Mother Not Laughing After Daughter Receives Gag Award For Avoiding Homework

Back in my grade school days, one of my favorite parts about the end of the year were the joke awards we would receive in our classes. It was a fun way to look back on the year and everyone got a good laugh out of it.

But out in Arizona, a third-grader's mother isn't laughing after her daughter's teacher gave her daughter a joke award for "most excuses for not having her homework."

School children have been coming up with excuses for failing to hand in their homework since the concept was invented.

Now a frustrated 3rd grade teacher in Tucson, Arizona, has decided to recognise the art of homework dodging by giving out a Catastrophe Award to the student who wriggled out of handing in homework the most.

But Christina Valdez says handing her eight-year-old daughter Cassandra Garcia the certificate, which is signed by her teacher beside a smiley face, is humiliating. She said it was presented to her young daughter in front of classmates at Desert Springs Academy.

Ms. Valdez told Fox News she thought it was a cruel thing to do to a young child. She added: 'The teacher announced the award in front of the whole class and all the children were laughing at her.'

So instead of reprimanding her daughter for not getting her homework turned in, this mom instead gets mad at the teacher for calling her out on it? Yeah, that makes sense. It's just another example of parents who think their kids can do no wrong and, as a result, let them get away with everything.