Holiday's homework and the extensive burden on children


We have to distinguish between education and knowledge. Any school or institute, however great or marvellous it is, does not always render knowledge. There is a clear difference.
A person establishes the personality in educational institutes but knowledge comes from experience and it does not necessarily involve education. Children, nowadays, are so stuffed up in studies that they don't get any chance to get any real exposure to the world. The new technology introduced advanced video gaming which officially ended the physical gaming. This is one of the darkest aspects of technology.
Previously, people used to send their children off to play various sports or learn talents in the summer vacations but now that has stopped too. The school applies too much pressure on the children in the form of holiday's homework. According to my thinking, this practise should stop. The children should be encouraged to learn new skills or sports for the holidays. The schools can even organize summer camps not for studies but for extracurricular activities. With the increasing difficulty of studies, the students should be given a breather, they must develop skills that would be helpful for them in the future.
Momentarily, the children are only functioning like robots, they don't rest properly or eat well (that's another rant) but most importantly, they're losing their creativity and potential. I clearly remember buying new storybooks, learning yoga, Urdu writing on a slate and playing carrom with family in the summer vacations. Such activities create positive competitiveness which is very important for the next generation to be responsible citizens.

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  1. Rawal AfzalJuly 10, 2019 at 12:59 AM

    I didn´t attend any school in Pakistan, but my three siblings obviously did. They used to get a lot, a lot of homework to do during the holidays, and I always thought that it was very unfair on the students. You don´t get that much of load over here in Germany for example. Very light, just a page or two from a few subjects.

    So yeah, you´ve raised a valid point.

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