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Is It Too Much? Chloe gets off the bus. She trips and falls. Stuff comes flying out of her bag. Books to be read, problems to be solved, and stories to be written. Two hours later Chloe is stumped on English. She doesn’t know what else to say for her feature article. She’s only halfway done. There’s still so much to do in so little time. No Fun Do you spend up to 2-3 hours on homework? Do you think it’s overwhelming? Some kids do spend up to 2-3 hours on homework. And some kids even more. “I have no time to have fun,” says sixth-grader Ashley Slater. In Ms. Barker’s 6th grade English class, 85% of students say we have too much homework (in general). Are they right? |
We Don’t Have Time After school most kids have to go to an after-school activity. Some activities last until 7:00 in the evening. Do they have time to even start homework? What about time to play? Shouldn’t kids get to enjoy life while it lasts? Studies have shown that children and teenagers need a lot of sleep. If they’re up late doing homework and getting up early to go to school, they do not get enough sleep. “I’m staying up till 11:00pm doing homework,” says Aarushi Aggarwal. As a result children and teenagers tend to get cranky and tired very easily. They aren’t able to focus when it comes to schoolwork.
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Does It Help? Do we really learn from homework? It seems that students get for homework the work they should be doing in school. Although some assignments are fun, it seem like most of it is torture. If it feels like torture we are likely not learning. Is it time for a change? Although homework is sometimes useful, it can also be a waste of time. Many students are too busy for homework because of their after-school activities. Students are also too busy for homework because they’re trying to fit in time to sleep. Maybe its time that homework doesn’t become a way of life. |
