Dad makes hilarious plea to schools for sparing parents from math homework: 'We're struggling'

One of the wildest things parents come across while raising kids is to help them with education, primarily school and homework. With all the advanced studies and growing intellect of kids, it is a task to help kids with schoolwork. Many parents find themselves dumbfounded when solving basic kids’ homework and honestly, they are not to blame. T. Murph—who goes by @tmurph on TikTok—shared a video hilariously requesting schools to rework the tedious schoolwork they have planned for kids and make it easier. Murph even outlined valid reasons that are relatable to all parents.

“Do not start sending all the homework home, alright? It’s hard, we’re struggling,” the dad confessed. He further highlighted that parents mostly come from work in the evenings and are tired and mentally exhausted and can not afford to think to solve high-level problems. “These kids bring all these foreign problems we ain’t seen since 1996. Y’all gotta understand that most of these parents have been out of school for at least a decade, if not more,” Murph pointed out. He also explained that due to the pandemic, e-learning “took 85% of what was left in our brain capacity.”

“So this last 15% gotta last me until I get a body here on earth side,” the dad humorously said. “This homework is too new and difficult. I don’t even remember what an adjective and pronoun is. I graduated too long ago to remember this,” he added. Coming to the monster math homework many parents dread, Murph spoke for many, saying, “Teachers, when you send this math homework home, you better send a cheat sheet with it. If you don’t want to send it with the kids, at least send a Google Doc or email it so we can know what we’re doing,” he requested.

The dad then elaborated that math is much more advanced and different from what it was during his time in school. “You don’t even carry numbers anymore. When did we stop doing that?” he asked. The dad then requested, “Help us help you help these kids at school.” Sharing an outrageously hilarious threat, Murph concluded, “If you want these kids to do the work, make it school work. If not, if you keep us struggling, I’ll let you know what I think about you in the next Parent-teacher conference.” Fellow parents were bursting with laughter at the accuracy of Murphy’s experience.

Every parent could relate to the tedious work they’re forced to wreck their brains on due to their kids’ homework. @hakuna_matata_tye hilariously said, “They had the nerve to tell me my son copy-pasted the answers. No, I did that, we didn’t know what else to do.” @mightycorgis added, “These new math problems have extraterrestrial methods of figuring it out.” @maiteg04 said, “As a parent and teacher, I agree! Kids do enough work at school and need to be kids and play at home.” @qualaj99 said, “Math is sorcery at this point. Don’t send my kids home with nonsense, we are going to Google each answer.” 

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