Homework Isn’t The Answer

Assuming by the time teenagers start high school they will have around three hours of homework each night. Most high schoolers will not start their homework right as they get home, they will take a much-needed break and relax for a few hours, meaning they would not start their homework until 8:00PM. The homework is not very easy, forcing them to spend even longer on their homework and they are awake until midnight trying to figure out how to calculate the mass of Saturn.For instance, during the school week most students would be going to bed at 11:32 PM and wake up at 7:20 allowing them to get 7 hours and 48 minutes opposed to weekends where they would fall asleep at 12:56 and wake up at 10:36 getting 9 hours a 40 minutes of needed sleep (Wahlstrom). The amount of sleep they are getting on the weekdays is not sufficient to promote healthy growth. It is important for everyone to get at least 8 hours of sleep each night to be able to function properly. With a lack of sleep comes a risk of medical

High school students area bombarded with homework for the next school day. It usually takes a student around 2-3 hours to finish homework (Patel). That time does not include extracurricular school activities or other activities such as family time. When students try to fit all of these things in together, homework usually ends up being the one task that takes forever to do! Some students have to pull “all-nighters” in order to complete the assignment (Smith). The student comes to school the next day feeling very tired and that causes him to perform poorly in class. Currently, schools start at 8:10 and end at 3:40, that is including independent reading time, lunch, classes, and times to get to classes.

Starting this year, Decatur High School switched their block scheduling to an eight-period schedule. While this allows students to learn from each class every day, it also weighs them down with extra daily stress that would not come from the block schedule. Now that the school has eight class periods every single day, students have more homework and less time to do it. With only forty-five minutes per a class period, even teachers complain there is not enough time for them to meet their daily teaching criteria, resulting in more homework for the students and less time to learn the material for the homework. Being a teenager is already stressful, and, with the addition of school and extra curricular activities, it becomes a nuclear bomb of stress. Furthermore, it is recommended by doctors for students to get the standard “9 hours of sleep” at night, however, most students at Decatur High School would prove that teens regularly get only four to six hours of sleep and sometimes even less. The reason being, with after school activities which usually end around 8:00 PM, dinner, and maybe a shower, they’re starting on homework around 9:00 to 10:00 PM. Students who are in advanced courses may spend about 2-4 hours on homework, depending on the subject. That likely puts them to bed around midnight to 2:00 AM. When asking students who are taking advanced courses, most would agree that they have more homework this year, resulting in less sleep. With less sleep and more work,

Many students, teachers, parents, and more throughout the country have a firm stance on the argument that school should start at a later time not only because of our diverse sleep patterns, but also because of the negative stress it puts on our bodies, and it even how it can influence our ability to learn. We hear of students constantly complaining about getting very little sleep every night during the school week. Many teachers, parents, and even other students getting better sleep seem to just blow it off or think that students are overexerting the problem. We are starting to see that there are actual negative effects from students, mainly in high school, losing sleep due to extra curricular activities, homework, and any other activities

Many students stay up very late every night finishing homework procrastinating to do it and go to bed at a un-reasonable time and losing many hours of sleep because of their homework load daily. Many studies show that certain subjects usually have this impact on students specifically mathematics. As you get into your junior and senior year of high school many students blame homework for lack of sleep. Seniors and juniors have higher expectations than freshman and sophomores. They are closer to going to college and that fact stresses practically every student by a large margin. Most students on a regular school night spend up to 2-4 hours a night doing homework. Many surveys say that most senior students get less than 7 hours of sleep every day on average. This may be for any person in any grade, but this survey was based on senior high school students.

87% of high school students get less than the recommended 8-10 hours of sleep (Richter). Over the past few years, the amount of time students spend on homework has gone up , some up to 4 hours on it. While the recommended amount is still at 2. While taking away homework could be a possibility, students can still get benefits out of doing it. What many sleep experts recommend doing, is starting school later. Some of the advantages of later school starting times are that teens get more sleep, perform better academically, and are mentally healthier.

If students come to school with their brain’s not fully functioning yet because of the lack of sleep they had gotten, it would be extremely difficult to do any work. This can lead to low test scores and an impact on their grades and scores. In Source A, Nancy Shute states, “We truly believe that our teenagers are getting six to seven hours of sleep a night, and they need eight to 10.” (page 1). Many teens aren’t getting the full sleep that they need. Instead they are losing three to four hours of sleep. This amount of lack of sleep can cause student’s to be tired while they are at school. Although there have been many reports insisting that teens should be getting eight to ten hours of sleep, only 15 percent of high schools have embraced the change and made their school start at 8:30 or later. Even worse the percentage of high schools that are starting before 8 a.m. is 40 percent. Some may argue their point that middle and high schoolers can sleep at an earlier time to gain the sleep they lose, but pediatricians say that as children become teenagers their sleep-wake cycle changes. According to Source A, Nancy Shute states, “As children become teenagers, their sleep-wake cycle shifts two hours late, so it’s

The debate regarding exactly how much homework is too much homework has been an ongoing debate for years. As of right now, there seems to be no end in sight for this debate. Various adults believe that if children do not obtain homework, then they are not learning properly. However, numerous children are obtaining a substantial amount of homework per night, as well as per each class. Once a child exceeds a certain amount of homework, then it is no longer beneficial for the child’s education. An excessive amount of homework can essentially become harmful to the child’s education. As a result, teachers are struggling with finding the right amount of homework to assign to students. The National Education Association as well as the National Parent-Teacher Association endorse the “10-minute rule” for teachers to follow when assigning homework to students. If a child is assigned an excessive amount of homework, then the child might experience more harm than good when attempting to complete the assigned homework.

People expect so much out of teenagers, especially the students who are involved in sports and maintain a job throughout the school year. They are expected to attend classes and their extracurricular activities; they have to make it to work on time, finish their homework, do their studies, and on top of that, get enough sleep at night. This is the kind of busy schedule students uphold in their week and it’s overwhelming for them. It causes stress and exhaustion, and people still expect them to do well and keep up with everything. Is this how we want students to feel all the time? Sure we want them to accomplish goals and be the best they can be, but one way to relieve some stress is less homework. When they come home from work or sports

One of the main reasons that teenagers are experiencing sleep deprivation is due to "hectic schedules with after school activities and jobs, homework hours and family obligations ; and a clash between societal demands, such as early school start times, and biological changes that put most teens on a later sleep-wake clock" (National Sleep Foundation, 2015). According to studies done by the National Sleep Foundation (2015) higher test scores are a beneficiary result that comes along with students that get more sleep. The developing brains are rested and as an outcome students were concentrated and achieved higher levels of knowledge. Letting students decide whether they want to attend school at later times will allow them to not only get the required amount of sleep hours, but to be responsible for raising their

Imagine if a kid stayed up all night studying for a test while they still have 2 papers of homework from a different class, and they also get home at 5:30 from their practice. They wouldn’t have much time to do things after school and not much time for all the homework.

This is a question that has been pondered on by students, parents, and teachers alike. The average workday of a laborer lasts about seven point seven hours, and the school day, generally seven. But, this does not include the additional average of three hours per day of assignments, study time, and homework all needing to be completed. This adds up to be around ten total hours of school related labor. Many holding careers or in the labor force would consider overtime. Furthermore, there are many other necessary obligations in an adolescents day to day life. Maintaining quality family time, excelling in a talent of theirs, keeping a healthy social life in tact, and getting adequate sleep are just a few of these. “Homework can make things challenging for students juggling busy schedules with after school activities and part time jobs” [five main reasons homework should be banned]. There's only twenty four hours in each day, and not all should be spent on one single aspect of one's

A problem that burdens classrooms across the nation is a lack of energy and fatigue. Early start times for school cause students to wake-up early, and the large amounts of homework cause them to stay up late. The lack of sleep affects teenage student worst of all because their developing brains need the most sleep possible. Consequently, students’ grades could begin to suffer because they are not retaining information. “I feel exhausted and unable to learn,” says a student when asked how she feels in her first-hour class. Research states that the average school start time is 8:00. To avoid this dilemma, schools should start classes later, have a study period first-hour in lieu of an actual class, or assign less homework so students can get to bed at a reasonable time.

The quality of students’ homework is much more important than the quantity of students homework and data collected during recent studies has proven that homework is not making the grade. “. . . American students are entangled in the middle of international academic rankings: 17th in reading, 23rd in science, and 31st in math according to the most recent results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)” (Murphy-Paul). Students should not be given an excessive amount of homework because the pressure of having to complete excessive amounts of homework every night is quite daunting for most students. Knowing how much homework is the right amount correlates with age and grade. An 8th grade student should not be given a myriad of homework that would keep her awake past midnight completing assignments. In any case, there should be a limit on the amount of homework all teachers give to students because an excessive amount of homework would eventually cause students to become uninterested in school and learning, which could result in poor test scores and low ranks in international academic rankings. In order for students to carry out daily activities throughout the day restfully, teachers must be able to provide homework that does not exceed the appropriate amount of time needed to complete it, which is based on grade level. If teachers are too clueless of a students health due to excessive amounts of homework, many students will develop cases of sleep

We’ve all been there, get home and start that night’s homework right away. I work for two hours and it’s time for dinner so I take a 30 minute break and then resume homework. Finally the homework is finished and it’s nine o’clock before I have even showered, get ready for the next day, or just relax. This is all assuming that there are no sports that day or that you have a social life. With all the schools looking to push start times back an hour or two we go to sleep later that much later and still don’t see our family for more than an hour a day. I have done extensive research on the numerous harmful effects of homework and the very few pros. I hope to inform you of the problems of homework and why it should be banned worldwide.