Boy Runs Away From Homework

Pre-Reading Questions What would you do if homework became too difficult for you to handle? Have you ever considered running away from home? Where did the boy live? Read complete article here This is a true story about a boy who ran away to escape the stress of too much homework.

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 Cili town, 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."