Homework proves to be a waste of time
Homework should be made optional by all schools. It keeps children up until late, is more harm than good and it causes health problems.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, children do an average of six hours of homework each night. Children should get at least nine hours of sleep at night. With six hours of homework in a five hour period, where does family and social time fit in? Children need a balance in life. If they have to go to school and do work the whole time at home, they will be tired of thinking and lose interest in their future and jump at an opportunity to drop out of school. They may even take a job that requires the least amount of work because they are tired of having a whole life centered on work.
Homework often consists of sitting in a chair with your back in a threatening position, and your eyes locked to a computer screen or paper. This causes many problems, such as bad spinal growth and pains, eye damage and even obesity. Because children do not get enough time to exercise for they have too much homework, the risk of health, emotional and social problems increases. Obese children are also more likely to be obese as adults, increasing their risk of serious health problems, such as heart disease and strokes. Doing more exercise can stop obesity, but where will children fit this exercise in?
Many parents and teachers argue that homework improves grades. This point has not been proven. In some cases this may be true, but in others, it is not.
Homework is a waste of time that is stressful. It’s pain with no gain.
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Jeffrey Magee • Nov 9, 2013 at 10:19 pm
I agree. Most of my homework that I do is a waste of time. I can get the concept by doing part of it or by looking over it. Most of us participate in after-school activites, so that gives us 2-3 hours left which if all spent on homework, eating, and showering. Even then, we get to sleep around 11:00pm to midnight. Changing the homework to optional will benifit us. Students should be given optional homework, and they can decide if they need to do it or not.
Hyunkyung Lee • Nov 9, 2013 at 9:36 pm
I think that homework is not a waste of time. In the article it talks about how there is too much homework and in the future a student might get a job with less work. In almost all the job there is no lesser work. Whether it is physical or mental, the job of somekind requires work. The job of a student is to study and get knowledge and to get the job done it requires work. Also homework is a way of getting practice. The article says that homework sometimes does not improve grades. Just because a person did one homework the grade does not go up the very next day. Like practicing sports, homework has to be done regularly to show the effect. Also a student could be doing the homework wrong and does not ask a teacher for the explanation of why its wrong and how it can be corrected. Without homework many people would not even look at what they are studying and learn about it. (i forgot to put my name on the first one- Hyunkyung Lee)