A 10-year-old boy stowed away on a train and ran away from home in China - because he had too much homework. Xu Zhiqiang, 10, from Hunan province, ended up thousands of miles away from home, reports Information Times.He said he could not cope with the amount of homework he was expected to complete during the one month winter holiday. Xu said: “Each of us has to finish two thick books of homework. Take the mathematics homework as an example, it has 100 pages with all kinds of questions.”
To make matters worse, Xu’s mom found a mistake on one question and punished him by getting him to correct the mistake and copy the right answer 100 times. After copying it 50 times, an exhhausted Xu ran out of his home and hopped onto a train. Xu had reached Guangzhou station, thousands of miles from home, where a station policeman found him the next day. He could not remember his telephone number - or even his full address - but eventually the policeman managed to contact his worried parents. ananova
Source: Ananova.com
Pre-Reading Questions
What would you do if homework became too difficult for you to handle?
Have you ever considered running away from home?
Have you ever considered running away from home?
This is a true story about a boy who ran away to escape the stress of too much homework.
Talking Points
- Do you think that kids nowadays have too much pressure to perform well in school?
- Was this boy’s mother too harsh in giving punishment?
- In your country, would it be safe for a child to travel alone on a train?
- What would you do if your son/daughter ran away from home?
- Describe a situation that was difficult for you to cope with. How did you handle it?
- Tell about a time when you were lost. What did you do in that situation?
- If you were lost in an unfamiliar city, how would you find your way home?
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