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    “Homework is arguably the worst punishment inflicted upon the student body.” One would think this extreme statement would come from the 10-year boys and girls who complain to their parents about the homework they have to complete. However, Rodney Jones starts of his argument against homework using this statement. He argues that homework does not help children taking up all their time. Continuing, he explains how parents should extend child’s knowledge out of school instead of homework and in the

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    Does Too Much Homework Affect Kids Lifes. Kids should not get as much homework as they do now. When kids are given too much homework, they tend to get stressed,not enough family time and the kids health becomes bad. Now kids are staying up till midnight trying to figure out a problem. Family Time “While the morning get-up-get-ready-get-to-school-and-work rush is bad enough, the afternoons can be just as tiring. Parents are exhausted from working and running around all day and kids are tired from

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    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

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    Many teachers assign large amounts of homework to students. Unfortunately this causes a lot of stress, loss of time, or decrease in homework quality and effectiveness. Too much homework is not worth the extra effort put out by teachers and students, and teachers should take consideration to the well-being of the students by encouraging them to learn and get the schoolwork done effectively and correctly. Student’s careers and lives often depend on what they learn in school, and what is taught can

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    policy of no homework. The policy encourages children to spend their free time with their family. The only “homework” that a child is given is the material that they did not finish during class time. This leads to the question. Should elementary schools assign homework to children? Children in elementary schools should not be assigned homework because children are now allowed to pursue interests and spend time with their family, homework is often repetitive and time consuming, and homework can leave

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    We need to get rid of homework in our school’s. Homework has become the number one stressor in our youth’s lives today. They are constantly being overwhelmed by large loads of work to do that is usually due the very next day. It is wearing kids out, it’s stressing them out and it is taking up time for them to grow there aside from school. Homework is known for burning kids out. Researchers have looked into this issue and have found that homework in a way can have the opposite effect of building

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    Homework Should Be Banned Late nights, eyes only kept open by ungodly amounts of coffee, and never ending piles of paper: these are all symptoms of the nation-sweeping homework epidemic. Students are assigned hours upon hours of after school homework every day — but is it really necessary? Oftentimes, homework causes more harm than good on the mental, physical, and social health of students; therefore, after school assignments should be limited to the four core classes, minimizing those loads as

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    Elementary Students Should Have Homework Elementary school is the foundation for all kids learning. It is the most crucial time for building those study habits. Whether or not students in elementary school should have homework has been a big debate among parents and teachers. Children in elementary school should have homework because it helps develop positive study skills and habits that will serve him or her well throughout life. It teaches the child to work independently and efficiently. In addition

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    Is homework helpful or harmful? Homework. Just by the sound of that word, the aggravating feeling arises. Students of all ages ask the question, “Why do we have homework?” Whether we like it or not, homework will be assigned to students no matter what. The real question happens to be, is homework helpful or harmful? Many people state that homework takes up too much time and has effects on health, while others argue that homework benefits the student because it allows them to have extra time to study

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    if you were surrounded by people that always wanted to do homework? Would you follow what they do and want to do as much homework as they wanted or would you not go down that and just be one of those normal everyday people. Well if children just had homework to do they wouldn 't even be able to do what they want to do out of school such as spend quality time with their loved ones or participate in extracurricular activities. More homework could also give children stress and make them do unpredictable

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