西班牙家長敦促學校取消周末作業
Spanish parents urged to put children on weekend homework strike
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.
西班牙的父母們受到鼓舞,準備于本月進行周末作業罷工,以此抗議學校給孩子布置的課外作業"過于繁重".
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.
長期以來,孩子的作業負擔一直是一些西班牙父母的心頭之痛.他們提出,過重的作業負擔給孩子們造成了巨大壓力,侵占了他們的家庭時間.
According to a 2012 study by the Organisation 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.
根據經濟合作與發展組織（OECD） 2012年進行的一項調查,西班牙15歲的孩子平均每周花6.5小時寫家庭作業,相較而言,經合組織38個成員國的平均數據是4.9小時.
The Spanish Confederation of Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Students (Ceapa) has decided that enough is enough and is calling on parents whose children attend Spanish state schools to boycott weekend homework in November.
西班牙學生家長協會聯盟(CEAPA)覺得受夠了,他們正呼吁公立學校的學生家長在11月聯合抵制學校給孩子布置的周末作業.
"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.
"說起教育,我國教育界缺乏一點基本常識.在我們的教育制度下,無論男孩女孩,他們的課余時間都被剝奪精光." CEAPA主席何塞•路易斯•帕索斯說.
"Schools are passing on tasks to families that they shouldn't be."
"學校正把教學任務轉交給家長,這本不是家長的任務."
"It starts with children from the ages of three to six doing half an hour's homework every day."
孩子從三歲開始,每天要做半小時作業,一直持續到六歲.
"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.
"這對我們家長來說是不可接受的." 帕索斯指出,CEAPA非常不贊同為了確保孩子有更美好的未來而給他們布置大量作業的教育理念.
"They should be happy when they're little and learn that life isn't just about someone telling you that you have to suffer inexplicably", he said, adding:
"孩子的童年應該過得快樂,他們應該明白,生命不只是聽從擺布去忍受一些莫名其妙的事."
"The model needs to change because society has changed." Schoolchildren have to fit their homework around the school day, which varies from region to region and school to school, but starts early from around 8am or 9am and finishes anywhere between 2pm and 5pm (with a long lunch break).
他補充道："社會在改變,教育制度也亟需變革." 學齡兒童必須適應學校布置的作業.不同地區和學校的上學時間安排不同,但一般是早上8:00或9:00上課,午休時間很長,放學時間介于14:00到17:00之間.
