See mam, we told you it was too much!
To paraphrase Homer Simpson, you can come up with statistics to prove anything, 40% percent of all people know that.
It seems though that the good people at
Statista have settled an eternal topic that has depressed Irish students for generations.
A recent survey conducted on 15 year old students around the world has revealed that people in Irish schools receive the second highest amount of homework.
Speaking from personal experience, this writers back should be absolutely fecked right now after having to endure years of cycling home from school with about 20 different books in my bag, so this information isn't exactly a surprise.
While our secondary-schools seem to revel in ruining the craic for students, they're not as bad as their Italian counterparts.
Jeez, Italian students must be more miserable than those goth kids in South Park.
Take a look at the survey results and if you're a teacher, or if you know one, then please take heed of these results and chill-out when it comes to dishing out the obair bhaile.
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