The Good Old Days

I miss homework. Not grueling term-paper style homework, but elementary school homework that was almost fun - lists of vocab words to memorize, math problems that were almost like little puzzles, assignments to read a chapter in our history book and answer the questions at the end. I wish for my job I was required to learn spelling bee words and read about the Pilgrims. At the time, I would rather have been playing outside with the dog. Or reading some horsey book. But now, those kinds of assignments seem like fun. Perhaps this is just an aspect of the general nostalgia that everyone has for "simpler times."