to laugh at the 2nd paper had words like bias and misogyny. These kids are only 6y/olds, right? Hell, I know adults who haven't got a clue what the definition of misogyny is!
Seriously, it isn't from the mother's point of view, but rather a six year old child whose mother is going back to work. No child likes change. It is unrealistic in the "new" version read like it is from the mother's point of view. If it was from the mother's point of view, you would likely read about how she missed being there, wanting to stay home, but having to work... My mother didn't want to go to work, but like many women, she HAD to go to work. What kind of child is going to do the following, "YES, MY MOMMY IS GOING TO WORK AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT NOW!!!" I'll tell you who... Children who didn't like their mother's to begin with. >_< Stop getting so butt hurt, your daughter will eventually understand that you're not choosing work over her, but rather you're working FOR her to have a better life.
This is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with the homework. It's the story about a girl who misses her mom. What's wrong with that? Yes, I'm a mom. I have 3 children (2 are now adults), and I stayed home some with some of them, worked most of the time fulltime. I'm not offended by the homework. Get a grip, people.
This teacher did an excellent job of both helping her students on the language task and by using a FAMILIAR SITUATION OF THE LEARNERS IN HER CONTEXT. Sometimes feminism is too quick to claim "sexism" instead of looking at the lived reality around them. The only sexism here is at the cultural level where women make less money than men so it is therefore practical financially that the moms work less hours. Very unreasonable criticism and this is one reason why TEACHERS ARE QUITTING in mass numbers - oversensitive parents that themselves have no idea of what teaching is and yet need to tell professionals what to do. Josh Lange, EdD
what a load of rubbish, it is simplified, get a grip. it is because of people like this mother that kids today are stressed out. everything they do has to be scrutinised and labelled. we never needed councillors and stress therapy at school because as kids we had no worries about meaningless things. i had probably left school before i knew anything of political correctness. why complicate life for a child of six? As a six-year-old, i would have probably found the mother's version so boring i would have lost concentration after the first couple of lines. i wonder if the kid went to school and told her friends as mummy, (presuming as it is ok to call her that and not super mum) was very angry at teacher. it just shows kids it is ok to be angry at what teacher says in my opinion.
I only found that the text was poorly written. Else, I don't really see sexism in the assignment. Why everyone wants attention on an non-issue???
Another special snowflake that thinks the world revolves around HER and is TOO stupid to see that the assignment was SUPPOSED to be from the CHILD's point of view, NOT the mother's. Tell the MOTHER to grow up and then MAYBE the child will have a chance to have a normal lifestyle and not end up thinking that society should be kissing her *** and that everything is someone else's fault.
The kid was upset because it was a change in routine. The assignment is geared to 6 year olds. Mom re-writing the assignment so that the child was upset about missing her mom tells could teach the kid they are not allowed to feel negative emotions, they aren't allowed to miss their parents, or be upset with a change in routine. It's better to teach kids how to deal with the emotions appropriately than you can't feel sad or bad. The kids are 6 for Pete's sake, stop fighting your battles through them. Let them play, let them be sad, let them learn how to handle emotions.
What was wrong with that assignment. Of course Lisa would be sad her mom wasn't at home, after being used to her being there. Geez. It's just a change in routine. Get over yourself. Getting real tired of some parents trying to one up the teacher. If you think you can do better, get a teaching degree.
When I was little, every other week my mom finished work later than my dad. We both missed her and walked to the bus stop minutes before the bus arrived to be sure that we're there on time. I guess we're terrible, terrible people.
It is not wrong that a parent or parents work, or choose to stay at home when kids are younger. The fact is that that paper read in such a negative way, would actually alter how children see their home life, question why everyone in their household is at work all day, should it be different and should I be sad about it ? that is too much to put on a kid, and it was just inconsiderate. The fault though is not only did the teacher act as though she was not really paying attention to what her students were taking home, it was the blame the outdated text part that made me angrier...for a start HOW OUTDATED ? it is 2017 that kind of garbage wouldn't have been seen since the 80's.
cont... if a teacher knows their text is so outdated why can they not come up with their own take, just as the mother did. It was one sheet, it would have taken a teacher no time to come up with a little story like that, and then do the same copies for the kids. In the end it is meant to be that the child understands what is being said, and which are the correct words to input, lets give the kids something a little more fun and interesting. Those that said that the Mum should be at home and all kids would be sad, have you met any kids lately ? it would be more like Lisa was grumpy, she got home to find her Mum was there when she should be at work, this threw her whole after school routine out. She had planned on making her favourite snack, slouching in front of the tv and catching up with her friends on her tablet for an hour. Now she would have to do chores and washing the dishes will ruin the polish her and her friends applied during recess. THAT IS REAL
Load More Replies... That homework: Shouldn't it say "I left the office early..." and not "I leave the office early.."?
The problem is, a lot more mothers would like to stay at home but can't. My mum was a stay-at-home mum and although it was nice to have her at home, I didn't get the financial support my friends had. My my dad worked, his income alone wasn't enough. How many 17 year olds would have a car and their university fees payed for them if their mothers didn't work? And why should I have to pay for single mothers to stay at home and raise their children? If their partner earns enough to allow this to happen, fair enough, but women shouldn't have kids and expect us to pay for them
Well, I am not much into political correctness, but I must admit that the initial homework was b******t.
This really is a lesson on how to turn a simple assignment written for a CHILD into a clusterfu<k of a read that even an ADULT doesn't want to waste time reading. Way to go Polvino. This is how to make learning difficult and unrelated to the lesson.
Feminazi spotted. Let's be honest here, every kid hates it when their moms work, any sort of work, even housework. Kids just want to be with their mom the whole day. When I was a kid, I participated in a debate against moms working. The only sexist thing here is that dad is a bad cook. The essay doesn't say anything against women working. It only tells about how Lisa feels.
I agree that things have changed and that women are an integral part in today's economy. Nevertheless, the assignment was not an attack on a woman’s ability or market contributions. It was the perspective of a young child who probably got accustomed to her mom’s presence at home. To think for a second that a child has to make an intellectual effort and “feel happy”, thus nullifying her natural feelings and convince herself that “mommy was finally back at work” is better than whatever she feels as a child, is not feminism…is selfishness. Many mothers (and fathers) have done career sacrifices to give their children a loving and nurturing environment; nothing wrong about that. When and how did caring for your household become a demeaning factor? My wife stayed home for our first child, and I stayed home for our second one. Neither of us has felt the urge to run back to the office at the expense of our kids. And this comes from a guy who washes the dishes and cooks as well.
This HW is simply about a child who FEELS she won't see mommy as often. It's from the CHILDS perspective. It's not a political statement. :/
This HW actually opens dialogue between parent and child. fill in' those blanks about maternity leave and moms value at work.
Load More Replies... I can't believe how many shallow people there is in this world ! You people really don't understand why this is so sexist ? Let me break it down for you ... Lisa had one of her worst days in her life ( every single thing that day sucked ), and whose fault it was ? Her mom's. Nobody else was to blame than her mom. There is so much negative things and emotions going on only because of her mom: "Lisa was not happy" , "The morning was terrible", "It was not too good", "That was not too good either " ... and that's just first part of this short assignment. There is nothing in this assignment that shows that there is something good in mom going to work too. Nothing is mentioned that mom will be happier, that they will be able to afford nicer things, that things will be better. It's all about her ego ( and six year old have huge ego )
Imagine six year old having this assignment and later on to be told that mom is going back to work. That is traumatic event by itself, and it is always hard for parents to explain it to their children. This assignment certainly doesn't help kid to see their mom as a "good guy".
Load More Replies... It must be exhausting always on the look out for sexism to the point they see it, everywhere. This is just about a kid missing her mom.
As a working single Mother I think this woman is brilliant! Maybe the teacher can use the corrected homework in the future. <3
What a complete and utter over-reaction. The original was not about the actual story but about filling in the blanks. It used simple, short sentences and ideas that a child could understand. Way to make it about you and not them though 🤦♂️🤷♂️😂
Hooo-boy..... A few thoughts that may or may not have gone through the lady's head while producing her rewrite: "A family where Mom AND Dad have to work to support the family? That's so silly! Nobody lives like that!" "The girl goes home after school instead of attending one of the countless free after-school robotics programs that clearly exist everywhere and for every social class?" "A child that doesn't like washing dishes? OUTRAGEOUS!!! How dare she?" "It's so weird how the text implies a child missing their mom when she goes back to work. Nothing in my life prepared me for understanding that some children actually miss their mom when she leaves." "Thank god that living in this gated community with private schools prepared me perfectly for understanding how real life works for most people."
How is it sexist? Good people have bad days. Plus the first day they try out their new family routine it will be a bit messy and stressed.
This is stupid. If this is real then that Mom is looking for issues. Her rewrite seriously looks like a Saturday Night Live skit to me. Utterly ridiculous. Why search out s**t? There's enough blatant s**t in the world without looking for it in the nooks and crannies of everything. Way to teach that kid to be hypersensitive lady.
The paper itself isn't bad because of the whole 'sexism' thing. It just has bad grammar and sentence structure.
what a lot of whohuh the mother needs to take on more hours so she doesn't have time to push her stupidity on her children
I upvoted this because she mentioned that teachers would have smaller class sizes and more resources to better teach our children. 1,000,000,000x yes to that. Yeah that kind of a dumb worksheet but i don't think the kids are going to remember anything from it. But if i had a class of 15 students instead of 36, I wouldn't need worksheets. We could actually do meaningful leaning activities in class every day!! Kids wouldn't have to read c**p like that.
Well at least the first write up is more realistic, the second is idealistic rubbish.
Love the mom's updated version. Only thing I disagree with is the statement that her child's public school teacher was well paid. That's not true. Especially if the mom is an engineer. I don't think she'd like to trade salaries with a school teacher.
I've seen that assignment before and of course it was complete and utter b******t. It looks like something from my mother's generation, fercryinoutloud.
Hahahahaha, people are stupid. How are you gonna tell a kid how to feel? Kids are going to miss their mothers and fathers no matter the circumstances. Maybe the dad can't cook in this story, you don't know. This Polvino chick is a nutbar.
'assignment that suggests it’s a mother’s job to stay at home.' No it didn't. Where in the paper did it suggest that? It was about a girl who was sad that she wouldn't be spending so much time with her mom from now on. The worst thing about the assignment was that it was written badly and had grammatical errors. It was in no way sexist. People look for sexist and racist things in everything these days. Jeez.
FANTASTIC!! I wish I'D had the kind of homework you wrote when I was in school...I never got something so incredibly, horribly offensive as the original, but also nothing NEAR the beauty of what you created! Your mothering abilities give me hope for our future!
I don´t get it? She left work early, not ending it to be a housewife or something? Working at an office can´t be to much fun?
Ikr...kids are TOTALLY gonna feel what you tell them to feel...everybody knows they have no judgment of their own right? Oh...and if you think of teaching your kids about some kind of ethics or morals to prepare them for the real world....just forget about it...that's the schools work, right? Better just write them a passive aggressive letter and seek online approval for your actions...that's TOTALLY the right move to do guys. I mean...likes=good, right? yeeeeeeah...right...
This offends me as a vegan transgender atheist who vapes and crossfits 4 times a week and im also a male feminist as I identify myself as a pastafarian apache helicopter dog mega multi combo god of hyper death and if you dont agree with me. You're an ignorant arrogant globaphobic sexist lesbian.
The teacher agreed the assignment was outdated, and promised she would review it in the future.????? Why wasn't the teacher reviewing it already? All material should be reviewed every year so it isn't outdated....like this assignment.
Good job on finding sexism where there is none. Seems like the child is unhappy due to the mother no longer being at home all the time
You had me all the way up until the part where "teachers were well paid and happy."
If this woman wasn't so ugly she probably could have married a more successful man and then not had to worry about working. Stupid, stupid idiot. PS I love it when men smear poop on me. Makes me super horny. Most girls don't admit this but, it's true. Drop a big one on my face, in my mouth, you know you want to :)
I loved this article. Schools should choose a different subject for the kids to fill in, not about any gender related claptrap. This Mother has put it into context and I hope the Teacher sees it. The Teacher in this one aught to get a Literature and Grammer lesson herself.
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