Does Homework Cause Discrimination

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There is also another situation that inhibits parents to help their kids: education. Some parents do not have nor had access to School, High School or College; it means that they do not know how to read, to resolve math problems, and even less about English. Some of them try to make an effort to help, but it is almost impossible; that is why, people believe that homework causes “discrimination” because not all the children has someone who can help them to resolve homework, and they have just two options: try to do it even bad, or do not present it, and lose the points. It is not fair for those who do not have someone to support them.

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