A California teenager's cheeky note about his missing homework has gone viral.
Eddie Cortez, 14, wrote a detailed letter to his teacher after turning up for school empty-handed.
And now, the teenager has appeared on a local television station with his father Alfred Cortez, to explain why he wrote the letter, now dubbed “The case of Students v. Homework”.
In his letter, Eddie described how: “Homework is not a real thing in the real world so we should not have to do it in school because it’s not useful.”
He also stated that weekends should be “a stress-free time to go out with friends, watch TV and play games,” not do schoolwork.
He's making good points so far!
The teen's note was posted to Twitter. Picture: TwitterEddie even added a judgment on the matter at hand in the letter, writing, “Case closed, the court rules in favour of Edward Immanuel Cortez in the case of student vs homework.”
Seated beside his father, Alfred, Eddie told a reporter he thought the whole thing had been funny and believed he had presented some “good points” to his teacher.
The internet agreed with him:
So my cousin and his wife got an email from their sons teacher. He didn’t do his hw so she asked him to write a paper saying why he didn’t do his hw and this is what she got...???♀️ pic.twitter.com/2eDh2IgB9X
— Lydia (@_Lyddz) February 14, 2019
I started crying real tears laughing so hard
— J. G. Nicole (@iamjgnicole) February 15, 2019
That kid is gonna do big things in life.
— LINDSEY (@MiSSLiNDZO) February 14, 2019
??? "The court rules in favor in the case of student vs homework"
A lawyer in the making?— Indira mayisela (@artindira) February 14, 2019
this kid is too woke for his own good the court rules in favor ?
— daeniris stormborn (@irizzlebshizzle) February 14, 2019
If I was the teacher I wouldn’t even know what to say, shit....if that was my son I wouldn’t know what to say? THE KID AINT WRONG!!
— LINDSEY (@MiSSLiNDZO) February 14, 2019
