The Night And Emily Henderson

In addition to sleep deprivation, homework-related stress can lead to serious, long-term psychological health problems for some hard-working students. While short periods of stress are meant to

By not giving out homework, students will work harder in class and have better grades. Teachers have to understand that if students are tired from late nights, they wouldn't be able to work efficiently during the day. In addition, students would be much more excited to come to school because they know they wouldn't have to worry about getting any homework. In 2010, a survey was taken and it showed that about 70% of teen ages 11 to 17 get less than 8 hours of sleep per day due to the amount of homework they have to do (Logos). According to Alfie Kohen, students feel forced to do their homework, therefore they aren't learning as much as they should (Ethos). Students lose interest in the topic and do not benefit from what they’re learning. In China, a cry for change by a mother who lost her thirteen year old daughter who committed suicide due to her inability to achieve in math, the mother considers homework is a huge negative factor toward her deceased daughter's tragic ending along with the pressure of society (Pathos). Such a story should leave us wondering, how many more children need to suffer the silent epidemic of school stress. Statistics prove the leading cause for the majority of physical and emotional complaints leading up to diagnosis of depression in middle and high school due to the amount of

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.

In the article “ When Homework Takes Over,” by Merri Rosenberg, she quotes ‘ A new study finds that heavy homework takes negative impacts on the lives of high school students, resulting excess stress, physical problems, and little time for leisure. This shows that excessive homework can lead to high stress levels and physical problems for teens and children. Rosenberg also states ‘Teachers handing out more assignments than ever is making kids stressed, their sleep

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.

The quality of students’ homework is much more important than the quantity of students homework and data collected during recent studies has proven that homework is not making the grade. “. . . American students are entangled in the middle of international academic rankings: 17th in reading, 23rd in science, and 31st in math according to the most recent results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)” (Murphy-Paul). Students should not be given an excessive amount of homework because the pressure of having to complete excessive amounts of homework every night is quite daunting for most students. Knowing how much homework is the right amount correlates with age and grade. An 8th grade student should not be given a myriad of homework that would keep her awake past midnight completing assignments. In any case, there should be a limit on the amount of homework all teachers give to students because an excessive amount of homework would eventually cause students to become uninterested in school and learning, which could result in poor test scores and low ranks in international academic rankings. In order for students to carry out daily activities throughout the day restfully, teachers must be able to provide homework that does not exceed the appropriate amount of time needed to complete it, which is based on grade level. If teachers are too clueless of a students health due to excessive amounts of homework, many students will develop cases of sleep

“Last year the foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had nodded off at school”(Park). Every teacher wants the students to have good grades even if they try their best to teach students who are sleeping can’t learn from the teacher. Sometimes grades goes down and it’s not the teacher’s fault. People would be able to pay more attention in class. Some people at school are very moody and because of that some people won’t pay attention to class and their grades will drop. I sometimes get really tired and can barely pay attention to the class. Some people think they can just get enough sleep during the weekend but that is wrong. “Sleep researchers have learned that when you regularly fail to get enough sleep, it takes more than just a few hours on Saturday and Sunday mornings for your body to recover”(Park). Some people can’t focus in school because of the schedule. Most times people just get their sleep in class and not focus on the school work or

New York University did a study to see how homework has effects on student's health. They found that students don't have a balance in life, they don't have much social time, sleep, and some use drugs to calm down. I even stay up some nights from homework, and then the next day I am really exhausted.

Sleep is very important for doing well in school due to the energy that is gained by the sleep overnight. Veronica Hackethal , an author of an article of sleep, stresses the importance of sleep having the ability to let students gain energy when she discusses how students that feel tired and sleepy all the time tend to get lower grades than students who do not feel that way. This expresses the idea that enough sleep helps improve grades because it proves that students who sleep well will get more sleep, gain more energy, and perform better for the next day of school than the students who do not sleep as well. This also proves that students who do not get enough

Losing sleep due to homework is a big problem as well, which can be heart-breaking considering the fact that they are also not spending a lot of time with their families just to be up all night studying for a test the next day and completing lengthy homework assignments. These students may become depressed, end up having bad attitudes, and even dropping out. As a motivated student myself, I am sure that these issues should not be occurring just because of homework.

I am a student in Montgomery County Public Schools. I am concerned about the amount of homework high school students are receiving, and I am worried that it is hurting them more than it is helping them. Many of my peers are often awake until one or two in the morning trying to finish their homework. This results in them being unfocused during the school day. This lack of sleep severely impacts how well students will learn. It is recommended that high schoolers get around nine to ten hours of sleep each night. But “[m]ost teens do not get enough sleep — one study found that only 15% reported sleeping 8 1/2 hours on school nights.” (Sleep Foundation) Homework also creates a large amount of stress on students.

The National Education Association recommends that in first grade, students should spend twenty minutes on homework a night and an additional ten minutes per grade level after that. Then if this is the case why do high schoolers spend 210 minutes of homework a night instead of 120 minutes? Homework can be good, but it also has its drawbacks. Many times it interferes with a student's social life, as they wouldn't have enough time to spend with their friends and family. Due to a lack of sleep that is caused by homework, students lose REM sleep ( rapid eye movement). When students lose REM sleep, they tend to forget things because while in REM sleep the brain stores memories. Sadly, homework can also lead to stress and anxiety. In many ways, homework can negatively impact a student's life.

This reference relates to the profession of teaching as it highlights the importance of not overloading students with school work. Students usually complete their homework at night since eight hours of school is already exhausting. However, students fail to realize that their homework can be done in an hour. As teachers, it is important to understand that students have other subjects or classes in which they also have work to do. By giving out a reasonable amount of workload, students are then able to get at least eight hours of sleep every night. As a parent, this reference is important to understand in order to avoid an excess in afterschool activities and enforce healthy sleeping habits. Even though sleeping more than eight hours each night does not guarantee a straight-A student, it does guarantee that your children will do better at school.

Without help from a teacher, students are most likely to become confused and end up sleeping late trying to finish homework or study for a test from a previous lesson they didn’t quite understand. Staying up late in order to do homework can lead to a more dangerous factor in health.When staying up late students become sleep deprived, less energized, and would not be able to completely focus the following day of school leading to an issue in their academic

Stress and anxiety in students is mainly caused by homework (Galloway 3). Excessive Homework can cause a variety of health problems and “Studies that have explored the relation between homework and well-being indicate that number of hours of homework is negatively associated with psychological well-being, physical health symptoms, and sleep.” and these health issues can be very detrimental to students (Galloway 4). According to Galloway a “study of 1,457 students…found that academic demands [were the main reason] students gave for their sleep-deprivation.” and a lack of sleep can be detrimental to learning and engagement in school. A study of Australian high school students showed that doing more homework led to “more mood disturbance (…and fatigue) (Galloway 4). More time spent doing homework, the