Why Is Homework Wrong

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

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

Teachers forget that we have other homework too. Students get more stressed because of how much time you have to spend on homework. This affects their ability to focus on what homework is important and makes them want to give up. Doing so much homework will make students feel pressured to do homework quickly and then they will not do their best. Students already have to be in school for 8 hours, so when they get home they won’t have any breaks until they finish all their homework. This is important because students are working really hard at school so when they get home they are really

The next reason too much homework is harmful to students is that studies show more homework to cause lower test scores. One to two hours of homework a week does not cause a major change in test scores (Wolchover). There is no evidence of homework having any academic benefit in elementary or middle school, and the academic benefit found in high school is very weak (Kohn). Homework is not shown to help students academically until grades ten through twelve (Wolchover). There is also no proof that homework increases good study habits in students (Kohn).

If you’re a student you know the stress that runs through you all day, even after school ends. Yes, the learning part of the day is done but there’s still all homework that needs to be finished. As soon as you step foot inside your house, it’s time to decide whether to start studying for the science test or finish the history project. Then you would think to yourself and say; neither because you still have the stack of math homework laying on your bed. Nowadays students get so much homework that they are usually up and losing sleep in order to complete it. On an average, a student should not spend more than 60 minutes on homework per day, but if each teacher assigns homework which exceeds the time limit it adds to the workload. Due to a lack

A study by the American Journal of Family Therapy speaks to this issue. In the study, it was found that children in first to sixth grade are assigned three times as much homework as recommended by the National Education Association. According to another study, an overabundance of homework has been found to not only be unnecessary, but also correlate with negative non-academic effects in students attending high school. These effects can range anywhere from psychiatric issues such as depression to physical health issues such as ulcers, migraines, sleep deprivation and weight loss (Galloway et al.).

It’s eight o’clock at night and a student sits in their room contemplating one decision: do they go out with their friends tonight or do they stay in and do the homework that is due tomorrow. They think to themselves that they can come up with an excuse because they did try to start the homework at least, so it has to account for some credit right? No, it doesn't account for credit in anything. As Bernard Roth mentioned in his book The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take command of Your Own Life, “You can sit around in the dark waiting for the light to come on, or you can get up, walk across the room, and flip the switch yourself,” (Roth). This means that you can try and do something to your hearts content, but until you actually get up and just do it, you will never make any progress. If a doctor had said that they had tried to do their homework on a regular basis but really didn't actually do it, no one would trust them; the same goes for college students.

First there is way too much homework. Here are some reasons why having a lot of homework is not a good thing. Students that have a lot of homework can’t spend a lot of time with family. (Washington) Also students can’t spend a lot of time outside. (Washington) Some students also get an average of 6.1 hours a week of homework (Washington) There is a so called ten minute rule (Wallace). Kids

In high school, you are assigned six daily classes. Each class wants you to excel in its subject. In order to really excel, you must succeed in completing the heavy load of homework assigned by each classroom. Even the student that does not have outside school activities, can be challenged by completion of the daunting task of completing the daily homework load. Collected from my own experience and the experiences of other students, the homework assignments amount to somewhere between three to five hours of activity. While not every night is that homework intensive, the overall demand to complete the amount of homework necessary for success is so great, it affects the students’ lives. Information from the National

Here at ESTEM Academy, the staff prides themselves on the fact that they have the ability to make great leaps and bounds when it comes to the education of all of the students here. All students take four classes per semester, and as a result the amount of time given for the students to master any concept in any of their courses is cut in half. The pressure on the students to be able to use such large amounts of their own free time is very high, as there is a greater amount of homework for each day. While most people think that this increase in homework would be able to help students cram information into their heads easier, it actually doesn’t. In fact, too much homework puts unneeded stress on students and drains them of energy that they should be putting elsewhere.

This shows that low amounts of homework at a time will cause little to now stress, and be optional to do more studying. While it is true that if you study more, your skill will increase in the subject. However, heavy amounts of homework can cause stress, and not being able to function during school, because students will fell too tired. This shows how homework can be

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.

Most teachers tend to give between 30 minutes to one hour of homework per night, multiply that by about five or six classes equates to four to five hours of homework per night. Galloway, in his article “Nonacademic Effects of Homework in Privileged, High-Performing High Schools, stated, “Students who did more hours of homework experienced greater behavioral engagement in school but also more academic stress, physical health problems, and lack of balance in their lives” (2013) If homework causes these things in students then it is more harmful than helpful. Homework is meant to help students, not cause many problems to one’s

Ever since I can remember I’ve hated Homework. Almost every kid and even most adults I know despise and resent it. Too much homework can cause stress, bad behavior/attitude, sleep deprivation, lower self-esteem, and poor social skills. There are many statistics to back the argument that too much homework is harmful. In 2013, research conducted at Stanford University found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of balance in their lives, and alienation from society.