Garrett Redmond, a school board trustee in Half Moon Bay, California, has proposed to eliminate homework in the Cabrillo Unified School District because it's "inherently unfair." Some kids, apparently, have more time than others to spend on homework, plus not everyone has a computer or a good place in which to work. Redmond explained:

"We have students who can tap into the Internet and CD-ROMs in their own bedroom, and have a vast array of information at their fingertips. But the unfortunate people who live in hovels with the entire family sharing one or two rooms—how is that kid supposed to do their [sic] homework?"

To bolster his case, Redmond has even claimed that homework is contrary to "family values": since kids can spend up to five or six hours on their schoolwork, it means "goodbye to any time to spend with their parents."

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