To be cross at different home works for different genders

[captainbarnacle]

School pick up in one hour and want to say something, but how without fuming?

Checked homework for my yr3 DS this morning, and it is stuck in his book to 'help teach me how to play football' with football clip art and an explanation that your pen friend (boy) is living in a remote country and doesn't understand football so you must write to him and explain the rules.

This looked odd - texted half a dozen friends and it is clear that the girls have a homework to explain tennis, rounders or netball and the boys have the football homework.

What the actual?? Gut reaction is fuming and want to speak with teacher and ask her if this is correct and if she thinks differentiation based on gender is justifiable. So many concerns about her before now, and worry how she treats boys and girls different in the class. AIBU?

And I bet you wouldn't even consider it. The person who thinks boys and girls need different homeworks really needs to reassess their approach. Like others have said, why would you even bother?

Indeed, I don't see why they couldn't just say choose a sport (even from a list, including football netball etc)