my homework Children's education is always an important topic for almost every family. While the hours children spend on studying have been expanding, do children receive a solid knowledge base compared to the expectation? My understanding, personally, is that long studying hours do not definitely benefit children themselves and the society for following reasons.  First of all, the interest is the best teacher for everyone, because it can drive individual to learn knowledge or skills in a self-motivated way rather than lessons which are forced to learn. To find the best teacher, therefore, the main target for children is to discover the area they are interested in by trying different new things.  Secondly, there exists a balance between studying and relaxing. Human body cannot work like a machine which can be fully running in the same high speed with a reliable performance and quality, which is even more true for children. Most of children have the nature that they are not able to concentrate on one thing for relatively long time, so they need also to have considerable time for sports and games to relax their body and mind.  Finally, there are several ways to develop children besides studying in and after school. For instance, playing with friends may teach children that how to communicate with each other and how to share stuff with friends, and some games may also cultivate their team spirit. These abilities are somewhat essential in their future adult life living in the society.  Needless to say, children should spend a certain amount o time on studying, but it does not mean that the longer hours they spend the more knowledge they have.