Should we ban homework
New to old created: old to newlikes: most to leastlikes: least to mostreplies: most to leastreplies: least to most79% say d: new to old created: old to newlikes: most to leastlikes: least to mostreplies: most to leastreplies: least to mosthomework is the reason i fail. Because i cannot possibly do all of this and help around the house as i am the only one able to do so, and therefore i have no time to study my material and therefore my test grades suffer as a itsyourboyjimmytech_ninethe_alpha_broodmimibmo85gamapoyolo79gwen_insalaco826(maximum 900 words)submithomework should be banned because it just isn't useful and wastes time. Homework is pointless because kids do enough work in school and they don't need more. I did a survey at school at resource, and a majority of kids say that homework should be banned in school because it is stressful and they procrastinate until the last second. According to the text with research 'homework should be banned,' “schools has increased from 9 to 3 with 1 ½ hour of recess and lunch to 8:40 to 3:15 with only 30 minutes of lunch and recess. Also, another reason is that, according to research, some of the smartest countries like finland and japan don’t have homework. This shows that homework has no academic benefits for ngeuniverse-answers34097me123456reeklinay47maddog17itsyourboyjimmyshaza117tech_ninecanadian_guy_k22614(maximum 900 words)submitit hinders learning which is obviously a bad thing. There are only 2 outcomes possible when doing homework:a) you do the homework, proving you were able to do it in the first place and the work was therefore unnecessary. You do not do the homework because you were unable, and therefore did not learn besides these points, there are other reasons why homework hinders learning. For example, homework has to be corrected, wasting valuable class time which could be spent teaching new skills. Learning has to be an enjoyable experience to be effective, and if children grow to hate a subject because of the homework they receive, it will mean they learn much less in class. This line should not be oehotto123dema0023talyorwilciusredtrojanaelidevikakleeiloveschoolgamapokrackedputatyo2349(maximum 900 words)submitwe need it hi i am a middle school student and i am doing a report on why homework should not be banned. Homework allows time to study for tests, and go over work that you did in class. As much as students don't like to do homework, it isn't possible to ban it altogether. Students need to realize that the point of homework has nothing to do with teachers trying to make up for lost time or intentionally cutting into students' personal lives. The concept of homework prepares students on the concept of needing to put in overtime for jobs, whether white collar or blue. Maximum 900 words)submithomework can be beneficial - t and j -keeping homework can raise your grade-classes don't give teachers enough time-homework can drive the lesson home (drill it into kids heads)-helps learn study habits-can keep ideas fresh for day-homework is good but too much is bad-kids learn to be flexible with their schedules-practice makes perfect-better education means a better oodcove66gamapogavingohblandboysknator2221(maximum 900 words)submitno, it should not be banned completely homework is good for students in small amounts i do agree that if your getting 5 or 6 pages per night per subject it does get stressful and annoying but if you are only getting 1 or 2 and don't do it you are being lazy. Maximum 900 words)submithomework teaches us responsiblity homework teaches children to be responsible and if they forget it, they will have to face their own trouble (please excuse me for my spellings. Homework makes us think out of the box,if given a challenge this will push us to the limits or beyond. If you didn't have homework, you would have to stay in school until you finished your practice, and since everyone works at different rates, you'd be there until the slowest people finally caught likes practicing things - musicians get bored practicing scales, athletes get bored practicing their moves, and students get bored practicing their learning skills. However, practice does make perfect, and the more you work on your homework problems, the better you get at the skills you will need when you get out of students think the teachers are "mean" for giving homework, but think about it - you have one assignment to do for that teacher - the teacher then has to read every single paper from every student and give it a grade.
Should homework be banned from schools
Homework will not make you "smarter," but it will teach you how to use the "smarts" that you have in your brain already - doing homework makes you faster and better at doing other rk allows students to practice the skills they learn during school. We should only have to do 5 minutes for each 3rd grade 15 min 9th grade 45 min. My thinking is that you are looking at it the wrong way, think of homework like something fun or natorhipposugarcubehi_my_name_isy. Maximum 900 words)submitpractice makes perfect *children are forced to repeat the lesson over again with homework. Some teachers can give too much homework and i think that the teachers who give 4-5 pages of homework should cut-back a little natorhipposugarcuberyanlowes4814hobbes623914(maximum 900 words)d opinionsshould schools ban "i (heart) boobies" bracelets? Elementary school students get homework on halloween just as middle and high school students do? Grade boys and girls should be able to play on school teamsno nuts at schooldo uniforms create an environment conducive to studies in schools? I could ask 50 people anonymous says2013-04-14t05:35: post i am a student and my mother 1st scolds me for not doing self study just because of lengthy and boring homeworksanonymous says2013-04-29t02:27: post it's stupid and useless anonymous says2013-05-08t16:50: post homework should be banned!!!!!!!! Says2013-05-09t01:24: post homework is not worth my time as being a ous says2013-05-09t17:00: post yes it shouldanonymous says2013-05-14t08:42: post it should not be bannedanonymous says2013-05-14t08:43: post homework should not be banned !!!!!!!! Says2013-05-18t10:12: post i think homework should be bannedanonymous says2013-05-21t23:16: posthomework should be banned because its a waste of time !!!! I am doing complex fractions for homework all kinds of stuff my parents didn't hear of until they were in like late middle school or even high school. Now don't get me wrong, it should be hard so that you can learn more. I would spend way too long on homework every day if i wasn't cutting corners. Excessive homework is bad, but no homework isn't that great ous says2013-06-18t20:28: posthomework doesn't even help us so, what's the point of it? However, in college most teachers won't ask you to turn in the homework its for you to practice for the course. Teachers will know who did the homework based on the exam score of the student. All i can say this world is in ous says2013-08-28t17:57: postproblem is with homework, is that at our school we get it daily, about 2 sheets, an extra hour (or 3!! Says2013-09-13t17:14: postthere should not be homeworkjohnsonbalke says2013-09-25t06:28: posthomework should not be banned.. A prime example of why america is so stupid, why they have no idea of rigor, and the us as an overall country is an epic gh says2013-11-10t03:00: posthomework should not be banned. Yes there is stress but not to the point to not have homework, it keeps what you learned at school fresh. I dislike how inconsiderate the people saying homework should be banned, do you know how seriously school is to asia?
No wonder why china is the leading in education by the high amount of lazy turion42 says2014-01-16t19:56: postall those people who think there should be homework and are calling us who want homework banned lazy probably don't understand. But you shouldn't get home and do your homework until you go to bed at 11 o' clock at night. I think that if kids really need it then they should be allowed to take optional work but if they understand it with what they've done in school then they shouldn't have more work piled on 727 says2014-02-27t14:01: postloltulbakra says2014-03-07t22:08: postnot banned, but all of education needs serious reform. I think homework serves a purpose and should not be completely banned but mindless assignments that are just busywork or route memorization need to be eliminated. If adults dont come home after their work day to do extra unpaid work, why should a student? Says2014-08-26t01:00: posti am a high school student and teachers give me homework on weekends?!?! I could spend all day talking about this subject but i amjust gonna end here homework should not be assigned at all and its a complete waste of time! Says2014-10-01t09:51: posthellolamaking says2014-10-01t09:52: posti am beautiful people and believe it or not i need my beauty sleeplamaking says2014-10-01t09:52: postheyepoc says2014-10-26t23:23: posthomework is just too stressful. You have this, that, on top of this and that, plus a little bit of this that you can't do and that that you don't rbusiness says2014-11-11t12:11: postto the many people posting "homework should be banned" and "homework stinks" etc, would you mind giving some arguments instead of a simple emotional non-objective statement? No homework is even good for teachers because they don’t need to correct it because they already have enough to correctin some schools children can get homework as early as kindergarten, or by the third grade. Well i think now math and school now is a lot harder than in the 70’s and 80’s and put for an example a 10 year old in fifth grade with 6 1/2 hours of school and 45-50 minutes of homework and remember 2013 math is a lot harder than 80’s and 70’s math so do you think you would be having fun? And i also want to state that homework causes cases of kids hating school (like me). So that concludes the end of my persuasive essay top three reasons homework is bad: overwhelming, interference and country named finland has already fixed their school system there is no homework there is recess for 75 minutes, 9-17 students per class and no tests until you are 16 years agrees? I learn the exact same stuff in the actual class, without the frustration and no one being able to help or explain says2015-03-17t15:47: postcan someone just ban homework already im sick of doing itfancierbow20 says2015-03-18t19:30: postwhat do we learn from it? Unfortunately as a parent i think all the kids here need to go back to doing their homework and focus on what getting good grades. Homework no matter what excuse you have, it teaches you to work hard on and off of work and learn and master the subjects you are taught. Says2015-07-21t16:05: posti am currently moving into high school next year, and i support homework, and here's why: lots of people claim that it causes stress because there isn't enough time. These 3-13 hours can be used for whatever, such as having a social life or spending time with your 123 says2015-08-24t10:34: postplease ban homework!!! It only takes you a long time because you don't understand the material to begin _ya_boi says2015-11-17t19:49: postafter a long day after school, approxmitely 6-7 hours, you`ve got homework to r, its a 15 minute homework to a 5 hour homeowork, it just isnt fair because some people have advantages at home, e. It also should be banned because it causes student stress, futhermore, finland doesnt have homework and they still have good students. This proofs homework is nesecarry and doesnt mean it helps chu says2015-12-15t17:36: posthomework helps people learn and grow as a person.
Homework, studying, and diane says2015-12-17t15:27: postif the schooling and education is efficient enough and fulfilling , homework shouldn't be needed or required it just packs on more work for students even though they have enough to work with,also it gives students unnecessary stress and anxiety that they should be free from in order to focus on school in ss says2015-12-20t21:47: postwhen exams are coming up the yes! Con, "duh, ugh, homework has many beneficial aspects to it, such as helping you memorize it better, teaches time scheduling skills, teaches you to figure out problems on your own (logic) and, hey, this way you get out of school sooner! I mean think about a typical school day:6:30 --> wake up and get ready for the day7:30 --> get to school and sit down all day listening and writing2:30 --> get on school bus3:00 --> finally arrive at home5:00 --> spend two hours doing homework (not necessarily because it is hard, but because it is time consuming)5:30 --> eat dinner5:30 to 10:30 is free time! Can specifically remember times where i knew all the answers in a classroom, but the homework took forever anyway. The next day usually math homework was graded on whether you did it or not. We see a problem and acknowledge it, but rarely is anything ever done about r thing is school/homework doesn't allow you to get enough exercise which teaches laziness and does a horrible job at teaching things that matter in life. Rant says2016-02-08t19:58: post@ thegodson here's the thing, i agree whole heartedly with you statements on the flaw in the grading system, and even on some of the reasons for homework. The main reason why america is not leading in education is due to the fact that students are tired out from homework. I do not know why you are calling us "lazy", since we are working our brains out for the hours at school, we try to do homework, in my family and many others, homework just causes arguments, such as when parents learned a different method for something and the child learns another. So, you are just a plain supporter of homework, which basically stresses the child, and sometimes tears the family _limes says2016-02-29t22:43: post@gamapo well, teachers are given 6-7 hours to teach the material. The only thing homework does is: create family stress/conflicts, takes away from a child's free time, and just creates a certain hate for learning, school and home are different things. Im homeschooled, and if you remove homework, i will be on top of the world! That will get you though 256 says2016-04-17t16:03: posti too think homework should be banned, currently i'am in grade 9 and i get a whole load of people are going to one side and to bann homework. I acctually am one of the top people in my class and i don't like should be banned! You need the work, mby just, not so eep101 says2016-05-09t21:37: postmy mother says 'do you want to the the football with your dad' and have to reply 'sorry,i'm doing homework'. Says2016-11-03t16:13: posti agree it is uselessannemariecao2025 says2017-08-31t00:23: postlook, homework is going to help you succeed in life. 3:08 pm edt, fri september 5, elementary school in quebec banned homework for kids in grade one through kralovec: attempts to ban homework aren't new; the issue has been debated for says some experts are concerned that homework can negatively affect kids' ec: homework could take time away from other activities like family 's note: etta kralovec is associate professor of teacher education and director of graduate teacher education at the university of arizona south. She is the author of "the end of homework," "schools that do too much" and "identity in metamorphosis. Cnn) -- with a new school year starting, homework is front and center in many homes. Parents worry if their kids are completing the assigned work while kids wonder why they have to work when really they prefer to play in the 's good news for some families in college de saint-ambroise, an elementary school in quebec, has banned homework for kids in grade one through six for a year. The canadian media exploded with blogs, tweets and radio talk shows questioning the decision or applauding the ts to ban homework aren't new.
In 2012, president francoise hollande of france proposed banning homework for all primary and middle school students, which was roundly ridiculed by the wall street journal. In the same year, a school in germany decided to actually do away with homework for students in grades five to high school bans self-made millionaire ... Flips the script, improves , when schools decide to ban homework, it is big news, but we know little about what happens afterward. What we do know is that finland assigns little homework and its students have some of the highest test scores in the angeles unified school district -- america's second-largest school system -- took a different 2011, it set a policy that homework could not count for more than 10% of a student's grade. The decision caused such an outrage that a 15-member panel was formed and subsequently changed the policy so that homework accounted for 20% of a student's kind of intense debate about homework has a long history. For example, in the 1920s, some physicians were concerned about the impact of homework on children's argued that children need between six to seven hours a day of fresh air and sunshine. For the rest of the 20th century, different research reports were used to support or dismiss the practice, yet it persists despite the lack of clarity on its educational is clear is that parents and kids don't live in the world of academic research; they live in the real world where there are piles of homework on the kitchen experience of homework is very different depending on which side of the economic divide you sit. But then they want to build a rich family life with their kids, and homework can interfere with that. For example, if parents want their children to be actively engaged with grandparents or church activities in the evening, those things would compete with homework controls a child's time has tremendous implications for the debate on homework. Should children be in school nine hours only to come home to two hours of homework? Schools ratchet up the pressure for higher academic achievement, one of the first things to go is recess even as homework is piled scholars debate the value of homework -- and pundits, politicians and educators call for increased educational choices, greater standardization and accountability for schools -- many parents and students feel overwhelmed. The pressure of longer school days and more homework don't help s who want to connect personally in meaningful ways with their children after a long day at their job would do well to remember that they have a right to family time uninterrupted by homework. They would do well to listen to what their kids have to say about the impact of homework on their much homework may not be a good thing, especially for younger children. For families interested in clearing the kitchen table they can find support and advice from the growing healthy homework my flipboard the end of the day, it's about how one wants to balance work, family, educational goals and cnnopinion's new flipboard us on twitter @ of complete coverage airasia flight compares to air france 447 d 8:51 am est, wed december 31, bill palmer says the airasia flight had similarities to air france 447, which also encountered bad 't turn your back on these d 8:29 am est, wed december 31, y isn't the only reason why so many parents are paying to have their child smuggled into the united states, says carole 's hypocrisy in condemning u. 8:32 am est, tue december 30, cial intelligence does not need to be malevolent to be catastrophically dangerous to humanity, writes greg e to the troll d 8:27 pm est, fri december 26, ability to manipulate media and technology has increasingly become a critical strategic resource, says jeff schools ban homework? 8:32 am est, tue december 30, cial intelligence does not need to be malevolent to be catastrophically dangerous to humanity, writes greg e to the troll d 8:27 pm est, fri december 26, ability to manipulate media and technology has increasingly become a critical strategic resource, says jeff i think all schools should abolish should be the exception, not the long is your child’s workweek? For most children, mandatory homework assignments push their workweek far beyond the school day and deep into what any other laborers would consider overtime. Even without sports or music or other school-sponsored extracurriculars, the daily homework slog keeps many students on the clock as long as lawyers, teachers, medical residents, truck drivers and other overworked adults. I can’t count the number of shared evenings, weekend outings and dinners that our family has missed and will never get much after-school time should our schools really own? Studies have long shown that there is no academic benefit to high school homework that consumes more than a modest number of hours each week. In a study of high schoolers conducted by the organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd), researchers concluded that “after around four hours of homework per week, the additional time invested in homework has a negligible impact on performance.
Elementary school, where we often assign overtime even to the youngest children, studies have shown there’s no academic benefit to any amount of homework at unquestioned acceptance of homework also flies in the face of all we know about human health, brain function and learning. American high school students, in fact, do more homework each week than their peers in the average country in the oecd, a 2014 report ’s time for an y, small rebellions are starting. Elementary school is piloting a homework-free year, replacing it with reading for the atlantic, students in spain launched a national strike against excessive assignments in november. Why should schools extend their authority far beyond the boundaries of campus, dictating activities in our homes in the hours that belong to families? Found this out firsthand when he spearheaded a homework committee to rethink the usual approach. He had read the education research and found a forgotten policy on the county books limiting homework to two hours a night, total, including all classes. If we reduce homework to two hours or less, is my kid really going to be okay? In the end, the committee only agreed to a homework ban over school ’s response is a great model for us all. Even as we collaboratively press for policy changes at the district or individual school level, all teachers can act now, as individuals, to ease the strain on overworked parents and students, we can also organize to make homework the exception rather than the rule. Ways to unplug on michael connelly says it took him 30 books to finally write a female a ‘working mom’ satirize the bbc interview harmless-sounding phrase that is terrible for all might want to scale back on your spinning the start of the 2013-14 school year, the fentress county school district in tennessee announced that it would enforce a district-wide ban on graded homework strators explained their decision by pointing to the large majority of students who lacked at-home resources to help them with their homework. Anywhere between 65%-75% of each school’s student body qualify for free or reduced lunch programs, so it was decided that students should not be singled out for failing to adequately complete take-home assignments. Means that homework in the district now constitutes an ungraded review or preview of current course work that’s the students’ responsibility to independently complete. Spelling words, vocabulary practice, and study guides for testing all fall under this great homework educators aren’t fans of the new policy. Students have not had that daily homework practice in any subject that keeps the concepts ‘alive’ and moving in their brains, so that means that much of the practice time and teaching time and testing time had to come during the class time each day,” linder , other districts across the country are taking second looks at the practice. The decision was reached out of the realization that worksheets and other assignments had been assigned merely out of a sense of obligation to dole our homework to elementary schools say no to homework, what takes its place? Homework policies are popular, but educators are working with parents on stress-free ways to keep learning the country, parents, teachers, and students are also voicing their opinions in the homework debate. On the issue of the actual educational value of homework, it may seem straightforward to many educators that reviewing lessons and practicing concepts after school would correlate to a greater retention of course material, but studies suggest that the link between assigned homework and academic achievement is drastically chers at the university of virginia’s curry school of education found in a 2012 study that math and science homework didn’t correlate to better student grades, but it did lead to better performances on standardized tests. And when homework is assigned, the help provided by parents often mitigated any of the positive effects of the work. Critics of this type of parental involvement say it can be counterproductive because parents may assume too great a role and/or may not fully understand the lessons being april, denise pope, a researcher at stanford university, found that too much homework can negatively affect kids by increasing stress and sleep deprivation and generally leaving less time for family, friends, and activities. Rather, any homework assigned should have a purpose and benefit, and it should be designed to cultivate learning and development. There are simply no compelling data to justify the practice of making kids work what amounts to a second shift when they get home from a full day of school,” says alfie kohn, an expert on child education, parenting, and human behavior, as well as the author of the homework myth: why our kids get too much of a bad schools then assign less homework or at least reevaluate what they assign?
My general suggestion is to change the default: no homework should be the norm,” kohn says, “six hours of academics is enough—except on those occasions when teachers can show strong reason to infringe on family time and make these particular students do more of this particular schoolwork. Homework is so ingrained in the fabric of schooling that studies revealing its minimal positive benefits have been largely shrugged off or ignored altogether. For most educators, completely cutting homework out of schools isn’t a viable alternative – at least not yet. And many, if not most, teachers are unconvinced that gutting homework from their repertoire of learning tools is the best idea linder says that teachers haven’t had the amount of teaching time they usually need to enforce classroom lessons and concepts. With the heavy focus on standardized testing already in schools, losing precious out-of-school homework time drastically diminishes how long teachers can devote to thoroughly covering a given subject, as well as the depth and amount of topics they can cover in a school year. Homework debate: what’s getting lost in the rk is one of the most complicated pedagogical strategies, says an expert, and the vast majority of educators are getting it spychala, a teacher in san jose, believes homework has value, but is concerned about its potential to consume too much time outside the school day. Homework has its place: to practice skills and most importantly to involve families in their child’s learning” spychala explains. There ways to deemphasize the overreliance on standard homework assignments and allow students to learn through other conducive means? Option is changing the paradigm of assigned homework to infuse hands-on, student-led engagement with class lessons as a way of piquing student interest in the material. And instead of simply limiting homework to the teacher/student/parent sphere, allowing students the opportunity to show off exceptional homework to a larger audience can give them a further incentive to put in their best downing, an elementary school teacher in newton, massachusetts, has found great success in displaying excellent student homework on the walls inside and outside of her classroom. By doing so, homework becomes disassociated from the standard teacher-student relationship and gains a whole new level of importance that draws students into the assignment. For bonnie stone, an elementary school teacher in tulsa, too much homework is too much homework. And i’ve seen no change in the achievement level of my students since i stopped assigning homework. And their classrooms: trends in curriculumpost tags: homework are always being compared to other countries. Kids are stressed from homework they will have trouble sleeping which will result in them focusing less at school, they will be angry with their families and teachers and get in more fights to blow off steam, or do drugs or . There is no proof that homework at the grade school age adds to academic achievement. I am a high school a-b honor roll kid and homework can still be going at 11:00. We don’t all live in boarding schools some of us will get jobs and then how do we finish all of that extra homework!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By now, you’re writing should be more polished than it is, and you should care about whether its appearance reflects well upon you. Clearly, our schools are not expecting enough of their students, and all that homework is pointless. There should be some homework, but it needs to be more selective in both assignment type and the amount of time allowed for completion.
In the passage above, “i-t-s” appears only once, in the second sentence that begins with “by now” and goes on to say “you should care about whether its appearance reflects well upon you. In that context, the “i-t-s” is possessive and, therefore, should not have an apostrophe, which is only used to write the contraction of “it is. Substituting “it” for “writing” doesn’t change its possessive nature in that did miss, however, the “you’re writing” which should read: “your writing. The result of having received a superior k-6 education prior to the implementation of all the reforms that have failed so are right about the assignment of homework being excessive these days. Make them prove it’s benefitting you in ways no other teaching methodology but good try there shut up kids should not have homework it wastes valuable family countries? Your argument is very point candice, we should be looking at what those successful countries are doing. Teachers don’t have enough time to teach the concepts themselves, let alone reinforce them like they should do before they assign homework. Homework was intended to be practice of previously learned concepts, not a continuation of what was not fully or adequately taught in the classroom. But seriously…would the world really end if there was suddenly a nation-wide ban on homework? Take a minute to consider how you use the information gleaned from your students’ homework assignments. Rather than focusing only on the negatives or costs of doing away with homework, what harm would there be in discussing/brainstorming the possible benefits and balancing them with the costs in your plcs? Maybe it is us who need a change in thinking, and students should complete assignments and tests not just to have them reduced to a percentage in a grade book, but as a gauge of what a child has or has not grasped, mastered or sequenced properly so that reteaching and corrective feedback/practice can take place in the classroom? We need is to do away with both homework and cell phones and get back to basics both at school and in our daily existence! After all, they need to prepare for the apocalyse that will inevitably be caused by the end of all things homework, don’t they? Homework could be used as the pre learning for tomorrow or the relearning of today or the time to learn from another point of view. Homework is not the grade, homework is the practice to allow the learning that will be graded. Maybe many politicians need to revisit the histories of most of the most influential members of our expensive and private schools of our country demand homework of students. Could this idea of no homework be coming from those who do not want low economic families to have successful off spring? Point is well-taken, but, if a teacher doesn’t use homework to determine the progress of the students, too often it is likely to be busy work that serves no useful purpose. And, for the record, homework in k-6 that’s forcing little kids to drag around those heavy backpacks is absolutely criminal. Those who received their k-6 education prior to around 1966, received an education far superior to the education anyone has received since, and it was provided without a single homework assignment, like zero, nada, zilch.
So, the first thing every parent, grandparent, student and citizen in every community should be doing is protesting homework in k-6 until it’s eliminated. As a parent and an educator, i see no benefit in assigning more than 1/2 hour of homework to upper elementary grades. Listen, i don’t need anyone in the school telling us how we should spend our family time – we have our own family projects. Homework has its place,but it shouldn’t take up family time — and these days, it does. I do know the students get at the beginning of each semester are not i think homework is are the biggest idiot i have ever ’s an important argument in favor of selectively assigning homework in 7-12 that has a significant purpose which the teacher can guide them through. I feel that homework should be assigned on an “as necessary” basis, to serve as practice time for things previously taught and learned in class that students need to practice independently. Assigning homework for the sake of routine procedures, gradebook entries, or punishment is unfair to our kids and their families, and is a disservice on many levels to all involved in the long run. Agree that homework should not be used to determine a student’s overall course grade. Homework should be graded and reviewed aloud with the class for the purpose of teacher and student feedback, but a student’s course grade should not be directly penalized for failure to complete homework, or incorrect answers on homework assignments. We are not using homework to evaluate a student’s mastery of what was taught, we should be using homework to evaluate student progress in learning and understanding what was taught so we can adapt our instruction conspiracy theory mentioned in previous comments is intriguing, but i feel it may be a bit unwarranted. Sometimes the belief in conspiracy theories such as this supports the already hard to break poverty about students who don’t do homework? If the students have already mastered the concept, but are sent home with busy work anyway, how is that a benefit to rk can be used to assess a student’s understanding, but shouldn’t be, as the students’ home life can have an impact on the students’ homework rcement is key, but i’ve seen few students that really benefit from rushing through homework relating to a concept they learned that day, while others may not even finish it in the first also has to be consideration for grade level and the type of homework involved. Elementary students are not going to benefit from extensive homework as much as a student in high school. Busy work should be eliminated, while there is definitely merit is using home time to finish an regards to that, i think that complete elimination of homework would be a disservice to the students. If a student had never had homework in their life, how well prepared do you think they are going to be for college, where the student is completely accountable for spending necessary after school hours working on recently taught concepts? He had math homework every day, and social studies review material to study before a test. He spend less hours worrying about homework outside of school, which left him feeling more positive to return to school the next day. Those who received their k-6 education prior to around 1966 received a superior education, sans homework (like not a single homework assignment ever), than anyone has received since. So, fewer hours worrying about homework means less time is spent feeling , start a movement in your community to end homework in k-6 and promote selective homework in 7-12. Think we should not have homework if teachers cant teach all they need to teach in. 1/2 hours to bad they have no right to give kids the rest of the work the could not teach that should they teach you to write?
But, homework only helps in your situation if the teacher corrects it and has you rewrite it, so your brain gets accustomed to writing correctly. Very poorly educated eighth the fact that you, as an 8th grader, still don’t know how to spell “homework” and “again? If a student does not understand the concepts being taught, comes to a teacher, still does not understand it, has homework over it.. Doing homework makes you want to kill yourself (that’s how i feel right now i’ve got two projects to finish atm). Homework can go f on my own experience as a student, when an a was 95-100 and a b was 90-94, anyone who has over a 4. I don’t do very good in school because of homework and the reason why i don’t do homework is because i don’t understand it. For example when my son forgot his homework at home and his teacher called him to answer a question… he couldn’t. Absolutely hate the idea of homework we have to sit in class for 8 hours and then go home and do more work we should ban homework everywhere!!! I am a parent of 4 children – i would much rather have my kids play outside and exercise and read for 30 minutes before i ever do is homework, and i get good grades but i don’t have time to do any after-school activities. It is really annoying, but all that i would like to see would be a little less homework rather than completely abolishing it. Completely disagree with the idea of homework, for the simple reason of it ruining my personal interest in learning and its affects on mental health. Add an hour of school, don’t take several away from what should be my personal make some very good points, and to ensure your learning continues, may i offer the following: 1) it’s “effects” not the verb “affects,” 2) there’s no reason to put the comma after ‘homework,’ 3) phrasing should be “for the simple reason that it is ruining…,” 4) instead of a comma after “school,” there should be a semi-colon. Thank goodness for school hours if it’s that necessary… don’t take away from what should be their personal want to separate are home work (chores) and are school countries ahead of us don’t have homework or standardized the least homework should just be an optional practice tool and not graded take home ts should not have homework for many reasons!!! Our country is not that smart because we get everything handed to us these days,and we don’t work for anything d of getting smarter in the future we got how come i still have blanket term “homework” does not begin to encompass the variety of work, good and bad, assigned by teachers for students to do outside of class. If we start paying attention to distinctions among various types of homework, i think we will have an easier time seeing what kinds of assignments are worthwhile (or not). For grades k-6, any homework is pure insanity and proven totally unnecessary by the superior k-6 education received by students prior to 1966 sans a single homework son’s school doesn’t provide homework, just 30 minutes of reading a day. The practices are r, the homework needs to be something the child can do completely on his or her own. My 2nd grader’s teacher likes to give homework that require parents to do most of the leg work, like finding news articles, reading to them the child (newspaper articles are way above 2nd grader’s literacy level) and then helping the child write about them for a class presentation. Two hours is all we have before bed time and we have to fit in dinner, bath and other bed time , then what should we do about your not knowing the difference between “ban” and “band” and that you don’t know how to write the contraction “i will,” which is “i’ll? So, you could have written: “there is no need for homework that affects us with its many negative effects. Reinforcing, maybe, but the amounts of homework people are assigned to review what they already know are we should not have homework let me tell you why because some kids might have things to do after school like : football practice , take care of sister or stay home alone .
To me homework is a test because all you do is learn it at school then its like the teachers wont to know you get and don’t get right . I”m a kid and i”m not just saying we should have homework because i dont wont it i have why we should not have homework . Agree with jarrett also homework increases grades and helps you getting through bad teachers and should not have do we have homework 🙁. Ways to teach about climate change in your ber 23, 2015 • tim great homework debate: what's getting lost in the the latest nea news and features delivered twice a week to your inbox!