Analysis Of Why I Think All Schools Should Abolish Homework

In "Why I think All Schools should Abolish Homework," by Vicki Abeles is a personal view on why homework should be banned. The author talks about how many students are overworked. Abeles writes about her kids, and how they come home late and stay up late like a "system on overdrive." The author argues the solution is to banned homework. As much as I agree with Abeles that a problem exists, I disagree with her solution. My experience indicates that students get a lot of homework, but homework is needed to improve grades. The author's solution is unrealistic. Although many students wish homework is banned, homework is beneficial. I think homework gives students the opportunity to study and review material covered in the classroom. Abeles imply that homework should be banned. A better solution is to decrease the workload for students. In past experience, I would get a ton of work in a week and another week I would get nothing. If school homework was spread out evenly, students would not have to be stressed and overworked. …show more content…
Abeles writes, " daily homework of many students is as long as lawyers, teachers, medical residents." I agree many students get a lot of homework in a day from all the classes combined. To a teacher assigning homework may think that he/she is not giving a lot of homework for the night, but combined with all the other teacher's homework kids get overworked. I can remember a time in high school when I got math homework about 20 questions. Then I went to my English class and had to read a chapter from a book and answer a few questions. Later that day in my biology class I had to read a section of the textbook and answer some questions. when I get home all the homework I got for the day took a long time to get done. There should be a way for teachers to communicate to each other to know how much homework is really assigned per night for