Is homework REALLY necessary? Outspoken mummy blogger Constance Hall says her children would be better off climbing trees and swimming at the beach
- Mummy blogger Constance Hall, 32, has revived the homework debate
- She thinks her daughter would be better off swimming and climbing trees
- She posted about it on Facebook and has received over 20,000 reactions
- Ms Hall said she should not be expected to do homework with her children
- The debate about homework has been raging for years
- One study found that 90 minutes of homework can lead to a drop in results
- Another found that more than three hours per night can lead to illness
Parents have been arguing about the necessity of homework for years...and now the debate has been revived once more.
Controversial mummy blogger, Constance Hall, 32, took to social media on Wednesday morning to question the need for homework at all.
'I am no expert on education, dropping out of school at 15 to study art and then dropping out of art to work in a pub doesn't make me an expert on much,' the mother-of-four, from Perth, Western Australia, wrote on Facebook.
Is homework necessary? Controversial mummy blogger, Constance Hall, 32, took to social media on Wednesday morning to question the need for homework at all
'Not a fan homework': School gets my kid for 6 hours a day five days a week and then they give them homework, clearly we are not an over achieving household but we have ambitions to remain sane,' she said
Controversial: The post came after Ms Hall's daughter, Billie-Violet, six, came home from school and said she had been told that Ms Hall should be doing homework with her (stock image)
'But really homework??? School gets my kid for 6 hours a day five days a week and then they give them homework, clearly we are not an over achieving household but we have ambitions to remain sane...she's 6 [sic].'
The post came after Ms Hall's daughter, Billie-Violet, six, came home from school and said she had been told that Ms Hall should be doing homework with her.
'Surely after a whole day at school her time would be better spent climbing a tree.. Or swimming at the beach.. Or lying on her back imaging that's she's a flying f*****g snail [sic]?' She wrote.
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Unnecessary: 'Surely after a whole day at school her time would be better spent climbing a tree.. Or swimming at the beach.. Or lying on her back imaging that's she's a flying f*****g snail [sic]?' She wrote
All too much: 'FFS as if my life isn't already full of enough s**t for me to feel guilty about not doing, now I can add homework to my list of short comings...Not a fan homework'
'Billie-Violet came home from school the other day with "mum the teacher said you need to do my homework with me" don't quote me on that, all my kids tend to lie and BVs teacher is lovely but I couldn't help but think to myself, "does your teacher know that I have 4 kids, a dog and a cat and some days I don't find the time to change my tampon" [sic]?'
'FFS as if my life isn't already full of enough s**t for me to feel guilty about not doing, now I can add homework to my list of short comings...Not a fan homework.'
The post has already received over 20,000 reactions, over 1,800 comments and a mixed response from teachers and mothers.
Heated: The post has already received over 20,000 reactions, over 1,800 comments and a mixed response from teachers and mothers
Mixed opinion: 'Homework at my kids new school is optional and a note comes home for the parent to tick for yes or no as to whether they would like homework sent home each night,' a parent said
'As a teacher, I honestly think that the only "homework" Primary school kids should have is reading every night. Anything else is, quite frankly, ridiculous,' one teacher wrote.
'Homework at my kids new school is optional and a note comes home for the parent to tick for yes or no as to whether they would like homework sent home each night,' another said.
'I do think a small amount of homework is important for families to be involved in their kids education. It shouldn't be hours and stressful, with early primary it doesn't even need to be everyday. But schools are not solely responsible for children being educated [sic],' one disagreed.
Mixed studies: In 2015, a study by the University of Oviedo, Spain, found that homework should take just 60 minutes for pupils to benefit, and any longer than 90 minutes can lead to a drop in results
In 2015, a study by the University of Oviedo, Spain, found that homework should take just 60 minutes for pupils to benefit, and any longer than 90 minutes can lead to a drop in results.
The study also found that students shouldn't be given help with homework as their results were lower than those who asked for help at home.
Another study by Stanford Graduate School of Education, found that doing more than three hours of homework per night may make pupils ill.
