An iPad Turns Boring Old Homework Into an Irresistible Adventure in Apple's Latest Ad

A forward-thinking spot that's also deeply nostalgic

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Following its release of a new, more affordable and Pencil-friendly iPad, and a bunch of snazzy education tools, now Apple has released “Homework.”

The two-minute-plus spot feels at once nostalgic and idealistically rooted to the present. In it, narrator Mark Fenske solemnly reads Jack Prelutsky’s classic poem “Homework! Oh, Homework!” while a classroom embarks on the week’s assignment—exploring the concept of gravity.

A few things before we roll to the spot. We’d never treat an iPad like that, even at its somewhat-more-reasonable “starting from $329” price point.

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