Mr. Richards is the principal of Needham High School in Massachusetts. In response to concerns that students were too stressed, he created the “Stress Reduction Committee” and mandated that seniors take a yoga class.

It must be tough to be a wealthy surbanite whose parents insist on high-achievement. God forbid a student should get a side of stress with all that privilege.

Of all the educational problems in this country, can anyone really say with a straight face that excessive homework for the children of the upper-middle class ranks in the top ten? Or even the top 100? Let’s find some real problems to worry about, shall we?