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Its September. Back to

school for British kids and

back to piles* of homework

in the evening. But does

homework help you learnor can it be bad for you?

Before you read:

How much homework do you

have to do every night?

Ihave school all day, thentwo hours homework

every night! Its too

much. Were only young!

Matt, 14, from Wales isnt happy

about homework. But now some

teachers arent happy about

it either.

Stressed!

Some teachers want lesshomework for their pupils.

Why? They say homework

makes kids unhappy.

I think most homework is a

waste of time*, says Mary

Bousted from the Association

of Teachers and Lecturers

union, Homework also puts

stress* on poorer children,

who dont have many books

and computers at home.

How much?The British Government

says that homework

helps young people. They

suggest* one hour per

week for 11 year olds

and two and a half hours

each day for sixteen year

olds. A good homework

programme helps young

people learn the skills they

need for successful, independent

learning in life, says a

government official.

Does HomeworkWork?But does homework make students

brainier*? A 2007 study says that

homework does nothing for testscores*. Students from Finland do less

homework than British kids but they

score higher in international tests.

No Homework!At St Johns school in south west

England, the pupils dont have

any homework.

Head teacher

Patrick Hazlewoodsays homework

makes work for

teachers and causes

arguments at home.

He wants his pupils

to love learning.

What does it mean?

It stresses me out !

aIt makes me worried.bIt makes me excited.

I cant cope*

with all the workat schoolMatt, 14

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MattMasonHomeworkDiary

MondayLearnFrenchvocabularyfor

testonTuesday.

TuesdayDogeographyexercises1-10on

pages19-20.

WednesdayReadChapter3of

PrideandPrejudice.

ThursdayWriteessayonAncientMedicineforHistory.

FridayReviseFloodingforGeography

testonMonday.

Is Homework Bad For You?We ask two London teens for their views.

1 WhendoesMatthavetoreadabook?

2 WhendoesMatthave todo aFrenchtest?

3 WhendoesMatthavetowriteanessay?

4 WhendoesMatthavetodoageographytest?

What are the homework rules in your

school? Read the follow ing sentences.

Are they true (T) or false (F)

in your school?

1 We dont have to do homework.2 We mustnt use the Internet to help with homework.3 We have to do homework everyday.4 We mustnt ask our parents for help with our homework.5 We mustnt copy our homework.

Lookatthehomeworkdiary.Answerthequestions:

OnWednesday

Homework when you

research is useful. But I

definitely get too much

homework and it causes

arguments with my parents.

Yes! I have to stay at

home until I finish my

homework. Homework

stops me going out with

my friends.

Sina Tyla