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MY MOST VIVID HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT MEMORY is the log cabin my fourth-grade daughter made out of Tootsie Rolls. Okay, okay. I hear you other parents snorting in disbelief. She didn't make the log cabin.

WASHINGTON - My most vivid homework assignment memory is the log cabin my fourth-grade daughter made out of Tootsie Rolls. OK, OK, she didn't make the log cabin. All those tears and recriminations and ...