Madness Around Here!!: HoMeWoRk

Kode came home with some homework the other night that was a little ridiculous. I don't mind helping him with his homework but what the substitute teacher (yea the substitute teacher) was asking of the kids was a bit ridiculous. (I know that this work didn't come from his regular teacher cause she doesn't believe in homework. (I think its a great idea to have homework for each student so that the remember what was taught in class) Anyway well back to my story. So when Kode came home from school he was very frustrated and said that he had some homework that he really did not want to do but had to do and he really needed my help. So I finished dinner and we sat down together. Much to my surprise I was not able to do much of the homework either. (now I am no genius but as an adult I thought I would be able to help him out more)

So Kode had a map of Nevada and a paper with 31 questions on it that he had to answer. He had to write each question in his note book (I thought that this was a little ridiculous cause all of the questions were already typed on the paper and the info isn't anything that he would be needing to use in his life but he did what the sub told him to do) Then he had to list each answer on another sheet of paper. Anyway here is what some of the questions asked (remember the students were handed a map of Nevada and told that they could find the answers using it)

* How long is the loneliest road in America?

(is this supposed to be in NV?)

* What is the only city in Nevada which is off limits to gambling?

(and we are supposed to find this on the map)

* Which state in America has the most mountain ranges?

(key word AMERICA not just NV)

* What is the name of the longest river in America that never leaves the state?

(from looking at the map of NV I couldn't find it)

* Where is the "Biggest Little City in the World" located?

(never heard of it and how is this going to help Kode be ready for 6th grade)

* In what place was Richard Nixon's wife born in?

(who is Richard Nixon {Just kidding} but most 5th graders aren't going to know this little alone know by looking at the map know where she was born)

* Where is the "Pelican State"?

(well it isn't NV)

* What town in Nevada is known as the number one Star Gazing place in America?

(well my guess was Great Basin National Park {and it was} and I knew this cause we were there a couple of years ago. But most kids don't get the opportunity to go outside of Elko so they would have no idea)

* Nevada has only one of two round courthouses in the nation. In what city were they located in?

(who cares)

Anyway you get the point! The questions were ridiculous! I could not find any answers just by looking at the map so I went and got the computer out and we googled all the questions just so that we could find the answers. Mac even came down and helped us find the answers! This homework took us over and hour to do!