Khristina Janer, a mother from Illinois, says, “I don’t feel like a parent. I feel like a drill sergeant!” when making her kids finish their homework after an extended period of time (Wallace). Many studies show the effectiveness of homework and all of the benefits it can do for us; the problem is: teachers are making kids do too much homework when they get home from school. The teachers don’t take in the environmental factors that could be harming any student 's ability to get a task done. Teachers automatically believe that kids are irresponsible or unmotivated when they don’t succeed in finishing their homework. When kids are given this much, or this difficult of, homework, sleep is being sacrificed. Even when they are doing all of their …show more content…
Everytime a kid does his homework, correctly, they are possibly advancing their knowledge and understanding of the subject at hand. Although, Alfie Kohn, author of the book “The Homework Myth” states, “Such policies sacrifice thoughtful instruction in order to achieve predictability, and they manage to do a disservice not only to students but, when imposed from above, to teachers as well” (Suhay). Not all homework will be beneficial. It can harm …show more content…
There have been so many studies recently that talk about how homework has started to become more burdensome for more students. The United States has gone from teaching to shoving homework in kids’ faces to keep them on the idea that school is always there. Classes have been extended from 45 minutes each day to an hour and a half. This was supposed to allow students work time at the end of classes and get help when needed. Instead, teachers lecture from beginning to end. This gives no time for students to get the help they need when can’t come in any other time. The rationale has changed in America that doing more, always means doing better. This, however, can be the downfall to anything. There can’t be homework assigned just for busy work, that becomes a waste of time. The homework needs to be assigned as a thoughtful way to engage students, so they know what is being
Many people often say that students, teachers, and parents, think homework should be banned, but multiple people disagree. This heated topic has been debated for many years. Some parents and teachers think students have too much. However, some believe their students receive too little. Few schools already have banned homework, but the majority of schools don’t. Some people agree with having ten minutes multiplied by the grade level of the student. As experts continue adding additional facts about homework, it is clear that homework can help students in different ways.
When you think about school one of the first things that pops into people’s mind is homework. Basically if you have asked your parents or your grandparents they would say that they remember the homework load. Now we all know that homework can be beneficial but also can be very unhealthy with all of the stress that it causes. Over the years the homework load has increased because of the fact that schools think that they need to try to keep up with other countries in academics. And will doing all of this homework now be all for nothing later? The homework load has increased these past couple of years and it is causing a lot of stress on kids and overall is not helping their academics in the long run.
Imagine this, your kid coming home from school and he has a whole folder filled with homework, you are reminding him to do it, but you see him struggling. A seven year old struggling seems like the worst thing in the world. The only question is how will you help without hurting your child? When your child comes home with homework and needs your help what do you do? Of course you help them, but how? That is the question that Sara Bennett, author of “The Case Against Homework”, answered in her argument. The issue, is that parents would love and do homework with their children, but they are mostly not doing in and the right way. So the real question is should parents even be helping with homework? Homework is not beneficial for children with parent help because it holds them back from personal achievement.
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 a waste and kids and teens should choose whether they want to do their homework for extra credit and practice or not.
The last reason why students shouldn’t have homework is because if they don’t get enough sleep, they might fall asleep in class. Students getting adequate sleep would allow them to be more focused
According to World Health Organization, “Throughout the world many adults, and some children, spend most waking hours at work.” (7) When people mention work we instantly think of our jobs, where we physically go into a building, our boss tells us what get done with today. Then we get so frustrated when we have to bring work home, but do we ever stop to think about our kids. Almost every night children are given homework to complete before the next day. Is homework for the children not the same as homework for adults? With life being as stressful as it is we should not add more stress to the lives of the children, the lives of the parents, or the lives of the teachers by handing out homework.
One of the reasons homework should be banned is because of the unnecessary stress and strain it creates for students. Many students are left pulling their hair out at homework time. Students struggle with homework for different reasons. Some of which are because they do not understand the assigned homework, or they are not being challenged, and quite possibly because they have hit their daily threshold for learning and have no more to give. Furthermore, students who struggle academically will likely require extra assistance to do their homework. Students are therefore tasked with finding a qualified person to assist them with homework. Students are not only under the stress of homework, but now they are under additional stress to find a qualified person that can assist them. Unfortunately, some students may not be able to obtain the help they need with their homework. Consequently and to no fault of their own their grades may be affected inaccurat...
Another reason students should receive less homework is because too much homework can cause students to have severe stress, anxiety, and depression. “There’s an inherent quality to homework that evokes a certain amount of stress, and that can be good, because it pushes us to learn. But for some children, the anxiety is so pronounced it basically freezes them” (Bailey). Homework does help students learn, but at what cost? If students are always worried over their homework, the positive effects become null and void. Teachers expect too much from their students. The expectation that the student's homework must be perfect causes even more anxiety in the student (Bailey). Homework can also c...
Although homework may seem like drudgery, the hard work that is put into homework may pay off in the long run. In the article, “Does homework really work for students?” Jacqueline Carey, the mother of seventh grade student Micah Carey, stated that “homework gives [students] a good foundation for when they move on further in school” (Johnson). Not only that but according to Donyall Dickey, principle at Murray Hill Middle School, “if students do not acquire things in class, they will acquire them through homework” (Johnson). As we can see homework helps and prepares us for higher grade levels while in primary school that can possibly prepare us for college. It also helps us to remember the materials that were taught in class. Another reason homework can be beneficial is the fact that it can prepare us for tests and the dreadful pop-quiz that a teacher may randomly give us. This fact was proven, according to a 2006 study by Harris Cooper, director of Duke University’s Program in education, in the article “Homework or Not? That is the (Research) Question”. The studies instituted that “students who had homework performed better on class tests compared to those who did not” (DeNisco). Another compelling thing about homework, are the qualities a skills th...
Harris Cooper, a researcher on homework from Duke University, claims that too much homework causes stress. In this I paper will talk about the damaging effects homework has on a child, how homework causes students to dropout of school, and some ideas for an alternative to homework.
Every day kids are given things they should finish at school and If they don’t finish its homework or teachers give out homework that is only for home, but students sit there doing nothing. But they’re some problems that don’t make sense. Why should kids learn about how to build a trebuchet, why should students read a book then take a test on it then forget about it, why should we be learning about math formulas that don’t apply in real life situations when are people in generally gonna use the quadratic formula to help in real life problems.
People still remain with the thought that homework should still be given out, because there's an assumption that the students will be benefited with the work. one of the biggest reasons being that it provides learning, which it is the whole purpose of the kids attending school. Such as David Armani “Its something that is viewed as precious learning opportunity to boost learning” (Armani). The new learning that is gained, they are also able to be introduced to other things such as responsibility because they are able to do things on their own; they are able to study independently , and the material that they are reviewing at times they are able to gained extra material, in which they are able to enhance their education.
Homework is a topic that almost everyone fights about, from educators to students to parents. According to Marzano, during the first couple decades of the twentieth century, teachers believed that homework helped students become more disciplined, but by 1940 homework was thought to interfere with the home life of students (Marzano, 2007, p.74). That trend goes back and forth until the 1980s when people started to have varying opinions (Marzano, 2007, p.74). The definition of homework is activities or assignments that a teacher gives a student that should be completed at home (Landing-Corretjer, 2009, p.14). Homework should be abolished because it does not improve testing abilities or achievement, causes unneeded stress, and hinders students’ home life.
Should a fourth grader, who struggles to complete classroom materials without negative consequences, suffer through two to three hours of needless worksheets under the stressful attention of a tired, overworked parent? Purpose Homework usually falls into these categories: practice, preparation, and extension. At the elementary school level, homework can help students develop study skills and habits, and can keep families informed about their child’s learning. At the secondary school level, student homework is associated with greater academic achievement (Research, n.d.). The utmost positive effect of homework is an immediate impact on the retention and understanding of material it covers.