TOO MUCH HOMEWORK
As the result of an inquiry among parents by Dr Martin, a well-known Sydney psychologist, the following facts were discovered: Girls between the ages of 11 and 14 studying for the intermediate examination were required to do two and a-half hours of work each night, and to carry books weighing from 91b to 121 b. Those in the leaving examination classes had to spend five hours a night in study, and their books weighed from 151 b to 181 b. Their working hours, in many instances, totalled more than those of their fathers and elder brothers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 10
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99TOO MUCH HOMEWORK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 10
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