Importance Of Homework In Fahrenheit 451

Why is knowledge important? Knowledge helps us in life and is a key to succeed in life. As the wise Napoleon Hill once said: “Knowledge has no value, except that which can be guided from its application toward some worthy end. In the book Fahrenheit 451, they show why books are so important. Without books, most of the people have no knowledge and they became a dystopian society. In a dystopian society nobody thinks and everyone are forced to not have their own ideas. For example in Fahrenheit 451 no one is supposed to have books because one group of people (fireman) think it is trying to convey dangerous messages while the majority are forced to conform/ follow. It relates to the society we are living in now because a small group of people (government) think it’s wrong so everyone is forced to conform. In my essay, I will explain the importance of knowledge, how knowledge helps us in our life, how knowledge helps us understand our self and finally how knowledge brings more knowledge.

I believe, as a student, that homework is just a tool that teachers use to keep us busy. Being a student who has received homework for various years, I have found that homework causes me a lot of stress (Ethos). Homework causes kids to get very stressed out, it causes stress in their families, and studies show that it does not improve test scores. Harris Cooper, a worker at Duke University (Ethos), found out that, doing more than 60 to 90 minute of homework in middle school and more than 2 hours in high school is associated with much lower scores (Logos). This just shows that homework is a useless item that students are forced to do. Firstly, students have to wake up from seven until two o'clock everyday,

In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury shows the importance access of other people’s knowledge. We need the knowledge of others and of our past. We need this knowledge so we can learn from our mistakes and will not repeat the mistakes from our history. In Fahrenheit 451 the society has forgotten its past and is slowly dissolving into mayhem. This is a perfect example of the theme. The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is, we need the knowledge of others to survive.

Have you ever wanted to just shred up your homework or throw it out the window and have no consequences? Kids are assigned daily homework from the time they start kindergarten at the ripe young age of five. Is it really necessary? Does it even help better learning or even higher test scores? The amount of homework we do wastes time, money, paper, and trees because it’s practically the exact same thing we did in class that day. Homework causes kid’s and teen’s frustration, tiredness, little time for other activities and possibly even a loss of interest in their education. It also keeps everyone up; it has kids and teens staying up until they finish it, the parents trying to help them and the teachers grading it. So, I think that homework is

I believe knowledge is power because it helps we as a person, be reminded of past events so that when events like what happened before happens again we do not repeat it. When the history is recorded in the knowledge of past times, math is also and so is science all recorded in knowledge that remind us of events that happened at one time. When knowledge is here in this world to correct mistakes and remind us of how to do something like how to properly conduct wars and the armies successful and failing tactics. I doubt those who think that knowledge is nowhere near considerably close to power is completely mistaken for the fact that without knowledge we would be no where in close to the society we currently have. Also how would one determine

Shopping at the mall and hanging out with friends is much more important than doing homework. Why are students required to do homework anyway? It’s a waste of time so they should not be required to do homework. Homework is causing stress, which is resulting in students spending less quality time with their families as well as with their friends. It is also causing students to feel burned out and to not be engaged with school as they should be. Even though students need to learn how to manage their time more effectively, including budgeting time to complete homework assignments, they should not be required to do homework. Students should not be required to do homework because it stresses out students.

Thesis: Despite its explicit language, Fahrenheit 451 should be studied in schools due to its educational value.

Books can be seen as entertainment or education purposes. In Fahrenheit 451 books are viewed as nonsense and illegal. Their education and entertainment comes through a tv screen instead of a book, compared to our society where books are our education. That is the main conflict in Fahrenheit 451 a society where they no longer care about the knowledge of books so they burn them and send people to mental asylums. This shows how their society thinks about books.

Humanity often takes for granted the education we receive and don’t realize its effects on us. We fail to see that proper education reduces one’s gullibility, as those who receive training in critical thinking are less easily manipulated. In the novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, fascist rulers take advantage of the illiterate animals on the Manor Farm because they were oblivious to what was happening to them. Meanwhile, in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, citizens of a dystopian society have their access to education withheld from them, leaving them unable to think for themselves or properly assess their lives. In both works of literature, the author sees the importance of education being that illiteracy will leave one vulnerable to being manipulated due to their inability to thoroughly interpret and analyze situations with proper insight. In other words, being apathetic towards one’s education will only set them up for doom.

I think that grade 8 students shouldn't have homework. Homework can negatively affect students' health as it causes exhaustion, stress, depression, and lack of sleep. Always doing homework can minimum family time and less time for sports and after school activities. Less family time can lead to conflict, hanging out with friends is decreased and that leads to less socializing. Homework is basically taking away students' childhoods, do schools really want to do that? When it comes down to homework students don't want to sit around stressing about it, they want to relax and play sports and pursue their hobbies after a long day of school. Students are doing more than the recommended amount of homework each night, without academic benefits. The

Have you ever wondered why when people do not know or are scared by something their instinct is to destroy that very thing? Whether it be a falling in love with the wrong person or even the thought provoking power of books. In addition, books or “winged entities” have the ability to disturb anyone’s pre-consumed assumptions and possibly unlock a closet of skeletons. The influence literature can have on a person to think freely scares some authority especially dictators. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, the author, is making an effort to warn the American people against losing sight on the importance of literature in our everyday life; disconnecting from family and friends because we are too involved with technology; and becoming so

Be that as it may, many still want homework enforced, but why? To know this, the original purpose of homework has to be analyzed. Originally homework was used because it was believed that it could improve the scores of students if they have more practice, but over the years this argument has been disproven. Ponte (2012) wrote that, “...no research has supported a correlation between amounts of homework and increased achievement in elementary school,” Over and over the effects of homework on test scores has been researched and proven that there is not a clear correlation. This means that the main reason school boards push for more homework has become invalid. It is well known that American schools have been under severe scrutiny because of the

Students spend hours doing it, teachers spend hours checking it. Homework is sometimes a burden to teachers and students but still it is necessary. Some people doubt homework's effectiveness, but teachers and researchers agree homework is essential. Homework helps students get better grades in school.

The majority of students have, at one point or another, wished for less homework. For some student’s homework is not a big issue but for other students it can take hours and even days to do all their homework. That wasted time could be used for enjoyment or learning life skills instead of homework. Nine in ten high school students reported feeling stressed about homework (Galloway 4). So, should students get less homework? Yes, students should receive less homework because it improves their well-being by reducing stress and its impacts on health, increasing leisure time, and showing that homework does not affect grades significantly.

Students, parents, teachers, administrators and other interested parties all seem to have strong and different feelings towards homework. Students complain that they have too much homework to complete outside of the hours they already attended classes. Students feel that they have personal lives to live and blow off homework while some parents and teachers believe that homework is the key to passing classes and preparation for college. This leads to teachers feeling pressured to push their students to succeed and this can easily get carried away. Parents and school systems still often discuss the topic of homework today. Should homework in school systems be stopped?