A majority of adolescents are extremely busy with their hectic schedules. Parents are often dumbfounded by the stress that’s put on the youth of today’s society. They need time to enjoy themselves, go outside for a breath of fresh air, or a little time on the playground. For the older ones, they tend to start the day off at school and then the rest of their time is usually taken up by a job, extracurricular activities, or organization based activities. When these children arrive home, they usually sit down to eat a meal by themselves after their family has already eaten and then put themselves in a small, quiet place to take on the mountain of homework that they’ve been assigned for the night, causing less communication between parents and
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After asking a wide range of teachers how many hours they assign to high schoolers on average each week many of them said three hours, well for students that study five days a week that’s an average of forty-two minutes per class each day. After interviewing the science teacher in Brady who has been teaching for the last 15 years he simply responded, “no I don’t think I assign a lot of work, but my students may disagree. I usually assign homework twice a week and it roughly takes an hour to complete. I try to avoid assigning any homework on Wednesday’s so that students can go to youth group and spend some time with their families.” (Brownawell) A senior at Brady was asked how long do you think you spend on homework a night? “I believe I spend a solid two and a half hours on homework a night.” (Simmons) Teachers also gave three different reasons for assigning homework such as making sure that all students understand the lessons completely, to help students develop essential problem-solving skills, and also so their parents feel involved and understand what their children are learning. An astonishing thirty percent of teachers chose to cover more content as one of their reasons for assigning as much homework as they do …show more content…
Finding this statement correct, yes teachers have every right to go home and enjoy themselves, but students have spent the same amount of time at the school. In fact, teachers are allowed to go home and enjoy themselves, but why aren’t students allowed to partake in the same activities. While asking students and a few teachers these responses were received. Simmons is currently a senior at Brady and was asked a few questions. Does the extra homework assigned help to explain the lessons in depth during class? “I don’t believe that the homework that is assigned helps me to understand the lessons. Actually I think most of it is busy work.” Does the homework help to sharpen problem solving skills? “No, since the teachers have started assigning more homework I don’t think I’ve gotten any better at solving problems.” Does the extra homework help to keep parents involved and do they know what students are learning currently? “My parents have never really been involved with my school work. I don’t ask for help and they usually don’t check to see what we’ve been doing as long as I keep my grades up.” He also stated that between football practice and homework he has not been able to visit with his friends much.
After asking a wide range of teachers how many hours they assign to high schoolers on average each week many of them said three hours, well for students that study five days a week that’s an average of forty-two minutes per class each day. After interviewing the science teacher in Brady who has been teaching for the last 15 years he simply responded, “no I don’t think I assign a lot of work, but my students may disagree. I usually assign homework twice a week and it roughly takes an hour to complete. I try to avoid assigning any homework on Wednesday’s so that students can go to youth group and spend some time with their families.” (Brownawell) A senior at Brady was asked how long do you think you spend on homework a night? “I believe I spend a solid two and a half hours on homework a night.” (Simmons) Teachers also gave three different reasons for assigning homework such as making sure that all students understand the lessons completely, to help students develop essential problem-solving skills, and also so their parents feel involved and understand what their children are learning. An astonishing thirty percent of teachers chose to cover more content as one of their reasons for assigning as much homework as they do …show more content…
Finding this statement correct, yes teachers have every right to go home and enjoy themselves, but students have spent the same amount of time at the school. In fact, teachers are allowed to go home and enjoy themselves, but why aren’t students allowed to partake in the same activities. While asking students and a few teachers these responses were received. Simmons is currently a senior at Brady and was asked a few questions. Does the extra homework assigned help to explain the lessons in depth during class? “I don’t believe that the homework that is assigned helps me to understand the lessons. Actually I think most of it is busy work.” Does the homework help to sharpen problem solving skills? “No, since the teachers have started assigning more homework I don’t think I’ve gotten any better at solving problems.” Does the extra homework help to keep parents involved and do they know what students are learning currently? “My parents have never really been involved with my school work. I don’t ask for help and they usually don’t check to see what we’ve been doing as long as I keep my grades up.” He also stated that between football practice and homework he has not been able to visit with his friends much.