No Time By Ben F. Scott Fitzgerald

Instead of starting my homework immediately after arriving at home, I decide to grab a snack and lay outside on the hammock to scroll through Buzzfeed quizzes and catch up on watching soccer highlights from the games this past weekend. Before I know it, one hour has already passed, the sun is starting to set, and not one pencil mark has been made on any piece of homework. Knowing I work well under pressure and will get things done faster, ironically, when I have time chasing me, I decide to give myself more rest time because of “how stressful the school day was.” This is teenager code language for: “Wow, who knew I could finish three assignments during Mustang Block and Math class?” Finally after a lot of thoughtful consideration, I decide that it is best for me to start my homework unless I want to stay up until midnight, again, to just deprive myself of

Some activities may require an attendance of once a week, while some require three days a week. Activities that requires strong commitment, such as soccer and basketball, are not only time consuming but are also physically and mentally draining. For example, a student maybe required to attend training for four hours a day and three times a week. By the time the student returns home, he would be extremely tired after attending school for six hours followed by strenuous four hours of training. Furthermore, the student would have to spend another one to two hours completing assignments that are due the next day. Hence, teenagers would not have any time to sit back, be relaxed and be bored as they would be busy trying to balance the limited amount of time needed for both studies and after-school

I wish to tell next year’s freshman if you play sports you need to keep up with your homework. As I experienced this year during the first quarter when I played on the Northview golf team I had practices or matches every day after school. Occasionally, when I came home, I was tired and didn’t want to do my work. One night we had a match and I didn’t get home until 8:30 at night. I had 4 assignments and a test to study for the following day, I felt tired and I didn’t want to do my homework. I knew if I didn’t complete my assignments they would be late and I wouldn’t get full credit.

Homework can affect kids’ health. According to the study from Stanford University, students in successful schools in upper to middle class families go through high levels of stress. Also, these families are at a higher chance of having health problems. For example, a lack of balance in their lives and they can feel distant and lonely from their community. Students proclaimed that they have a lack of sleep, headaches, stomach aches, etc. Student proclaimed that they try so hard to keep their grades up, homework came first after school, then spending time with family and friends, and doing after school activities. According to Child Development, Cari Gillen-O’Neel and her co-workers observed at how each night of teens’ study and sleep times were

Roberto Nevilis, a teacher in Venice, changed history when he created the first use of homework in 1095. Since then, students’ opinions of homework haven’t changed. Roberto Nevilis started homework as a way of punishing his students for not doing their work. Nowadays, homework is assigned to help students receive more practice for what they learned in school that day. Despite the good intentions that homework is supposed to provide, it actually proves more harm than good. In the twenty-first century, the increase of homework negatively affects American teens’ sleep schedules, stress levels, and after school opportunities. Parent involvement in homework can turn into parent interference.

Junior high students that have massive amounts of homework “have less time to spend with their families and friends” (Thompson). Many junior high students “were more likely to drop activities, not see friends or family, and not pursue hobbies they enjoy” (Stanford) . Every middler schoolers dream is to make the A team whether it is in basketball or volleyball. Teachers and coaches push the students to get involved in different activities at school. These extra curricular activities teaches them a lot of new skills they many not know causing stress on the student to learn the skill. However, studies show that many junior high students are not getting involved to the excessive amount of homework being served each night. “While many children do well with less organized extra- curricular activities, it is very important to main one or two to keep balance in their lives” (Cordz).

First of all, students usually have sports and activities after school. The sports and activities usually last about an hour or more at a time, and sometimes a student has multiple activities a day. These sports and activities greatly reduce the amount of time a student has to complete his or her homework each day. This forces them to stay up later which is not good for their health especially if this occurs frequently.

A study conducted by Stanford University found that students in middle to high income school districts receive on average three hours of homework every night. After an extensive day brimming with classes who would yearn to go home and immediately undertake this additional burden of homework? Unfortunately for most students this is precisely what they have to do; this is particularly challenging for those who partake in extracurricular activities. These students stay up later to study, otherwise the abundance of homework handed out by teachers would never get completed. The overload of homework students receive on a daily basis is detrimental to their well being, for it results in a debilitating surge of stress levels, an inadequate development of life skills, and deprivation of necessary sleep.

Most high school students around the world are faced with outrageous amounts of homework that consumes majority of their lives, from the moment they arrive home to the time they need to be sleeping. If students have homework taking over their lives there is no real balance between school life and socializing also with the amount of homework given out is causing major stress on students and causing conflict within families.

In 2016 the average high schooler was doing three or more hours of homework each night. Studies from the National Education Association show that this may have a connection to illnesses and the lack of balance teens have in their lives. But they also show that by learning the valuable lessons of time management and organization, it can lead to a more successful future. This leaves one question: are students receiving too much homework? Within the past three years, the amount of school work students do outside of school has reached its’ peak, but thanks to new modern day technology almost every student has easy access to all of their homework, just within the click of a button. The differences between arguments for more or less schoolwork are striking, and they deserve thorough examination.

Homework over two hours has started negatively impacting teens. Without homework, students would not be able to review at home and would not be able to show responsibility. Despite these benefits, homework can cause students stress and at times can cause family conflicts. This essay will outline the damages for students with homework over two hours.

In high school students are very encouraged to partake in in extracurricular activities. Whether it be a club, organization, or sport lots of kids enjoy being a part of something. Homework can interfere with those extracurricular activities. If a student participates in a sport, how the kid is doing in class will determine if he or she participates in that organization. For example, if Tyler loved playing football (which takes up a lot of time) but missed some homework assignments due to practice and his grade drops he might not get to play in the big game Friday night. In the article, “Homework should be Individualized, Doable, and Promote Understanding” by Angela Garrett, she write, “ Kids do need time to be kids, and many hours of daily homework can translate later into decreased interest in school.” From experience, that is very true. Another example might be if a child loves ballet but cannot find time to practice because of

In a survey by the University of Phoenix, they were seeing on average how many hours of night a normal student has. High school students typically have about 18 hours of homework each week, which means that on a daily basis a student has around 3 hours of homework (Lauren H). If students are in school for around eight hours a day, then have three hours worth of homework to do when they get home, it doesn't leave much time to do leisure activities, or to bond with your family and friends. With students not having a lot of free time, it makes it hard to maintain healthy relationships with those around you such as family and even yourself. A study was done to see how homework affects you outside of school. “The results offer empirical evidence that many students struggle to find balance between homework, extracurricular activities and social time” (Parker). Students already have limited time to do activities they enjoy throughout the school day, but after school students should be able to play a sport or go see friends, but often times students have to drop extracurriculars in order for them to be able to get their homework completed. Teenagers should be playing sports and other teenager type activities, and it is not fair to take those opportunities to develop in other areas of life away. Often times, students feel like they have to pick between sports and schoolwork. Many students feel that they have to choose school over working on their other skills such as sports. It is a very difficult task to balance school with other things. Students are pressured to excel in school and sports at the same time, but for some people it just isn't possible to have both. Students should not be forced or feel obligated to choose between school and other

Parents may think that participating in after school extracurricular activities will get in the way of their children’s grades, but studies have shown that happens to be the opposite. When there is less time to finish homework while students are in co-curricular activities, they must learn to manage their time so they can complete homework and keep good grades so they can still participate in sports (theeducator). Extracurricular activities help develop skills that are useful in the classroom, such as problem solving and teamwork. Learning to balance the day with school, sports, family, friends, schoolwork, leisure, and other activities is a very useful and important skill. Teens spend their free time in many ways and one very positive use of time is extracurricular activities, which can improve many other aspects of their lives.

Some students believe that the homework they get is unreasonable based on how long it takes them to do it. Also, homework causes stress, lack of sleep, and sometimes even lack of much-needed family time. Consequently, if this keeps up, will families become more distant? Eighth grade student who goes to school at FPMS Anna Lauber says, “Sometimes when I’m doing my homework after school, my mom or dad asks me if I want to do something with them, like sometimes my dad asks me if I want to help him clean our fish tank, and I have to say no because I have homework to do.” But this amount of homework is not just for Anna. A student from Oak Creek East Middle School Cali Eickhoff says, “In most classes, we get enough