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Homework and faith mix in calls for stronger home study
A columnist argues post Sputnik era schooling requires stricter home discipline and more homework. He cites Father Francis Connell advocating two to three hours of nightly work for high schoolers, urging parents and teachers to enforce rigorous at-home study, reduce laxity, and combat apathy. The piece contrasts U.S. practice with Newfoundland, where yearly exams decide promotion. It closes linking education to parenthood and moral duty, then shifts to Lent reflections urging attention to God.
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