Unit 5

Unit 5 How long is your day? LESSON 9 ‘Have you finished your homework yet?'‘Why haven't you finished your homework?' How often do you hear these questions in your house? How do you feel about homework? Children worldwide now do more homework hours than they did twenty-five years ago-but there are huge variations. In some parts of the world, even very young children have a lot of homework. They come home from school, and they work for three or four hours before bedtime. In other parts of the world, children don't have much homework until they are a bit older. At the same time, many young people worldwide have extra classes after school. One way or another, many children ‘work’twelve or fourteen hours a day. " Is this really necessary? How much homework do you have? How much time do you really spend on it? How long is your day?