“Tal!” “What Mom?” “Did you finish your homework?”
“No.” I had lots of homework, but it was only 5:00. I had 4 hours before nine. That was when I had to sleep. Or in my case, play games on my iPad until I become sleepy and realize I didn’t finish my homework. I’m Tal, a 13 -year -old boy and I live with my brother Kai. He's 9. We all live in Saratoga. I have lots of homework, but I don’t do it in time. I do it at night. A few days later, my mom asks me if I want to play with my friends. I said yes. Of course, she wanted me to finish my homework first. Well, because of my homework I never have time to play with my friends. I don’t understand the importance of doing work. Homework is a waste of time. Since I despise homework, I decide to give up school during the second trimester.
After a few months my mom calls me, “Tal...” I sense something is wrong. I brace myself for the screaming. I know why. Then it happens. I could feel her smelly breath as she screamed at me. It all came so fast I didn’t feel a thing after the crying and screaming stopped. It was then I noticed she was also crying. “I don’t understand it…” she wept. Deep down inside I felt sorry for her. Ever since her dad died she’s been increasingly depressed. I look at the couch next to her and take my report card. Why is she so sad? I run to my room as Kai looks at me as if I had killed our mother. I won’t dare to open it. During dinner my father asks to see the
Some students choose to do after school activities, and then on top of that they have homework. Finding down time on top of a busy night full of homework is hard. With homework, there is
“Life is like a baseball game. When you think a fastball is coming, you gotta be ready to hit the curve.” -Unknown. Baseball is a game, one that is not timed, one that is not rushed either, but is only allowed twenty-seven outs. For some it means everything to them, for some the opposite. Even though it is just a game, the characteristics and necessities that come along with it, is what people don’t understand. Baseball can teach individuals, all ages, the tools they need to help themselves, schooling and their future. Within this comes the aspects of teamwork, self-confidence, and the importance of family.
After a long day of school, students are tired, stressed, and overworked. This is often something that is ignored when it comes to students of all ages. Homework provides a heavy load that can add additional stress and time on a student’s shoulders. Schools should be making sure that students are receiving enough work throughout the day, to make sure kids do not have the worry of homework when school is over. Students who receive lots of homework, may not have enough time in the evenings to be around family, friends and enjoy the rest of their day.
“Wow, finally I can do my homework, ” I kept thinking to myself while giving myself a subtle smile. Thanks to staying after school, I thought that if I ever needed help doing my homework, I could ask any teacher to clarify any questions I had. All things considered, staying after school every day wasn’t what I wanted, the thought of being able to slip into some pajamas was an incomparable feeling, which made me realize, “What if I did my homework right when I arrived home, before Luis wakes up?”-usually, after a night of heavy drinking, he sleeps most of the day, until six when he has to pick up my mother from work. Even so, every time I walked towards the front steps of my house, I always took deep breathes while anticipating that I wouldn’t wake him
Most of the homework adolescents tend to receive from their teachers is busy work, and children and family agree this is not fair to them. This issue is affecting adolescents, parents, and families. When students are overloaded with responsibilities from schoolwork, their participation in extracurricular and social activities decreases. An argument over homework might seem trivial, but there are many negative effects on children who are attending school and go through this pressure.
Today they came back, just like they said they would, just like I knew they would. Today was different though, unlike last time they weren't testing, they were collecting. Every 4 years the kids who are “ lucky ” enough to be ages 10 -18 at the time get to participate in the draft.
On February 13, 2018 at approximately 1803 hours, I was dispatched to the Walmart located at 8701 US HWY 19 Port Richey, FL in reference to a stolen wallet. Upon my arrival, I made contact with the complainant / victim, Delmarie Mangual. Delmarie advised she had been shopping at the store when her light colored rectangular wallet broke off of its strap after she had checked out. She advised the wallet fell without her noticing somewhere between the registers, the general merchandise exit of the store and her vehicle.
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.
There are two types of people in this world: those who take risks and those who think about it but do not. The people who take risks are the ones who make a difference in the world. The people who remain sedentary want to but they do not act. They tell themselves that they will do it tomorrow and they think they have time “for a hundred indecisions” (Prufrock). But humans are not immortal and it is time that fact is realized. People should live life to the fullest by taking risks because that is how life is measured.
In many American households, homework is the main cause of stress. Some people think that America is not so well and adding more homework will fix that problem. A study by Indiana University found that students who do more homework tend to get higher scores on standardized tests” (“Do Kids Need Homework?”). “Plus, part of growing up is learning to balance outside activities and the demands of schoolwork” (“Should Parents Help Kids With Homework?). Teachers have their reasons as well. “Teachers say homework is important in the learning process and can help kids develop study and organizational skills. They say kids need to practice what they've learned in school so that the material sticks in their brain” (Strauss). “Having too much homework
I stepped into my Algebra class and started doing my bell work like a normal person would do. After I finished my bell work i turned it in. As soon as everybody sat down we started doing the lesson that we had planned for that day. After we finish everybody had to do their homework. While I was “working” on my homework I was called up to the teachers desk.
“It’s not counted for anything so why should I try?” This was my state of mind during Junior High school. I was getting C’s and D’s, at the time; it was fine I was getting by. But what I wasn’t learning is how to study and do homework like a good student.
Once upon a time, on Wednesday, I was lying on my bed. It was already dark outside, but I was wasting time by reading a book and playing games. Of course, I didn’t do my homework until much later. When I started to do my math homework, I still kept my iPad open and with the book on screen. I thought I finished all of my homework at six o’clock, but little did I know… I forgot that I had science homework. When I finished my homework, I went back to wasting time and waiting for dinner to be served.
The ambulance pulled up to get me, Johnny, and Dally out of the burning house. Johnny was in really bad conditions because of the burning house he was in. We were rushed to the hospital so we could get help. Then, my to brother came in and hugged me because they missed me and I missed them to. Then, he took me home because I was really tired and didn’t need to stay in the hospital because I was not burned that bad like Johnny, and Dally. The next morning I got up and cooked food for Darry, and Sodapop. Then, Steve and Two-bit came in and made fun of my hair and made me drop the food that I cooked for my brothers. Then, after they ate we went to fight in the rumble and we won. Then, they took me to see Johnny. I told him that we
Then the 134 arrived. I got on, showed my pass to the bus driver and