Pros And Cons Of 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,

The amount of homework given to students should decrease. The extensive amount of homework takes away family time that is necessary to child development. Also, stress that can can come with homework can cause health issues. The amount of homework given to students can cause students to cheat off students answers because they did not finish. Also, most of the homework that is assigned is not necessary in learning the material.

Not only does homework help student but also it creates interaction between teens and parents. However, statics has shown that even though homework is a way to refresh what students have learned, it also create stress for students. Homework has shown its benefits for student but most of the time when student is given a homework it’s likely he/she will not do it. They believe it’s stressful,and when they can’t get the right answer, they gave up instantly instead of keep practicing. According to researchers, they believe that when student do more homework they get better grades and do well on the test/quizzes that were given. Even though homework has many advantage toward students, it also has disadvantage. Which include having too much homework and these things could lead to mental health issue toward students.

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

Due to the fact, kids already go to school for eight hours and their brains shut down, causing health complications, too much homework can affect test scores, and kids have outside events, family, sports, church, and jobs to worry about. Some people agree with the idea of forcing teachers to have a limit on homework and some believe it has a beneficiary effect on students. But the negative effects are more damaging long-term.Than the benefits of it long-term. By limiting the amount of homework, given to students can increase the overall performance of the student and will leave them physically/mentally healthy. It will also give the children the chance to not miss out on the bonding time with family and friends. A happy child is a happy life for

Looking back on my public school education, I recall traipsing home from school with elation. Finally, I was free from sitting, thinking, and working! Then, my mother would inquire about homework and my evening would go up in proverbial flames. Today, homework continues to be a topic of heated debate. Some believe that homework reinforces what students learn at school while others protest that the amount of work drags students down. So, what action are schools and teachers taking for or against homework?

It is evident in almost every high school, students don’t seem to appreciate the piles of homework their teachers’ assign. Students don’t seem to have the time nor the willpower to do homework sometimes, due to their busy schedules or motivation for school. Majority of students, I’ve spoken to have said homework not only wastes time but also takes away from the excitement of learning. Clearly, in most schools, homework isn’t the most popular choice for students. Sometimes teachers assign a couple of pages of homework but then tag along a project and a presentation into the mix, leaving us young adults procrastinating to perfect everything before the due date, usually being the next day. Homework is an unnecessary chore which stresses teenagers out by taking time out of their day, which could be used for more effective manners for preparing for tests and developing their minds.

Homework is often seen as a useful study tool, however it can cause more problems than solve them.

However there was a positive correlation with success and sleep (Suskind). Homework can get in the way of activities that lead to better success. If the homework load is lessened, kids can have more time to sleep, which is very important to a child’s and teenager's development. Many health issues occur when students do not get enough sleep. The Medical Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School published a research article that states a lack of sleep aids in the development of diseases such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.(Sleep and Disease Risk)The article shows that students need sleep, and with the balancing of school, activities, and home it cuts into time for sleep. With the sleep deprivation and a large workload students are very prone to health issues and stress.

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

On top of too much homework making standardized test scores lower, much of this homework is just busy work (Wolchover). Many teachers ask their student to re-write pages in a textbook. This just causes the student to spend time on something that has no real purpose. Remedial work has no positive effect on students. It just takes up more time ("Too Much Homework Can Cause Stress, Depression and Lower Grades, Studies Suggest"). Even homework that is useful in some way should be limited. Studies show that a student's time is more useful when they play an instrument or a sport. Parent's want their student to be good at many things. It is more important to be a well-rounded person than to ace all of your tests (Wolchover).

There is a lot of pressure put on our students today. So many of them participate in some sort of extracurricular activity, or maybe even multiple activities. They could be in sports or a school club. Depending on their age, they might have a job, or if they are younger, they could be working for their family in a family business. You have children that live with separated parents and guardians so their time is split between family members. Some of the students in the system are even in foster care. We have disadvantaged students in our schools that do not have the greatest home life and have other things going on in their lives. On top of all of this, they are expected to succeed in the classroom as well. They are expected to get good grades and to excel at standardized tests and so they are assigned homework. According to the PISA homework article we read, "students spend more of their time doing homework or other study set by their teachers than they spend in other after-school learning activities". On average in 2012, students fifteen years of age were claiming that they were spending about five hours each week working on homework. That was five years ago. I am sure the number has increased since then. This homework article states that in most

Teachers should assign less homework to allow students more time to sleep, to engage in more physical activity, and spend more quality time with their families.

Homework is often taken for granted as part of “sound education endeavour” (p131 textbook ), but does doing homework really help students learn and improve their academic achievements? Teachers, parents and students have been greatly concerned with the great debate surrounding the purpose, design and efficacy of homework (Collier, 2007 – See Costley).

School, Sports, Shower, Eat, Homework, Repeat. Teens face the struggles of not having any time to finish their homework much less having any time to do their favorite activities. Despite all of these issues when the going get’s tough you should try taking your mind off of it, talk to someone you trust, or work harder with even more focus toward your goal.