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Why you should always check your children's homework

Well - I guess below is the ultimate reason why parents should always check their children's homework before they hand it in. This was submitted by a first grade girl for a homework assignment:

After it was graded and the child brought it home, she returned to school the next day with the following note:

Dear Ms. D.,

I want to be very clear on my child's illustration. It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint. I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm. This photo is of me selling a shovel.

Mrs. H.

It's a shovel. She works at

It's a shovel. She works at Home Depot. True Story.

Not only fake (and in bad

Not only fake (and in bad taste), but if a parent's first thought was to defend their own lifestyle, or to engineer others perceptions, then that's not saying much about their own self esteem or self worth.

Funny, but obviously fake.

Funny, but obviously fake.

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