Category: Homework

The education system seems to be always trying to improve upon itself for the benefit of the millions of students and teachers. Whether it be developing new and more efficient ways of teaching or simply just updating the old curriculum to better the learning experience for both the students and the teachers. However, it may be time to question one of the most common practices that has been engrained throughout the education system which is homework. This being necessary due to the many negatives that have been observed to be caused by homework and more specifically to much homework, in addition to the overall effectiveness of it in certain age groups. Homework does offer many positives such as reinforcing what you have learned, help develop good studious habits, and improve student’s academic achievement it all depends on the way a teacher utilizes homework. This essay will go in depth about why the education system needs to change the way they go about homework in order to balance the positives and negatives effects that homework causes students.

Many people do not realize all the negative impact that homework can have on a student. One thing homework has shown to have an effect on a student’s level of engagement with non academic activities. We can see an example of this in this quotation “In general, students’ experiences with homework tend to be negative and emotionally charged. Students often experience lower levels of engagement while doing homework than engaging in other out-of-school activities”(Galloway 493). This research shows that many students are not nearly engaged in their homework as they should be, whether it be because of the homework being uninteresting, or maybe it being overly repetitive. Not only is homework in general unengaging for students, but it also takes time away from students doing activities that they want to do. Shannon, senior science writer for Stat, brings up a good point in her argument ‘Homework should be an opportunity to engage in creative, exploratory activity–doing an oral history of your family or determining the ecological effects of a neighborhood business.’ Rather than memorizing names, dates and battles of the Civil War, students might write fictional letters from a Northerner to a Southerner, expressing their feelings about the issues dividing the nation”(Begley 1). One key change that the education system could take away from this, is to make homework a more enjoyable and engaging experience, making it feel like less of a hassle for the student to accomplish.

Another detrimental effect that research has shown to have on students is stress. One study that used data to find out the relations among homework, a student’s health, and behavioral engagement in a sample of 4,317 students from 10 high-performing schools found that “As expected, many students in our study reported experiencing stress, compromised health, or lack of balance. Most experienced distress and/or lacked time to engage in important life tasks outside of school. The majority (72%) reported being often or always stressed over schoolwork and many reported that they experienced physical symptoms due to stress with 82% reported experiencing at least one physical symptom in the past month, and 44% of the sample experiencing three or more symptoms”(Wilde 498) This study shows that the vast majority of students in his survey were constantly stressed and even more experienced physical symptoms caused by their stress. Now it is clear that everyone has to go through stress throughout their life and you could argue that this stress will prepare the students for adulthood. Why this is true so many students already have experience so much stress, whether it be from a bad home life or trying to help provide for their family. So, to me if the education system could help manage or reduce the amount of stress that students have to go through, why not do it. Some of the suggested actions that have have concluded from my research are as simple as reducing homework to a useful and helpful level. In addition to “home work should also be crucial to the next day’s classwork, to emphasize to students that homework matters and isn’t just a plot to make them miserable”(Begley 1).This would allow students more time to do extracurricular activities and would allow the relationship between student and homework to be positive or at least a useful resource instead of a nuisance. If the education system were to take these actions I believe that the amount of stress students go through to be reduced.

The last thing that I am going to go into is the effectiveness of homework. Homework has been shown to be a great asset in middle school forward and is an essential part of learning, as long as it follows the suggestions above. However, many studies have shown that homework before middle school is ineffective. We see an example of this in this research “For the new study he will present there, Cooper collected data on 709 students in grades two through four and six through 12. In lower grades, ‘there was a significant negative relationship between the amount of homework assigned and student attitudes,’ Cooper says, reflecting the not-surprising fact that kids resent the stuff. But in grades six and up, the more homework students completed, the higher their achievement. (Begley 1) All this research shows that all the homework given to students younger than six grade, is not helpful and possibly harmful to the young students. Another somewhat alarming trend that has been going on that correlates with this is the increase of homework for younger students. According to Brian Gill, a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation, “One homework fact that educators do agree upon is that the young child today is doing more homework than ever before… There has been some increase in homework for the kids in kindergarten, first grade and second grade” (Wilde 2). This increase in homework just leads to young students having a negative cognition with it. In addition, not all kids have the same learning style, for example for me I am a quick learner and do not need a lot of problems of homework in order to comprehend a topic. This is why teachers should adapt for each student or try their best to do so, maybe making homework optional as long as you can prove on the tests that they have learned the subject. By not forcing young students to do homework that does not even help them, I think this would help mediate the hate that many kids develop for homework at this young age.

All in all, it is clear that homework is a very complicated topic that has so many positives that it can offer a student, but with these positives come all the negatives. These include its cause of stress, takes away from a students’ engagement in school and outside, as long with it not being useful to all. The challenge lies with finding how to balance these effects, for the homework to be truly a useful tool for students to utilize.

Bibliography

1. Begley, Sharon. “Homework Doesn’t Help. (Cover Story).” Newsweek, vol. 131, no. 13, Mar. 1998,p.50.EBSCOhost,search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=386599&site=ehost-live&scope=sie.
2. Galloway, Mollie, et al. “Nonacademic Effects of Homework in Privileged, High-Performing High Schools.” Journal of Experimental Education, vol. 81, no. 4, Oct. 2013, pp. 490–510. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/00220973.2012.745469.
3. Wilde, Marian. “Do Our Kids Have Too Much Homework?” Parenting, www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/homework-is-too-much/.

An Overview

As described by Wikipedia (n.d), homework, or a homework assignment, is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the class. Common homework assignments may include required reading, writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, information to be reviewed before a test, or other skills to be practiced.

Ramos (2018) narrated that homeworks started in Venice, Italy in 1095. It was first introduced by a strict teacher whose name is Roberto Nevilis as a form of punishment after being disappointed on his students. It is also has a purpose of helping the students learn and master the lesson he was teaching.

As stated by Cooper (1989), homeworks has an objective that are the same as schooling: developing the knowledge and skills of the students, preparing them for a new lesson which is more difficult or complex, to know how they will use it in new situations, and to enhance and maximize their abilities by using different knowledge and skills to accomplish one task.

Needlmen (n.d) also noted that assignments are a good opportunity for parents to help their children learn. It is designed to know what did the students learn and how much have they learned.

Epstein & Voorhis (2010) enumerated the purposes of teachers on why they are assigning homeworks. It includes practice, preparation, participation, personal development, parent–child relations, parent–teacher communications, peer interactions, policy, public relations, and punishment.

The researchers knew how homeworks have been a great part in teaching techniques. It is because of various purposes that aim to develop and improve a student’s knowledge and skills. In addition to that, it also aims to give opportunity for parents to help their children on their academics.

Homework and Time Management

Globeteacher.com (n.d) wrote that punctuality is a major factor to consider in every output. Point deductions, denying to consider the homework, or other such penalties on failing to meet the deadline are what pressure the students in doing their homework. Therefore, students must learn how to manage and organize priorities to meet the requirements needed. Besides, these students will face employment in the future wherein they need to beat several deadlines and these homeworks will serve as a training for future purposes and needs.

In addition to that, homework improves the time management of the students because they shall know their limitations in doing several things. Students can have leisure time, socialization time, and lazy time, but they should know where to draw the line.

Zimmerman (1998) stated that it is important as a student to have self-regulation skills such as time management, setting goals, effort and persistence in completing difficult tasks, and self-monitoring one’s performance. It is also a primary factor to consider in the lives of successful professional writers, athletes, artists, and scientists. In addition to that, Zimmerman (2002) also emphasized how teachers play an important role in developing self-regulation skills of the early grade students. However, as students grow up and rise to another grade level, the instructors gradually reduce their support to enhance the independency of the students.

As stated by Zimmerman (1998), “in the absence of the teacher, students take responsibility to self-regulate their learning and decide where, when, how, why, and what to do with the assigned homework”

On the other hand, According to Oxford Learning (2016), social life, grades, and health are some of the factors that can be affected by homework. Spending too much time in class and also being bombarded with assignments may lead to students feeling overwhelmed and unmotivated.

Schnurmacher (2012) once narrated, “One mother of a 7-year-old girl was practically in tears when she told me her daughter, who used to love school, now hates it. Why? Because she is forced to do 90 minutes of homework assignments every day! No wonder she hates school. She is seven, for heaven’s sake. The child gets up at 7:30 in the morning. She’s in school all day long. The bus picks her up at 3:45 to take her home. By the time she is dropped off, it’s nearly 5:00. That day is long enough. She should not be forced to work for another hour and a half.”

Dell’Antonia (2014) reported the results of a research in California which tackles the impact of homework to the students’ lives. The researchers of the study asked 4,317 students from 10 different schools and it the results show that the students spend an average of 3.1 hours nightly. They also added comment such as, “There’s never a break. Never.” and “It takes me away from everything I used to do”.

Dell’Antonia (2014) also noted that Pope, the researcher of a study about the impact of homework to the students’ lives, stated how homeworks cause sleep deprivation and stress. Students feel out of control because they have no idea when a teacher will assign a homework affecting personal plans such as family gatherings. Pope also noticed that homeworks dominate family evenings and it places stress to the family’s relationship.

The researchers thought that homeworks consume a huge part in a students’ time and time management is the key in accomplishing it all. Homeworks teach the students how to manage their time well for it will be useful in the future. However, the researchers also learned how time management is not always the answer in accomplishing heavy homework load.

Homework and Family Time

Kim (2019) observed some negative effects of homeworks to a student’s life and time management. She stated that massive homework load will can reduce and take away productive family time. This is mostly prevalent to families who are not capable of assisting their family member in doing their assignment. Due to this, stress level may increase, which can result to fight and conflicts, making family quality time reduced.

Dell’Antonia (2014) reported the results of a research in California which tackles the impact of homework to the students’ lives. The researcher, Ms. Pope, narrated that spending too much time in doing homeworks are destructive to family relationships because there is little to no time left to spend together, particularly when an extracurricular activity adds up and consumes a significant number of hours.

Thompson (2018) also provided a scenario wherein if a student spends several hours in doing his/her homework, he/she might not be able to eat dinner with her parents. If this situation remains to be constant, it may disrupt family time and routines.

The researchers are aware that homeworks negatively affect the students’ family time. Too much exposure to homework has an impact to their family relationship, interaction, and also with their bond. It also may increase the conflicts because stress is building up inside the house.

Homework and Leisure Time

According to Oxford Learning (2016), homeworks has its own benefits to the students, but being too exposed to it will negate the possible advantages it will give to the students. Learners that are too exposed in doing their assignments may eat too much of their time which will cause imbalance, affecting their other needs like being physically and socially active. Too much homeworks might took away the opportunities for the students to experience some extracurricular activities, which are good to refresh their minds and bodies. It may also affect the quantity of time for the students to interact with their families and friends. Consequently, these disadvantages may leave them feeling isolated and without a support system. Without having a time to relax and socialize, it might lead to stress, impacting one’s life at school and home.

Cooper (n.d) stated that teachers and parents are bothered that the students will find spending too much time in academics boring. Homeworks will take away leisure time and other community activities that are in fact beneficial to the students because it teaches other important life skills. He also observed that having shorter but frequent assignments are better than distributing longer but fewer homeworks.

As per Hood (2017), 16 out of 19 students agreed that assignments gives them stress and takes away the time they’re supposed to spend on things that they’re encouraged to do, such as sports, extracurricular activities, and family time. They want to participate in these kind of activities because this is where they are passionate about and it provides them a feeling of happiness. Furthermore, Sports and exercise is proven to relieve stress, homework adds stress and if time for this stress reliever is taken away that just means more stress, this can cause more problems in many aspects of their lives.

He also stated that, according to researchers at the University of Michigan, teens in today’s generation are less physically active than the teens 20 years ago. Heavy homework loads is a major contributing factor to the lessening of teens’ time for physical activities.

As reported by O’keefe (2017), studies from the U.S National Education Association says that because of the homework loads that are assigned in the weekends, stress has been building up, when in fact it is the time for the students to relax and unwind. This is also the same as giving assignments over the holidays.

It is observed by the researchers having excessive amount of homeworks can consume the leisure time of the students. Also, too much homework might took away the opportunities to do other things that they love to do. The researchers agree that sometimes we need leisure time just to refresh our mind or ‘unwind’ and be away from stress.

Homework and Sleep Hours

Kim (2019) She also reported that excessive homework has been known as a cause of digestive issues, sleeping problems, headaches, weight loss, and generalized stress. In fact, The Journal of Adolescent Health states that 8% of high schoolers in the US get the recommended 9 hours of sleep each night. They also state that 23% of high school students get 6 hours or less of sleep and 10% get 5 hours or less.

Hood (2017) also stated that according to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, adolescents must get 9 to 9 ½ hours of sleep per night. Unfortunately, because of homeworks and other after school activities consuming their time, they are having a hard time to get the right amount of sleep which can affect their academic performance and cognitive abilities.

Additionally, O’keefe (2017) pointed out that the amount of homeworks given to students led to sleep deprivation and other health-related problems. He reported that the researchers concluded that excessive amount of assignments results to headaches, exhaustion, and most of all, sleep deprivation.

Dr. Capanari (2012) narrated, “A few years ago, I had a sixteen year old come into sleep clinic for insomnia. He was a hard-working student in a good school district. I asked him to describe his sleep problems to me. “I finish my homework at midnight every night,” he said, “and I can’t fall asleep by 12:10 AM.” Each of his Advanced Placement classes had 1-2 hours of assigned homework per night and he was not routinely finishing homework until 11 PM or 12 AM. This may be an exaggerated case [and note that the details have been changed a bit to protect patient privacy.] However, let’s do the math. The typical school day for a high school student in this country is between 6.5-7 hours per day. Most school districts start between 7-8 AM for high school students. Thus, kids are getting out of school between 2-3 PM. Many students do extracurriculars for a few hours after school and cannot start homework until after dinner (say 6:30 PM). The maximum recommended homework for a high school senior is three hours per night; for younger children, it is ten minutes per grade. If the student goes to sleep at 10 PM and gets up at 6 AM ( a typical wake time around here for high school students), this allows 8 hours of sleep. However, the typical teenager requires between 8.5-9 hours of sleep per night, so even a teen with good sleep habits generally sleep deprived.”

Gillen‐O’Neel et al. (2012) showed the results of their study which suggests that the no matter how many hours a student spends in studying, it will be useless if the learner sacrifices sleep time because he will have a hard time grasping what he/she is studying and will also struggle on schoolworks the following day. Students are likely to sacrifice sleep just to study when they have reached the latter years of high school, which is a negative dynamic that becomes more prevalent as time passes by.

The researchers observed that a student’s exposure time to homeworks hinders many opportunities and necessities. It also includes sleep hours, in which if the students spend too much time in doing their homework, they might sacrifice their sleep just to finish those loads, which is bad for their health. It is not only bad for their health, but also for their cognitive abilities.

Homework and Family Roles

Kim (2019) noted that other researchers pointed out how homeworks take away the chance of the students to learn about the importance of personal responsibilities that are not academically-related. This may hinder their opportunity to possess and hone new skills that will be beneficial in the future.

The researchers are aware that having too much homeworks can also take away the time of being responsible on their own house chores. These circumstances can be a hindrance in making them learn non-academic skills. This is because they cannot do the assigned task to them for they have homework loads to do.

Homework and Socialization

Kim (2019) said that being overwhelmed with homework could have an indirect relationship to depression because of the stress it brings to the learners because of the imbalance it might cause. Also, not having a time to ‘unwind’ and spend time with friends could take away significant experiences of a student.

Thompson (2018) emphasized that homeworks take opportunities away. This is because students’ with massive loads of assignments have less interaction time with their friends and families, when in fact regular social interaction plays an essential role in one’s brain development. On the other hand, a learner who has plenty of opportunities to interact with friends and family can also learn skills and lessons that aren’t found in books such as conflict management and impulse control skills. The exposure time to homeworks and social development are directly proportional.

Limitations and Suggestions for Homework Distribution

Cooper (n.d) reported that The National PTA and the National Education Association suggests that homeworks for K-2 students are more effective if it is just needs ten to twenty minutes each day. For students who are in grades three to six, it is recommended to give assignments that needs thirty to sixty minutes exposure daily. High school students may benefit from more time on homework but it must vary from night to night. These effective recommendations are consistent with past researches.

Dell’Antonia (2014) said that Ms. Pope, a researcher, suggests that educators may provide homeworks that a student can spread out and schedule over a week, rather than distributing a huge amount of assignments that are due tomorrow which can affect family plans negatively.

O’keefe (2017) also mentioned that schools in Finland assign little to none homeworks, which is also a contributing factor in removing competition inside the classroom. The students exhibit cooperation from helping each other’s hardships. This lessens their stress, which helps them in boosting their memory and relationships with others.

Health News (2015) reported that The American Journal of Family Therapy published a 2015 study that surveyed more than 1,100 parents in Rhode Island with school-age children. The results showed that first and second graders are exposed to homework for about 28 to 29 minutes every night. While kindergarten students are given 25 minutes of homeworks nightly. Contrary to this, according to the standards set by the NEA and NPTA, they should not receive any assignment at all.

According to the National Education Association suggests that homeworks are more effective if it just needs to ten to twenty minutes. The researchers agreed with the statement suggested because that kind of time can be good in their time management; the shorter time, the more can do different things in that specific day. Also, the researchers also agree that as the grade level increases, homework load also increases significantly, but must have variation.

I have always wondered about homework and why it is necessary. I chose homework as my research project and read a book, a website, created a poll and survey, as well as conducted a personal interview with a fellow student at my school.

Throughout my search I learned that it is not only teachers who do not understand the circumstances of a student, but also the curriculum and their given time to teach it. There has to be a understanding on both the teacher and the students side in order to make homework fair.

One of my questions was basically asking if teachers being given too much work to teach their students in a school year? In a website about the right amount of homework I learned that many of the curriculums given to teachers are intended to be finished in one year although many are not. I also read that many teachers believe that homework is beneficial, but it also has many downfalls such as disencouragement of education and learning outside of school.

Another question of mine was because of the time in a school day and so much work being sent home, should they extend the amount of school days in a year, or extend the amount of time in a school day? This would be to help get the work finished in class without intruding upon a students personal time. In my poll about homework circumstances, eleven out of thirteen people believed that they did not have enough time for homework or it stressed them out in some type of way. This helped me come to the conclusion that students simply do not have the time for homework on a regular basis, but I do not believe the school times should be increased because students have other social things to do. Students want lives!

One more question I had was if teachers considered a student personal or social lives? I conducted a survey of questions about homework and many students explained a teachers view on a students life is all different, but that they may not care or have sympathy for a students free time or social life. This helped me to better understand that I as a student along with many other students all similarly believe teachers should better consider the life of a student.

I also had the question of, do teachers understand the pressure of work and social lives of both being balanced by a student,and if they ever experienced the same thing? I conducted a personal interview with Wendi Hernandez on February 11, 2019, and she believed that all teachers are different but many of them believe their class is a priority as opposed to anything else in a students life, and they may not have had the pressure kids in school have today considering that times are constantly changing, and education and technology go along with it as well. This all changes the way kids learn today completely. We have new technologies such as computers, online classroom systems, new work sources, and more. This work could be considered way more challenging than the way our teachers or parents have ever experienced.

In conclusion to all that by researching homework through websites, polls, surveys, and fellow students I believe that many teachers should rethink the amounts of out of class work that they give, and maybe take time to better understand the life in this day and age.

Nothing compares to the sigh of relief from students when one’s teacher says, “No homework tonight.” The immediate satisfaction from hearing those simple words is just the beginning of a widely controversial topic. Students are given an obtuse amount of homework that sets limitations on their possibilities to be more than just students. The clear burden homework places on children can be seen through the lack of mental and physical health children are partaking. Several arguments have arisen in recent years debating whether homework is necessary for school-life. Unless the amount of homework given to students directly correlates to their grade and ability, students should not be given any homework to complete outside of school due to the constant burden homework places on the lives of young adults.

No one can deny homework has negative effects on students. In some cases, a lot means better. Although, a lot of homework does not mean a student is going to be better educated. Teachers have a clear job of educating the youth of America, but the way in which they do so is important. In “Should Schools Be Done With Homework” by Edward Graham, the main purpose of the article is to discuss why students, parents, and some teachers are starting to lean toward limiting or banning homework. Often, teachers assign homework out of a sense of obligation (Graham 2). Assigning homework out of obligation holds no educational purpose. If the teacher does not feel the need to assign homework, then homework should not be assigned just because it is part of a teacher’s job criteria. Along with assigning unnecessary homework, comes the obligation to grade such homework. The abundance of work given to students to do outside of school must then be brought back to be graded by the teacher. This work is being given in excess and the teacher has a lot of work to do as well. In the article “5 Reasons Kids Need Homework and 5 Reasons They Don’t”, several teachers give their input on both sides of the argument over homework. As a result of this excessive work, the teacher does not have time to grade every assignment properly because, “…by the time students are getting their papers back, the class has moved on to a new topic,” (“5 Reasons” 3). Returning homework to students after moving on to the next chapter serves no purpose in helping the students understand what they did wrong. It is often said that teachers may give homework to create a healthy learning relationship between the student and the teacher from discussing questions about the homework (“5 Reasons” 2). I have always believed that extra communication between a teacher and a student is important, but all of these discussions can happen about the work done in class. This way the student can ask the teacher questions as he works.

With the abundance of homework comes the constant pressure in finishing assignments. As a result of this pressure, students turn to cheat in order to simply complete the assignments (“5 Reasons” 3). Cheating does not allow the students to completely grasp the subject the homework is trying to etch into their brains. Therefore, no positive result is being expressed through the overabundance of homework being given.

Homework is better given limited. In the article “Why I Think All Schools Should Abolish Homework” by Vicki Abeles, expresses the idea that additional homework outside of the school day overworks the students and this leads to negative results. Abeles expresses this conclusion by explaining how productive work is better limited (Abeles 3). Abeles is getting at the fact that concentrating can only be done for a limited amount of time. Therefore, productive work is better limited to only a couple of hours or less. Overexertion is a clear issue of too much homework. By the end of a school week, students are exhausted from the countless hours of work they had been assigned. The end of the week is marked by the desire for the weekend and the unwillingness to partake in any more study sessions. In the article “20 Pros and Cons of Homework” by Crystal Ayres, she argues homework has both positive and negative aspects. Ayres makes clear that when tired, students do not absorb as much information (Ayres 7). Assigning extreme amounts of homework exhaust students by Wednesday. Once Friday comes around, there is no desire to finish assignments or continue to shove information into their brains. The standard way of thinking about successfully learning new material has it that “practice makes perfect.” Some teachers believe a student must practice what it takes to be successful (“5 Reasons” 2). At the same time that I believe repeating certain problems helps one learn it better, I also believe that too much work can lead to a lack of focus or ineffective repetition.

Homework has been proven to not be helpful to the learning process. Homework is effective if the student knows how to do the work. In the article “Should kids have homework? The great debate” by Kate Thayer, she argues homework needs to be assigned based on the ability of the student, not in excess. Thayer explains how homework is ineffective if the student does not understand the lesson in-class (Thayer 2). The student will continue to struggle if they do not know how to complete their homework and continue their learning process. Giving homework without thoroughly teaching the student the lesson counteracts the purpose of giving the homework. The strength of the ability of homework to lead to academic achievement is controversial. Thayer tunes in to this controversy by writing, “…studies suggest that the link between assigned homework and academic achievement is drastically overinflated,” (Thayer 3). Thayer displays how we are made to believe homework is such a great tool to increase the academic ability of students, but it is not as influential as it seems. Homework is developing the reputation of being overrated.

The burden homework has on students’ lives leads to a negative attitude toward school. Attending school takes up five days a week and eight hours a day of a student’s life. Waking up and going to school every morning places enough negativity in a student’s life. Adding on an extra five hours to this day with more school work just creates hate toward school and homework. The negative attitude students have creates an unwillingness to do their homework. Ayres writes about this negative attitude by explaining how the effect is the difficulty for teachers to enforce homework (Ayres 5). The lack of passion one has towards school results in no desire to complete their schoolwork. Why would one do something they do not enjoy doing? Homework creates a negative experience of going to school and results in a lack of participation.

Some may argue homework benefits students through developing new skills or increasing knowledge. Homework provides insights on to developing problem-solving skills, time management, strong studying routines, and responsibilities. Working through homework problems allows the student to work through any mistakes they are making and try to figure it out by themselves. Ayres writes about how one of the pros of homework is the development of problem-solving skills. The ability to work through the homework to complete the assignment forces the student to try to learn the material and work through any problems. Graham tells how time-management also evolves from being assigned homework. If a student has several tests on one day, then he must learn to study before the night before in order to successfully pass the test. Managing your time before the due date of the project or assignment allows students to be more organized and helps them succeed. Although, the excess amount of homework students are given limits the amount of time students’ have to manage. They have less time to thoroughly study or put together a speech. Time-management helps the student put together a study routine. Planning how long one must study for a test helps a student manage their time and develop the skill needed for the test. Several teachers believe a strong studying routine comes from giving homework. The student learns what he needs to do in order to pass the test. Whether the student learns the material by making flashcards or taking notes over a subject, homework is supposed to encourage the student to learn for the test. Other homework limits the amount of time students have to study. Thayer argues students develop responsibility from being assigned homework, but do students not learn about responsibility through waking up every morning to go to school and stay there all day? Homework adds to a student’s responsibilities and just creates stress and pressure that is unnecessary in an already stressful teenage life.

Others argue homework is important because it increases the knowledge of students. Obviously, doing extra work is going to shove more information into the heads of children, but is all the extra work worth the repercussions? To express why homework could be important, repetition helps one learn and memorize information. Constantly doing the same problem over and over again will better engrain the information into a student’s head. Although, going to school all day plus the additional hours of homework adds up to a lot of school hours. Abeles backs this up by expressing how going to school is already a full-time job before the unwanted addition of homework (Abeles 4). School and hours of homework take up the lives of young adults which blocks them from pursuing anything except for school. Some even argue students work as long as lawyers or doctors (“5 Reasons” 1). The extensive study lawyers and doctors partake should not be compared to the life of a high school student. Students should not be worked as much as someone who is paid to save lives. Homework is not important enough to exhaust or overwork students every day.

Although, this repetition work can be done in class and not through hours of more-than-enough worksheets. Some students may feel more comfortable at home. Their home is a safe, criticism-free environment. Ayres explains how students may be encouraged to learn extra information in a comfy environment, such as their home. I have always felt comfortable learning at home where I cannot be ridiculed for messing up, but students need to be interacting and learning during the school day to create relationships among their peers and have social interactions to prepare them for the future when they will not be living with their parents anymore.

Students doing homework outside of school allows for more time to thoroughly cover lessons in class. Graham writes that teachers do not have enough time to cover lessons in class over the course of the year, so homework provides a way to get more work done out of class to have more time in class. Although, are boatloads of homework necessary to have more time in class? Homework can be used to determine what needs to be understood for unit or chapter tests. The material covered in homework should be what students should be expected to understand on tests. Teachers use homework to prepare students for big tests to understand what is expected of them (“5 Reasons” 3). Learning the material covered on homework assignments allows the teacher to express what is going to be on the test. Communication between teachers and students should be clear during class over what is or what is not going to be on tests. Students should not have to rely on just their homework assignments to understand the materials on tests. Teachers must pull their weight along with the homework.

Homework has negative effects on students’ lives outside of school. The hours of homework students partake in takes away from time to spend with their families. Some teachers understand that homework takes away from family time, which can mess-up a family unit (“5 Reasons” 3). Strong family units are rare these days, so homework disrupting that bond seems unnecessary. More parents are divorced and there are several single parents raising children alone. Time should be spent with family instead of doing extra school work.

In public schools, students range from wealthy to nearly homeless. Some of these students have a backpack they use for school and others cannot afford one. Teachers asking students to undergo homework assignments who do not have the proper resources is unfair. Graham explains this by writing about how some students lack at-home resources to help them with their homework. Some students cannot afford a computer to type an essay or to use websites, such as Kahn Academy, to study for tests. Therefore, homework needs to be assigned based on the student completing the assignment.

Students spend hours of their time outside of school doing homework. They do not have time to just be kids and go outside to hang out with their friends or have a social life. If kids feel more inclined to stay inside and do homework alone instead of going out to the park to play a pick-up game of basketball, then they are not being kids. Homework takes away from the positive social development kids develop from being young and having fun without the stress of completing their homework correctly. Some may argue physical education class allows students to avoid a sedentary lifestyle and interact with their peers, but playing basketball for less than an hour each day is not going to keep kids active and interacting.

Due to the unnecessary weight homework places on children’s shoulders, students should not be required to complete extra assignments outside of the classroom unless the homework directly correlates to the student’s ability and situation. Excessive amounts of work that do not obviously benefit the student does not deserve to take up hours of his life. Homework only hassles teachers and students in an already stressful world in which we live.

Introduction

All of us is a dreamer, we want everything to be perfect. When we were a kid we just wanted a big toy but when we start to attend at school our principle and perception in life has changed. Yes, were still a dreamer, and our first dream is to finished our study so that those elegant dream like car, 3 storey house, cafe business and 6 digit salary a month will become achieved.

They said that youth is the future leader in the next generation, but how those youth become an effective and good leader if they are frustrated and struggling in their study. They are pressured to do their best because of those high expectation of society. How they can enjoy their lives, if there so many task and responsibility given to them. Last time there’s an issue about ‘No Homework Policy’ and this issue involving teachers and students from primary and secondary level.

As a college student, I will agree to this issue ‘No Homework Policy’ even though I’m not a part of primary and secondary level. When I was in my senior level, I experienced having a hard time to accomplished all those paper works and homework. It’s not easy for me to finish my homework after going to school because as a eldest to our family I also have responsibility in house chores. Socially, because of homework, we can’t have a bonding to our family, classmate and friends even at weekends. Instead of enjoying our weekend there we are staying at home doing our homework, because we have no choice but to do it. Our mindset is to pass, even if we don’t even enjoy our social life. While doing homework, were losing society’s expectation and because of that I was strongly agree to ‘No Homework Policy’

Financially, we are not all rich many of us are not financially stable. The money we spend every day is from the hard work of our parents. We budget our money and only get those thing that we need. But because of some homework we have to print and search we have to less our allowance instead of buying foods. The money that we have for our daily expenses will get less because of those homework. I was strongly agree to ‘No Homework Policy’

Emotionally, many of us experienced stress, pressure and we are tired all day. Instead of resting our body and mind at weekends, there we are thinking on how to do our homework to be pass by tomorrow. Because of homework we are all experienced sleepless nights and we can’t even eat at time. We prioritize our study even if were skipping our meals and because of that I was strongly agree to ‘No Homework Policy’.

Conclusion

As a student, a struggling student I was very grateful to reach college level. Sometimes I was about to give up but I always remember that I was a dreamer and I want to payback the hard work of my parents. I experienced a lot of struggling moments at my journey. But here am I still fighting and doing my best. And now I stand for my fellow students who struggling to their study as I strongly agree to ‘No Homework Policy’.

Introduction

Homework should not give during weekends for the students because they can’t spend more time for their parents, also they can’t enjoy their 2 days of their rest because there are always remembering all the papers works that they need to pass. Homework is a class issue. In school everyone is equal, but at home some people have advantages because of their family background. Middle class families with books and computers will be able to help their children much more than poorer ones can. This can mean working class children end up with worse grades and more punishments for undone tasks or badly done homework. On the other hand, pushy parents may even end up doing their kids homework for them. And homework is one of the most common causes of family arguments.

It’s been a long tiring week of school and your excited to go home and take some rest. Also, you are excited because you have getting together with your friends but those happiness was fading out because you remembered that you have a lot of things to do this weekend. We are in the point that homework is important piece of the school curriculum, that homework provides us more opportunities to practice and extend our skills to learn. Learning takes place for all the time even in school or in home, but the replacement of this is you don’t have a complete 8 hours of sleep, because you need to think what will you need to do first.

First and foremost, family is more important during weekends. Personally, as a student my mother was not living here at our home during weekdays because she had work, so weekend is the only opportunity to spend time for her. But, we deprived of that opportunity because of school works that we need to pass.

This is one of the most common argument against homework. It eats up the valuable times to spend with their family, attend extracurricular activities and catch up with friends. It can be also difficult to manage homework with independent study. In some cases, homework may even be assigned over term breaks or the summer holidays. This causes severe stress for some children, leading to issues such as sleep deprivation. Yes, we are in the point that teachers are giving their very best to make their student’s develop their skills even if it is difficult but we are in the point also that we need more time to our families and friends, we need to cherish every moment when we are young.

Learning isn’t just about the papers and pen activities. Teachers should also inspire students to seek way to learn from real world experiences. Students should enlighten about what job they want to pursue other than just like sitting all day just to complete all the assigned tasks. However, these important times are just being taken up by more and more schoolwork. As a student and as a teen, we should have more time to flourish creatively and to have fun, not to sit on a desk and study all the time.

Conclusion

What I’m trying to say is we want the best for our students. We don’t only fill the brains of the students also we should fill their hearts. Let us not take times in which we could do something great with our family and treasure every moment for the rest of their lives. Weekends are the perfect time to get a couple of days without having to worry about completing homework, and if all teachers were not going to give homework/assignment then there will be the improvement in the student attitude towards actually doing homework during the week.

Introduction

Homework is a set of given tasks or activities by professors that shall be done during non-school hours by students. Homework is proposed to serve improvement on understanding of students on their academic path and so they can have an overview of the following lessons that will be deliberated by the teacher. Homework is also a big help in extending the knowledge of students on some things they haven’t experienced yet, like applying what they learn by themselves and through a simple given task it can be used in their future works since they have mastered it. Researches, reading, answering mathematical equations, typing projects, and reviewers are the ones to be considered as assignments.

It has been around since the early 20th century and so on debates about this issue are still going knowing whether it’s really a good or bad impact on students. Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte has released the issue of the ‘No Homework Policy’. The No Homework Bill No. 966 that filed by Senator Grace Poe in the Senate stating that all private and public schools in the country should not allow teachers to give any homework to students during weekends. Under this proposed measure, Senator Grace Poe intended to the public and private schools that teachers can assign school work during weekends but is only limited and will not exceed four hours to be finished. As Senator Grace Poe cited a study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developments Program for International Student Assessment, it was said that the time boost by students on their homework has a big effect on their performance of students. Since there are lots of subjects, each professor is giving homework that causes a bulk of tasks to do and students don’t know where would they start. Today Homework seems to be a burden for every student during holidays, weekends, or whether in family gatherings. Because, instead of enjoying their free time with their family or spending their time sleeping, exercising, and doing other outdoor activities they more focus on their studies and the tasks they have left to do.

In addition of it, students nowadays suffer from different kinds of pain and mental illness. Some do skip meals just to finish their tasks, forget to sleep early in order to pass the exams and some have commonly had what they call ‘depression’ in which the mind kills the person’s body. Students today seem to be horrible, it looks like the promise of ending the degree today is too hard and really true that you’ll pass too many obstacles just to finish it. Students are overcoming many situations like this, but is Homework really important? Can we use homework in the Outside world? Is No Homework Policy good or bad?

This paper aims to provide necessary information that serves a stand on the positive effects of the proposed bill ‘No Homework Policy’.

Life is a cycle. The world is round. If you do not move, maybe tomorrow you’ll just see yourself begging for food and asking for money outside the roads. We connect to people every day in order for us to survive but how is it supposed to be that tasks and activities became part of our lives? Homework looks like not a tool on jobs but why is it necessary that it was given today? Some say a day without work or any kind of activity is such a boring day. Tick-tock as the sounds of the clock go rock. Wasted times are those times when we all boost our time on gadgets as the old woman says. But what if our generation is not what you have experienced before, old lady? Loaded thesis, performance tasks, seat-works, quizzes, and many more plus assignments? Dear old lady, are you aware of it? Reading books, solving a set of mathematical problems, or a bunch of science observations can you handle it all?

Homework has been part of our daily beings at school. From Monday to Friday students are encountering it every day. I remember the first time that I had an assignment was during my preschool days. It was so easy before. Basic of course because I have a guide to answer it all which is my father. But it turns out that every year that adds to my education years the harder the process the curriculum was giving. During my primary days, homework has been my enemy. Every time I go home after school my cousins will go laugh and shout outside playing games while there I am doing my assignments inside the house. Can’t go outdoors unless my homework isn’t done. When I graduated, the next years, I became a junior student there are so many changes I encountered. All I knew if I go to high school there will be no assignments but I was wrong. A bunch of networks, journals, and paper drafts are being thrown at me every single day. Adding on the never-ending dance performances to be performed during finals. It was so tiring. Thank God I moved up, Senior High. The K-12 Curriculum implementation, which I thought was easy too because in my mind it will just make us ready for work or for college which means skills will only be practiced. But no. There goes the research, feasibility studies, thesis, practicals, and of course the practicum. We must really not underestimate the power of education, if we just go easy on our tasks then revisions are what we’re up to next. Now I’m in college, the last stage of my education years. I became ready for this, I won’t go this far if I am not. This is the stage where being shameful will bring us to the grave early as we expect. Students in college shout “Kahit tres lang po” the expressions they were saying craving for passing grades. I will honestly tell you it was really hard. There goes the research on a major subject after you finish it there will be another one again in another subject. No excuses. No pause. You must have to do what you have to do. No more absences cause if you do, tomorrow you’ll just wake up you drop your subject suddenly.

Homework in college is so stressful. You don’t know whom you were replying to. Because some professors still end up relying on what they know. It’s not that it’s all of them but some. College homework is different. It is more on reporting, case studies, and research. Research that must not be ‘copy-paste’ on the internet but own explanations, own understandings, or opinions. Maybe we are just being getting used to “spoon-fitting” during our high school days. But it’s not that all of the students can get up on what they were being fond of or can go to that kind of way of studying. Students have different ways of coming up with lessons. Some can study by themselves and some are used to listening to their teachers.

“No Homework Policy” was agreed upon by the students because it’s not that they don’t want it. But maybe because they were expecting if it will be implemented they can have less loaded tasks from school. Sometimes homework was prioritized by the students because since it will be passed the day after tomorrow or maybe it is important for another lesson to be discussed. Homework sometimes is really exhausting. From the 6-8 hours you are at school studying and listening, you also need to use your mind after class when you’re home and going to do home assignments. Students were thankful, now they can have their free time to do other outdoor tasks that can help also rebuild their minds without thinking of left tasks from school.

The policy that was made for students made the students delighted. By gaining it they think that they can have enough time to rest and relax. The quotation by Dr. Matthew Walker that “When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient they don’t.” Maybe by the means of not having homework students can refresh their minds by sleeping after they go to school. This can help them regain their energy for another day’s lesson or this can help them think more of necessary things at school.

Homework is problematic for the students during important days but now that there is a policy was made it will be less hassle for students to have leisure time and bond with their families. Somehow, it can also lessen the percentage of students having anxiety attacks due to loaded tasks. The No Homework Policy give positive outcomes for the students and is a great help to rebuild the relationship of every student with their beloved parents.

Conclusion

I, therefore, conclude that the ‘No Homework Policy’ is a good thing and was better made. As a student, I am relieved that my task will be lessened and my work and time are calculated more. The bill that was made and implemented is a big help not just for us students but also to the people in the family. Homework gives conflicts in students’ health through anxiety and different kinds of pain, it is necessary to be banned in order for students to lessen up stress from loaded work. To sum it all up, The No Homework Policy gives positive outcomes and positive effects on students in their time, family, and most importantly their health.

“Implementation of No Homework Policy”

Education has been a significant part of society. As of today, education plays a vital role in the success of every individual however, education has changed through time. Students nowadays experience a much faster pace than students generations ago (Cordz, 2017). Students are often looked upon as the building blocks of society thus the present generation needs a competitive advantage which includes their academic success among others. However, It is evident that with the growing knowledge and fast pace of technology, the student’s academic workload and academic stress are increasing and significant addition to this increasing stress is homework (Galloway, Conner & Pope, 2013) As Cited by Pope (2013), busy world discourages learning and tolerates doing homework to simply earn points.

Escudero filed House Bill (HB) No. 3611, which seeks to remove homework as a requirement during weekends and have Kinder to Grade 12 students do academic activities solely within school premises. The Department of Education (DepEd) has also expressed its support for the no-homework policy bills proposed by lawmakers in the House of Representatives. Criticism from different people especially our parents and students pointed out that this bill should be implemented. Well if we will take into full consideration the state of the education system today, is it really a necessity for the curriculum to remove homework during weekends? Is it really the most efficient way to help the students manage their academics wisely? Well, I believe that removing homework during weekends will be a great means for the students to manage their academics and personal life wisely.

House Bill 3883 is believed to have potential benefits if implemented. Three separate bills that support the No Homework policy have been proposed, two in Congress and one in the Senate. Quezon City 5th District Representative and actor Alfred Vargas filed a bill that seeks to ban elementary and high school teachers from giving assignments over the weekend with violators to face a fine of P50, 000 and jail time of up to two years,’ citing that ‘the time that students would spend on homework could be dedicated instead to honing entrepreneurship skills with their family and friends, or joining sports competitions and artistic workshops.’ Meanwhile, House Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero filed a separate bill that bans homework for kinder to grade 12 students. At the same time, the proposal includes that learners in this level will also be not allowed to take their textbooks out of all public and private schools. Senate Bill 966, filed by Senator Grace Poe, also seeks to mandate all ‘primary and secondary schools in the country to not allow teachers to give any homework or assignments to students from Kinder to Grade 12 on weekends. Under the proposed measure of Senator Poe intended for public and private schools, teachers may only assign homework to students on weekends provided that it will be minimal and will not require more than four hours to be completed.’

There are many things to be considered before criticizing this bill. First and foremost, people misunderstood that the “No Homework Policy” totally bans the giving of homework when in fact it is only during weekends. The Department of Education has also expressed its support for the proposed ‘No homework policy,’ stating that the ‘Department supports the no-homework policy proposed by legislators from the House of Representatives. By ensuring that they complete all assignments and projects in school, the no-homework policy enables our learners to find a balance between their academic development and personal growth by having ample time for enjoyable activities with family.’

A recently concluded study by the University of the Philippines shows that family time is extremely important to achievement and behavior. Studies on family meals suggest that students who have dinner with their families have better academic scores and behavioral outcomes.

Perhaps this is only a correlation, but family time is undeniably important to student development. In addition, the weekend is the only time parents could expect their children to help them with household chores and assignments given on weekend makes it their focus instead. Students spent most of their days at school while their parents are at work.

Second, more homework doesn’t necessarily equate to higher achievement. A 1989 Duke University study that reviewed .01 studies found a weak link between achievement and homework at the elementary level and only a moderate benefit at the middle school level. In a similar recent review of 60 studies, researchers at Duke University found homework was beneficial, but assigning excessive amounts of homework was counterproductive. In the same manner, it should be considered that students also need rest. Everyone needs a mental breather and the weekends are the best time for relaxation, for longer hours of sleep, or for anything you want to do other than your school tasks. Students then should get less homework on weekends because too much can cause great stress which in turn causes lack of sleep, slipping grades, fatigue, unhealthy eating habits, depression, and other many factors. According to a 2006 poll, 80% of teens don’t get the recommended amount of sleep which is one factor in low performance in class. In this case, teachers still have the right to give homework but on weekdays only.

Moreover, students might learn more from observing the real world, and weekend assignments deprive them of this opportunity. Learning isn’t just about paper and pen activities. Teachers should also inspire students to seek ways to learn from real-world experiences. They might be enlightened to learn more about the real world and different jobs they might pursue in the future other than just sitting at a desk all day just to complete all the assigned tasks!

Extracurricular activities and personal hobbies are important in helping to develop one’s character, and especially in these crucial years, it seems an important thing to define ourselves. However, these important times are just being taken up by more and more work.

In addition to this, in other countries, homework is guided by what is called, ‘the ten-minute rule’ which recommends a daily maximum of 10 minutes of homework per grade level’. Cooper also quoted: ‘A good way to think about homework is the way you think about medications or dietary supplements. If you take too little, they’ll have no effect. If you take too much, they can kill you. If you take the right amount, you’ll get better.’

There are also countries in this world that give less homework and are still successful. At the top of the list for less homework and being highly successful in Finland. This European country prides itself on short school days, long vacations, and only 2.8 hours of homework a week. Finland says its system works on trust. Rather than overloading children with work when they are home, Finnish parents trust that the teachers will give the children all the education they need while they are at school. Much like Finland, South Korea only has around 2.9 hours of homework a week. Japanese schools work in a way unlike many others around the world. Rather than teachers using the knowledge they have to teach the class, they work at educating their students on how to use the internet and resources around them to find the answer for themselves. This means that schools in Japan only hand out around 3.8 hours of homework a week.

With the abovementioned arguments, there are still people who are against this bill. Education Secretary Leonor Briones recently engaged in a public pitch for the policy, which is now the subject of a couple of pending bills in Congress. She does not agree with the position of the Department of Education (DepEd) that a “no homework” policy, prohibiting teachers from assigning academic work to be completed by students outside of regular school hours, is beneficial to Filipino students. Educators also from both public and private schools expressed concern about the “no homework” bills noting that the proposal might promote “wrong values” among learners – thus, making the country’s education system more “problematic.”

Conclusion

As the main objective of House Bill 3883 was described as removing homework during weekends, I believe that it is a great means to help the students to manage their academics and personal life wisely. The bottom line of this is we want only what’s best for our students. We don’t train robots, we train humans. Removing homework for students during weekends will not greatly affect their personality in a bad way but in fact, it is the opposite of it. House Bill 3883 doesn’t mean the total banning of homework but rather removing homework on weekends only.

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Introduction

Homework is a set task that is given to students to be solved at home and submitted at school for examination. There are usually homework tasks set from most or all subject categories for submittal at different or clashing target dates. Failure to carry out these tasks on or before target times often carries penalties on the student concerned. It has become the norm for students to be under the pressure of homework and now seems to be one of the most defining criteriums for student performance grading.

In my argument, I don’t quite agree with the idea of homework in this way because it tends to eat into the times for play and rest at home after a very busy long day studying in school. With the high amount of homework tasks for almost all subjects, we tend to lose out on such leisure time at home. This should not be so. After all, – All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

I find some of the homework to be too much and sometimes unnecessary after most of the exercises have been explored and tested in the classroom. Some of these tasks are better suited within the classroom premises as the tools, apparatus, and equipment are more available in the classroom than it is in the home environment. Moreover, the school classroom presents a better learning and less distracting environment than the home setting, hence, the homework at home may not present the best output for the student.

I find the school opening times absolutely acceptable from 9 am and I’m sure you would agree with me too, irrespective of you being a teacher or a student. However, if homework routines at home should outweigh the time for rest and other relaxation activities at home, then I can argue that the school opening times should then be much later than 9 am, in order to allow some more rest time for the students’ life pattern. That extra hours of sleep in the mornings can really brighten up your day and reduce stress levels. According to scientists and researchers, if you could squeeze in an hour or 2 of extra sleep you will look better, feel better and be better at your school or job performance.

Homework has been around since 1905 and nothing revolutionary has happened or even changed about the way we do homework. Doing homework now is still pretty much the same thing as doing homework in 1905. Why?

Roberto Nevilis, an Italian man (that invented Homework), made homework back then for one main purpose, to punish his students. Some people argue that Horace Mann, an American man was the one that normalized homework during the 19th century and made it a default thing for all schools to include it in teaching. Why? Horace did this as he saw this as a way for kids to get extra learning which some kids may not want. Why would the kids not want more learning at home? The simple answer is that the children want to stay home and have time for themselves, family, or just friends. They don’t want to sit down and study as soon as they get home, but they are left with not much of a choice because if they don’t do those tasks their parents will be notified and the outcome of that is hardly palatable.

From another perspective, from some teachers, it can be said that homework is dished out to students not only for more learning at home but also to do a ‘Roberto Nelvis’ approach to their misbehaving students. While some may have adopted Horace Mann’s approach of extra learning which may be too pressurizing on students.

The idea of homework is not all-embracing to me in all its entirety, as there are days that I just need to go back home after a long day of school and just relax and have some free time. I know it’s a hard pill to swallow but be rest assured that there’s some good to homework nonetheless. However, on the other hand, sending work home for kids to do isn’t all so bad. The children are getting more skills and work reinforced in their learning process. Homework can lead kids’ children to know how to be more self-disciplined, independent, and to be more responsible about their work, to get more revisions for upcoming tests. Homework also helps to enforce better preparation for great grade marks for an upcoming exam. You may never know that piece of homework that gave you more knowledge. It may be the reason why you made it to your dream school or job. Homework may be a pain, however, if properly administered by the teachers, in the long run, it’s pretty helpful.

Conclusion

Please bear in mind that I do understand the need for quality studies and progressive learning but my argument is not about making school shorter or less quality, it is about administering the necessary homework tasks to students with less pressure and it should strike a balance with their other life routines.

With these points of mine, I hope I can manage to convince you that excessive and unnecessary homework should be banned to allow a focus on the student’s main tasks and also a balance with their leisure times.

We do not agree with the position of the Department of Education (DepEd) that a “no homework” policy, prohibiting teachers from assigning academic work to be completed by students outside of regular school hours, is beneficial to Filipino students.

As a student, I disagree about the no homework policy because for me homework is important because it allows me to practice the things I am learning at school and it may be responsible for many things such as doing homework and this give me a bond with my fam. Homework teaches me to work independently, encourages self-discipline, responsibility, and a love of learning and it can also teach me to manage my time and to do things on time also teaches use my mind, so I may be prepared for further learning at school and in the workplace. Homework teaches me to read and listen to instructions carefully and keep track of time and not spend too much time on any one question when not necessary. Time is important to us all and the misuse of it can sometimes be a burden to us in the long term. Using our time wisely and understanding deadlines of time is important in life and the younger we learn this the better we will become and the more organized we will be. We should also understand that to be given a task to perform by a certain time and not to do it can create a wide range of issues for all people involved. So for me don’t ban the homework policy.

Homework is a vital part of education because it gives students the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom. This occurs in two ways — not only by creatively applying the educational content but also by giving students practice in developing good work habits and methods. From a practical point of view, homework allows “more education” than can be fit into a few hours of a school day. And far from preventing families from bonding, homework encourages parents to become more involved in their children’s educational activities.

Just imagine it’s a Sunday night. You’re all comfortable and tired, and just trying to relax because you had a great weekend. You’re just about to fall asleep, but then you realize, you have homework. Now you either get up and do all your homework, or you just leave it and take the zero. I know everybody in this room can relate to this situation because it’s happened to every single one of us before. That is why I’m talking to you about having a no-homework policy in schools.

Homework can be such a controversial topic. Teachers apparently love to give it, students hate to receive it, and parents are often confused by it. When you sit down to write a persuasive essay, which you were presumably given as homework, it can be very tempting to say that we should just get rid of all homework completely. However, make sure you’re considering the nuances of the situation. There are both disadvantages and advantages to homework, and your teacher or professor may not love giving you homework as much as you think they do. After all, they presumably have to grade it, taking up valuable hours of their free time. Try considering the case for less or no homework from the teacher’s perspective.