TONY, YOU ARE MAKING SO MUCH NOISE

10. A: Tony, You are making so much noise?

B: Oh, I’m sorry. I will stop ………. noise immediately.

VII – READING. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (2,0 points – 0,4/each)

Many people now think that teachers give students too much homework, they say that it is unnecessary for

children to work at home in their free time. Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly plan the

homework tasks they give to students. The result is that students have to repeat tasks which they have already

done at school.

Recently in Greece many parents complained about the difficult homework which teachers gave to their

children. The parents said that most of the homework was a waste of time, and they wanted to stop it Spain and

Turkey are two countries which stopped homework recently. In Denmark, Germany and several other countries

in Europe, teachers cannot set homework at weekends. In Holland, teachers allow students to stay at school to

do their homework. The children are free to help one another. Similar arrangements also exist in some British

schools.

Most people agree that homework is unfair. A student who can do his homework in a quiet and

comfortable room is in a much better portion than a student who does his homework in a small, noisy room with

the television on. Some parents help their children with their homework. Other parents take no interest at all in

their children's homework.

It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents the homework. A teacher should suggest suitable tasks

for parents to do their children. Parents are often better at teaching their own children!