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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, schools have always given homework to students every single day. But recently, school officials, as well as parents, are saying no to more homework. A group of parents in Spain have recently gone on strike to protest their children’s school load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read this article to know more about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No More Homework! Spanish Parents Go on Strike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children have long complained about homework, but parents in Spain are now joining in and have decided to go on strike against their children\u2019s school workload for the entire month of November.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Called by the Spanish Alliance of Parents\u2019 Associations (CEAPA), a network that covers around 12,000 state schools across the country, the strike targets weekend homework for primary and high school students.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jose Luis Pazos, president of CEAPA, told AFP on Wednesday that parents had launched the unprecedented initiative due to \u201cthe absolute certainty that homework is detrimental\u201d to children and damages their extracurricular development.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a 2012 PISA education report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Spain ranked fifth among the countries with the most homework, after Russia, Italy, Ireland, and Poland, out of 38 countries studied. Spanish students spent 6.5 hours a week on homework, compared to the average of 4.9 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workload does not necessarily translate into better results for Spanish students, who traditionally receive low scores in mathematics, reading, and science in the PISA report.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, in Finland and South Korea \u2014 two of the countries with the best student performance according to PISA \u2014 the average time spent on homework each week was less than three hours.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pazos said that education in Spain still relies heavily on the traditional method of rote learning, or memorization.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pointing to the availability of information in modern society, he said that \u201cwhat we have to teach children isn\u2019t to memorise everything, but how to manage information, think critically, and determine what is worthwhile and what is not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSociety has changed deeply, but the classroom environment hasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What do you think about the parents going on strike to protest against their children\u2019s school workload?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Are you for or against giving homework to students? Share your insight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving homework to students?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What was the most difficult homework you had to do when you were still a student?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. How have your opinion about homework changed from when you were a student yourself to now as an adult or a parent?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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