Kids Should Not Have Homework

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,

Students feel more stressed and turned off to learning, which is, a lifelong pursuit when it comes to homework. Too much homework turns kids off to learning and makes them less rather than more invested in school and learning. Are children having too much homework? There has been a big disagreement about if students should have homework or students should not have homework. Some people say they should not have homework and some say they should have homework. Children should not have homework, because it wastes all of the time out of school.

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

Schools in America shouldn’t have homework. It has been proven to not help with test scores or school work, but what it does help with, is lowering students’ health. I believe that schools should assign little or no homework, It does little to help and more to hurt the students. For instance, most students don’t have computers and are financially unable to get one. This is unfair and can cause the student to be behind on their schoolwork. Another reason is that students are so loaded with schoolwork and other family/friend activities that they don’t have enough time to do what they really need to. Lastly, the Finnish school system has shorter school days, more recess, and starts at the age of 7. Yet, it has been proven that they get one of the highest test scores internationally.

All schools in the United States should make homework optional. In today's education system every student is required to go to school from ages starting from 5 up until he/she is 17 or 18. We teach all of our students that there is no way around hard work and if you want to make a living you must do what your told, and that is going to school, getting good grades, and potentially going to college and finding a job. This is unquestionable, whether a student agrees with it or not this will never change, but this is not the disputed point.

Studies show that homework can cause sleep loss and other health problems. In Ontario, schools teachers should not be allowed to assign homework to students because kids are busy doing sports or other events. Also, parents want to see their kids after school. Another reason is kids are tired and might stay up late trying to finish.

Teachers have been deciding if they want to get rid of homework. In reality, the students are getting excited about this because who really wants homework? But by doing this, it risks students not learning the material they are supposed to learn. Teachers should grade students based on whether or not they understand the material. So, homework should be graded as extra credit. If the homework gets graded as extra credit, then it won’t be counted against the student if they get it wrong, but help them if they get it right.

PCMS students should not get homework. All school kids do not have a parent at their house to help them finish the assignment because the parent has to take care of the baby. Sixty five percent through seventy five percent of many school students qualify for free lunch which means kids do not have a lot of parents to help with homework. Kids do not finish homework at home. Because kids have no time after they get off the bus. What if they have to go food shopping. Then they can't finish the work. While some would say to not get your homework done. I say that kids do not finish their homework.

Do you ever have homework and have to work after school or get home late and your tired and just go to bed and never finish it? This is why we shouldn't have homework. You are tired and exhausted sometimes. You may have other things to do at home. You sometimes are so exhausted and don't feel like doing anything. I have three reasons on why we shouldn't have homework. I think you should read them if this describes you.

A longitudinal analysis of NAEP data by the Brookings Institution’s Tom Loveless in 2014 found that more 9-year-olds were regularly doing homework than their parents' generation: In 1984, 35% of students reported no homework the previous night. By 2012, that had shrunk to 22%. But the share of 9-year-olds reporting an hour or more of homework was also down by two percentage points in that same period, from 19% to 17%. The percentage reporting less than an hour of homework had risen from 41% to 57%. Loveless also found that 27% of 17-year-olds reported having no homework. And the share of 17-year-olds who spent more than two hours a night on homework remained unchanged at 13%. This shows that a lot of students are having homework. Kirkwood High School was trying an experiment for the sake of student and teacher mental health. Some schools across the country have already tried discarding homework, and many reports success and positive feedback from students and

I am one of those people who agree kids should not have to have the responsibility of homework in elementary school. When you ask yourself if elementary kids should have homework, you should take into consideration all the repercussions it may have. One of the first repercussions of giving homework to young kids would involve the parents. As a kid your brain is just starting to develop and as a parent, it is beginning to recede. “They struggle to help their children and many parents (46.5%) simply don’t understand the subject matter”.

I am going against homework because I don't think homework is good for students. First of all, homework is just adding to the schoolwork that you just did in school. If you add up the schoolwork and the homework that's like 7-9 hours of work in all for 5 days. Once you get that extra homework you will be tired, stressed, won't have much time with your family and it could be totally useless. Next your relatives could do it for you because you could persuade them to do it for you or they might realize how stressed out you are and do it for you. Finally homework can just be useless you could no inside and out stuck in there forever but you still have to do homework.

A 15-year-old girl went into the living room to ask her Mother about “How much homework they had when they were younger.” Once teenagers get into High School, they start to think about what their life looks like. “How much homework did you have when you were my age?” Teenager asked. Her Mother was confused about why her daughter was asking all those questions, and that is when she knew “homework” was becoming an issue. (Gwenn 1) Which clarified at OpposingViews.com.

Today, homework for kids is getting out of control. Homework has led up to kids not being able to get the proper sleep. There are multiple opinions on the homework topic. People who believe we do not have too much homework, think it is a good way for parents to see what their child is doing in school. However, I believe kids should not have homework. I think this because we have other things to do besides sit in front of a computer or a book for two hours or more, overwhelmed with how much we get, and it is causing health issues. I think it is time that the school’s start listening to the kids on their opinion about homework because the staff doesn’t know how stressed and overwhelmed kids get when it becomes that time at night to do homework.

Have you ever gotten a packet of homework to do in one night? Well, based on research, I do not think homework is helpful in school. Homework can help kids create study habits and help with standardized test sometimes, but other than that homework really doesn’t do anything. In fact, some homework is actually harmful to a students learning experience. Homework should be banned because it can stress kids out, confuse the child on a subject, and can cause riots by parents.