First of all, homework causes stress on students. We may as well just spend all day at school if we are having school at home anyways. Students should go to school, work on “school” work, then come home and not do “school” work at home. This would increase the productivity and attitudes of students. I, for one, would be in a much better mood concerning school if I knew that I didn’t have to look forward to coming home to more school work.…
Homework doesn’t exist to annoy and stress the students. But newsflash! Homework does annoy and irritate a lot of students. So why is homework still given to students? Well obviously, because it’s necessary.…
First of all, homework causes stress on students. We may as well just spend all day at school if we are having school at home…
Most people would agree that more homework would be a less than desirable, but if we started schools later students would pay more attention and if students payed more attention in class then maybe less homework would be assigned because they would have already covered it in class. Often times when students complain about homework teachers state that if they had paid more attention during class that we would have less homework and maybe they are right. Teachers can not exactly give us all the material in their allotted time if the students are being distracting and loud; Therefore they have to make up for the time with…
Most kids that go to school can all agree that homework is a nuisance and a hassle. Sometimes we as students get slammed with so much homework that we just can’t recover from it and fall behind. One of the homework types that many students fall victim to are essays. English classes usually will have a handful of essays due throughout the year and some kids struggle with them. Trying to write a paper on top of Algebra or Science homework can be a nightmare sometimes.…
Children such as myself should not have any homework to do because we could possibly have more things to do after school. We might have basketball practice or we might have an event to attend to and that could take about 2-4 hours. If a teacher assigns you homework you have to be responsible for keeping up with it. Some people are not very responsible and they could easily lose or someone can steal it and claim it for their own. Homework can also cause stress and people at a young age should not be stressed.…
Teachers have a tendency to pile on homework thinking that it will benefit them in their class, but that is not always the case. If these students were to be limited to the recommended measure of assignments the more likely they are succeed to in their classes and earn higher grades. Homework can hurt the students when they do not understand what is being taught. Many do a significant amount of take home work every night, but they never are able to understand it to their fullest potential if they cannot ask their teacher a question in class. When students are given the opportunity to ask questions on homework in class the more likely they are to understand their material and succeed.…
By giving homework to k-12 students, their school and home life is miserably the same as schools have not researched enough about the effects of homework in the U.S., homework is creating health problems, and research shows there is no improvement with more homework.…
If a child is buried in homework, there is no time for them to explore their own interests. Another problem with homework is that is can disturb the balance of life, not allowing enough downtime, children need to relax and sleep; this helps their thinking process (New Kids Center,…
Homework is just pointless and busy work for students and educators should reconsider their want to assign homework. Homework is not beneficial to students because homework does not enhance their ability to learn and the work negatively affects their mental and physical health. Homework does not help students academically. Firstmost, assigning homework has no direct correlation to higher tests score and understanding of the material; homework could be considered busy work. According to Alfie Kohn, in his…
According to the article “The Motivational Benefits of Homework”, the reason homework is so essential is because it plays a key role in the development of a child’s motivation to achieve (Bempechat 2). Another reason homework is important for a child’s education is because homework assignments provide time and background teens need to establish study habits that are valuable for learning. Some of these important skills include teaching teenagers that it is acceptable to make mistakes and the importance of effort (Bempechat 3). Homework also gives students an opportunity to reinforce their knowledge of what they have learned in class (Hancock 1). Often when students pay attention to the class lesson they will find they do not truly understand the material until they have completed the homework assessment for…
Time that can be better spent is with family and having fun participating in extracurricular activities. Eliminating homework allows students the reward of free time and the invaluable time spent with family. Homework creates unnecessary stress and strain for parents and students alike. Also, homework allows teachers to pawn off their own teaching responsibilities to students and parents with hours of homework. Homework is not beneficial and it should be banned for students Kindergarten thru 8th…
There are so many reasons people are pro homework. People say “it helps them become smarter or helps them on test,” But there is a lack of evidence where it actually supports their claims, that it helps students at all especially at such a young age. with Alfie Khon “The positive effects of homework are largely mythical.”(Khon). It also seems that homework is being forced onto younger students more often than the older ones. I remember getting tons of homework in Elementary school, and not having the time to play outside, the stress, and my parents struggling to help me on problems I didn’t know.…
Is Homework beneficial to kids in our society? There are many opinions on homework and its benefits toward children. Is it harmful or helpful? Is it increasing knowledge or diminishing grades? Lisa Morgues, a teacher from California states, “The concept of homework is so ingrained in our culture , that people can’t and won’t think about what it might be like if we stopped doing homework.…
Homework is beneficial to students because it is an extension of teaching materials, and it can promote students’ understanding of knowledge. It is an effective way to increase student personal responsibility and individual accountability, and it leads to increased communications between parents and the schools and encourages parent awareness of student…