Parents in Spain are being urged to go on a weekend homework strike this month in protest against the unacceptable amount of after-school tasks their children are given. 

 

西班牙的父母们受到鼓舞，准备于本月进行周末作业罢工，以此抗议学校给孩子布置的课外作业“过于繁重”。

 

The homework load of Spanish children has long been a sore point with some parents, who argue that the burden is too great, places too much pressure on pupils and eats into family time. 

 

According to a 2012 study by the Organisation¹ for Economic Co-operation and Development, Spanish 15-year-olds have 6.5 hours of homework a week compared with an average of 4.9 across the 38 OECD countries. 

 

The Spanish Confederation of Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Students (Ceapa) has decided² that enough is enough and is calling on parents whose children attend Spanish state schools to boycott³ weekend homework in November. 

 

"We've lost a bit of common sense in this country when it comes to talking about education and we've got a system in which boys and girls free time has disappeared", said Jos Luis Pazos, president of Ceapa. 

 

"Schools are passing on tasks to families that they shouldn't be." 

 

"It starts with children from the ages of three to six doing half an hour's homework every day." 

 

"For us, that's an unacceptable situation". Pazos said Ceapa disagreed profoundly with the notion that children should endure huge amounts of homework in the hope that it would ensure them a better future.

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