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President of France Wants to Ban Homework Because It's "Not Fair" to Disadvantaged

Proud PA Hillbilly Wrote: Oct 18, 2012 2:34 PM

No wonder their work ethic has crashed. Sad, because France used to be the style we all wanted to emulate. Now, very little exciting comes from there.

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Kali_Fred Wrote: Oct 18, 2012 4:35 PM

I don't recall anyone wanting to emulate France. I'm only 56, so maybe I'm not old enough...

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President of France Wants to Ban Homework Because It's "Not Fair" to Disadvantaged

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I wish I was making this up, and it certainly sounds like it's something straight out of The Onion, yet here it is, on a Washington Post headline: French president pushing homework ban as part of ed reforms.

Reason for the homework ban?

Francois Hollande doesn’t think it is fair that some kids get homework help from their parents while children who come from disadvantaged families don’t.

Instead, Hollande wants to hire more...

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