Unit 3, Number 11, Exercise 4.0:14
Too many tests and too much stress.0:21
And do the task from exercise 4.0:25
Too many tests and too much stress.0:29
British parents say that their children are under stress because they have too much homework.0:34
Philip Pullman, a famous children's writer, agrees with parents that there are too many tests.0:40
I want to change the way that young people learn at school because it's no fun, says Pullman.0:49
He was a teacher before he became a writer.0:56
School pupils don't have the time to enjoy reading books, and they learn to say the right things to get good marks instead of saying what they really think.1:00
In Britain, young people take about 87 exams during their school life.1:13
They take national exams at the ages of 7, 11, 14, 16, 17 and 18.1:19
Some young people are leaving school early to escape the pressure of exams, and others stop doing hobbies such as sport, music and reading because they have so much schoolwork to do.1:30
But do lots of tests help pupils to learn more?1:45
Research shows that when students have more tests, they don't work as hard and they get worse marks.1:52
British schools are trying to make school less stressful in some unusual ways.2:01
Teachers at a school in Birmingham want pupils to eat bananas in class while listening to classical music.2:07
Another school in Liverpool has a special quiet room where pupils can go when they feel stressed.2:16
In the quiet room, they smell lavender, have a hand and foot massage, or talk about their problems.2:24
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