Giving Children Homework; Pro and Con

There are a lot of discussion as to whether children should be given homework or not. Is it enough for children having time to study at school or needing additional time in home for study after school time?

Some people claim that children do enough work in school already. They also argue that children have their hobbies which they want to do after school, such as sport or music. A further point they make is that a lot of homeworks are pointless and does not help the children learn at all.

However, there are also strong arguments against this point of view. Parents and teachers argue that it is important to find out whether children can work on their own without the support from the teacher. They say that the evening is a good time for children to sit down and think about what they have learned in school.

Furthermore they claim that the school day is too short to get anything done. It makes sense to send home tasks like independent reading or further writing task which do not need the teacher support.

I think, on balance, that some homework is good idea but that should only given at the weekend when children have more time.

1. What the text discuss about?A. Children childhoodB. Giving reward for studentC. Making student workD. Giving the student homeworkE. Student favored stuff

2. "study at school or needing additional time in..." The underlined word have the same meaning with?A. LessB. VariatedC. ExtraD. HarderE. Hint

3. According to the text why do people think the student didn't need to have to do homework?A. It's wasting time.B. Cost too much money.C. Restrict the children from playingD. The children already had enough study time at schoolE. The children didn't really want to do it since they think it's not important. 4. "and think about what they have learned in school" what does "they" refer to?A. The readerB. The student C. Student's familyD. The teacherE. The people

5. Why do people think giving student homework is a must thing to do?A. Because that way student may play all time

B. The school time is too shortC. Teacher must give them homework since it's their jobD. So the student will behave wellE. To make student realize the true meaning of life.