I believe that students can learn more affectively without homework. I have been in many classes where there is no homework. Instead we just use our class time to do work and take notes. It helps many students to have time in class to do homework, it gives them a chance to ask questions before the assignment is due.
My after-school routine includes hours of homework dinner and sleep. Most students are involved in extracurricular activities and have practice after school. Getting out of school at 4:30 and then having practice and not getting home until 6:30 gives kids only 4 hours to get all homework done before 10:30. Most teachers hand out 1-3 hours of homework and when having 4 classes a day they are lucky to get 5 hours of sleep a night. So they go to bed around 1:00 in the morning and sometimes even later.
Most students get up at 6:00-7:00 when school starts at 9:00. Students rush out the door in the morning after a long night and they don't even eat breakfast. When kids our age don't get 8-10 hours of sleep it is not healthy while we are growing. I have heard from many students and personal experiences that is is harder to focus after long nights.
Students stay up even later on the days they are cramming for tests. Testing is extremely stressful for students because they have there averages, the fear of falling behind and even their parents thoughts to stress and worry about. I know from personal experiences that I get anxiety on the day of any test because of everything that is riding on the end results.
Homework should not be a reflection of the students knowledge because when a teacher gives you a worksheet and says go home and do it, you don't always understand the topic and you don't have the resources to complete the assignment. A teachers job is to answer your questions and be there to help you learn the topic. The teachers should either help you with the homework in class or they should not grade it for a daily grade because if you don't get it you can't complete the assignment.
Even assigning homework on the weekends is a little unfair because weekends are meant as a break from school. Just how adults are off on the weekends and they don't have to work so i think that we should be equal to them because one day we will be them. We will be in the positions they are in. I feel that some topics that are taught in school are not prioritized. When am I to graph a parabola in my life. Am i really going to need to know the kingdoms of animal classification or how DNA is replicated. No I will never use these things in my life. I need to learn how to do my taxes and manage money but school doesn't teach us that you are just left to do it by yourself.
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