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!

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...

How is this sexist? Please don't downvotes, I'm like thirteen and I have the right to know what's going on. Thanks!

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.

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?

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 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

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???

Its well past time that "Equity" Feminists(we want equality) started pushing back against "Gender" Feminists(everybody out of our way), and let them know that they are still the End Goal.

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.

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.

Chill. It's a story. Isn't it just as bad to make judgements about Lisa's mother's life choices? Maybe she likes taking care of her kids and cooking breakfast. Everyone is on their own path.

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

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.

I agree this was blown out of proportion.

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. :/

uhm, maybe my english is not good enough to get the point - but where is the sexism in this one - asks a profeminist dude...

As a working single Mother I think this woman is brilliant! Maybe the teacher can use the corrected homework in the future. <3

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."

I see no problem with this.

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.

Who gives a s**t, come on..

Well at least the first write up is more realistic, the second is idealistic rubbish.

Misogyny just never ends.

Does Lisa live in Norway? The original sounds accurate to California.

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.

Just read the update from the mother... Seriously? Now the teacher has to review each work sheet so as not to offend this lady? I would politely ask that she either suck it up, or move her kid to a different class.

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!

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...

Let's get offended by anything... Getting offended is the new black!