"Private Schools, Please Pity Us": Mother Amazed After Seeing Homework Given to Her Daughter

"Private Schools, Please Pity Us": Mother Amazed After Seeing Homework Given to Her Daughter

  • A mother posted a video on TikTok to show people the amount of homework her daughter brought from school
  • The woman said the creative arts homework required the young girl to sketch 20 different things
  • Some people who reacted to the video said holidays should be holidays and not converted to work periods for students

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A mother was not happy because of the amount of homework given to her daughter during the mid-term break.

According to the woman, her daughter's creative arts teacher loaded her with so many activities to do during the break.

Mother laments over too many homework given to her daughter.
The mother said her daughter had to do many sketches as homework. Image: Willie B. Thomas / Vladimir Vladimirov
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Mom wowed by child's homework

The woman, @bellepeauworld, posted a video to show people the number of art sketches her daughter has had to do.

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In the TikTok video, she said her daughter was asked to draw 20 different sketches in four days. The girl was able to draw many of them nicely.

Many people who commented on the video shared similar experiences with their children and said there should also be time to rest.

Watch the video below:

Reactions to homework given to schoolgirl

@Financial Deity said:

"But holidays should stay holidays. Not a time to load kids with useless assignments."

@Lili_asuks commented:

"She's a good artist, very beautiful drawings."

@honey said:

"She dey draw oo."

@ASABA HAIR LAUNDRY said:

"Please, ma, follow her up. This is a great talent. Imagine how smooth and clean her drawings look."

@eren said:

"They told me to create a short film, and plant a flower and study the growth and write it down."

@o_ge said:

"Their own too much oo, imagine my 3 year old has an assignment of 15 pages, from pages 21 36. It doesn't make sense at all."

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@Nathan said:

"Its called a Mid term "BREAK" for a reason. some schools need to do better.. she is very talented though."

Mzansi father botches kids’ Afrikaans homework

Briefly News previously reported that in a heartwarming and comical TikTok video, the struggle of homework for parents was shown. Parenting is hard, but Afrikaans homework is harder, lol.

As a parent, you face many struggles that humble you, but nothing quite like trying to help your children with their homework and being unsuccessful.

The video captures a hilariously relatable scene: an African father attempting to help his children with their Afrikaans homework. TikTok user @lovetheonuigbos_ shared the video of her husband struggling to praat die taal.

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