Reflection Paper : Mapping My Life

Everyday I wake up and get ready for yet another gruesome school day. As I do this, I find myself filled with stress, anxiety, and honestly just a pure hatred, for the massive amount of homework that is going to pile up as the day drags on. Is that really how it how it should be?  I personally feel that students are being forced under a lot of pressure because of the overwhelming amounts of homework that is assigned to them. Before you begin with the eyerolls and rebuttals as to why homework is important to our education, let me just I agree with you! Homework isn't entirely useless, and it has many great qualities, but the immense amounts tend to be too much for us to bear. Too much homework can really be a problem for students, some have

Having a lot of homework put a lot of stress on kids. It puts a lot of stress on kids because their grades

always maintain school as my top priority and I will always keep in mind that it's not about the

                For many students, going to school is more than just a part of the daily routine. A lot of students see their role in school as an importance to their life, but as well to their future success. Many of us have gotten told by parents or teacher that school is an important

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.

School is very important to me, and not only to me but to my entire family.

In this day and age, due to heavy homework loads, difficult classes, high maintenance social lives, and extracurricular activities, students can experience exceeding levels of stress during the school year. As the 2017-2018 school year starts, teenagers everywhere are coming to the realization that school has started and it’s time to learn again. School has reached a point where it is fundamentally a job, and a teen balancing all aspects of their lives can be tremendously difficult. Whether it’s not getting enough sleep, not completing classwork, or being under constant pressure to do well, students all around the world deal with the hardships school brings.

High school students feel more stress than working adults, and children are beginning to feel aversion towards learning. Both adolescents and children are at risk of health issues due to anxiety and less time is spent with family, playing, and sleeping. The cause for all of this is too much homework that is suffocating students. Homework causes students to sleep less, have more stress, and even forces students to give up extracurricular activities. These negative results can be improved by reducing the homework load.

In Denise Pope’s study 56 percent of the students considered homework a primary stress. High school students are under a great amount of stress

I find that setting priorities is a lot easier than when I was in grade school. For one thing I have matured a lot more over the years; secondly; being in the military taught me to prioritize on a daily basis. To me there is no easier way to prioritize than to make a to-do list. Making a list with the most important things helps you to stay focused and keeps you on schedule. You have to learn to balance out school, work, and family life all at once. It can get challenging from time to time. By making a schedule you find it easier to do. According to, “Taking Control of Your Time”, it is important to inform your family and employer of your academic responsibilities. Informing your employer helps

This is true however giving reasonable amounts of homework will allow both time for family and time for learning. Alfie Kohn, the author of The Homework Myth Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing, says that homework promotes “such virtues as self-discipline and responsibility” (3). This shows that homework not only benefits the student academically but teaches the student valuable time management skills that are needed later in

Jut trying to keep up with all the work is frustrating. Sometimes you have to work long hours and come home to homework. We have to learn to prioritize our time and determine which activities cone first.

I was never the type of person that had to stay up all night to do homework or read, even if I did have a lot, because I never let it get to me. I tried not to list all of the things I had to do, but instead did one at a time. Not stressing out about school work helped me grow as an academic student, and also allowed me to dedicate some of my time to helping people out in anyway possible.

In this day and age’s society we are told that we have to work ceaselessly, around the clock, 24/7/365. One area of life that I am constantly told this, and required to do this, is in school. I believe heavily in school starting later and less homework.

Many students in school struggle to complete piles of homework assigned to them each night. Some wonder if homework is really critical to learning, and many wish homework wouldn’t exist at all. These people argue that homework is overwhelming and it takes away most of their free time at home and is just “busy work”. While some people may feel this way, I personally believe that homework is a key point of learning because it teaches time management and helps solidify what was learned during the day.