if you read the contract, it's pretty much common sense... i find it hard to believe that a teacher does not provide students with time in class to work on x projects or has an opportunity to ask questions in class.
although i do find it interesting that if a student is overwhelmed they should use the teachers time outside of class, when they have the freedom to not do the required work outside of class on their own. sometimes homework isn't about completion but finding new questions to ask.
the million dollar cut and paste sounds like a way to have kids ask about needs and wants, you don't cut out a million tshirts, but a couple cars or something, and how serious are the moving parts on a playground anyways? I've seen a swing, a slide and monkey bars, those don't seem too bad to me.
meh, i bet this is just getting blown out of proportion. More likely that the parents are doing the work for the kids too and making these assignments into more than they really are. It's like the kid at the grade 6 school science fair with the working car motor discussing internal combustion.
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