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A School Has Banned Homework And Told Kids To Read Comics Instead

A School Has Banned Homework And Told Kids To Read Comics Instead

So much better than having to make up a lie about why you hadn't done it every week.

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

A primary school in Scotland has scrapped homework and has instead told kids to read comics.

Unsurprisingly, 79 percent of pupils were in favour of ditching homework for the Beano - or whatever kids read these days. As if 21 percent said they'd rather do the homework. That's a lot. If a class had 30 kids in, that means that around six of these WANT homework. How sad can their lives be that they'd choose homework rather than (pretending) to read every night?

Inverlochy Primary School, in Fort William, Highland, Scotland, trialled getting rid of it for six weeks last year and decided to ask parents and pupils what they thought before making a final decision.

62 percent of parents agreed with the idea that reading comics, books or magazines for pleasure would be more beneficial than homework for homework's sake.

Far cooler than Dostoyevsky.

Realistically, geography and algebra aren't going to be much use to you, but having an encyclopaedic knowledge of Batman will help you out in pub quizzes for the rest of your life, so I fully welcome the move and hope all schools eventually adopt it.

One dad, Barry, told the Mirror: "Homework stresses the kids and the parents out. Kids have so many things outside school, like clubs. They just need time to be kids."

Fair enough, mate.

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