According to U.S News, on average high school students with five different classes spend about 17.5 hours on homework per week. Hours of homework tend to put immense amounts of pressure on the students causing anxiety, depression, and lack of sleep. Craig Canapari states that a teenager requires 8.5-9 hours or sleep, most only get 6.9-7.6 hours of sleep due to staying up late finishing their assignments. Throughout many years, the time spent on homework has nearly doubled. The quality of homework is changing along with teachers giving long term projects that students must complete at home. I believe teachers should be forced to limit amount of homework given each night due to health issues cause by homework, U.S teachers give more than what
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Sleepiness is a significant cause of car accidents in teenagers which is also the leading cause of death in teens. (Canapari). Due to the overwhelming amounts of homework given to students every night many lack sleep. The lack of sleep causes students not to be able to focus or stay awake while driving. Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep. Depression, anxiety, and irritability can also be caused by lack of sleep. Students who suffer from depression often suffer from fatigue, uncontrollable emotions, thoughts of death, loss of interests in hobbies, and even mood disorders. (Healthline). The more students emphasize the importance of their homework the more likely they are to develop these symptoms. According to researcher, Cari Gillen-O’Neel, states that regardless of how much a student generally studies each sleep, if they sacrifice sleep they will have more trouble understanding material taught in class. (Healthline). Teachers have tendencies to pile on homework all in one night. Most students are involved in extracurricular activities pushing back the time they start their homework. The lack of sleep all students get cramming in homework is proven to cause multiple health issues. Not only does homework cause multiple health issues but it is proven that the U.S gives more homework than many other …show more content…
A study done in 2002-03’ school year, students 6-17 were doing twice as much homework than they were in 1981-82’. (Crawford). This increase of homework will not stop anytime in the near future. If there is a limit put on homework than in the next study will not show an increase in homework. The National PTA states that the recommended amount of homework is 10-20 minutes per grade. (National Education Association). Most elementary students do twice the recommended amount and on average high school students have over three hours of homework a night; that is an hour more than what is recommended. A research done at Penn State shows that U.S elementary schools with four or more hours of homework a night has risen to 8% way about the 1% given to elementary schools in Japan. (Penn State News). Not only is the homework amount growing but students are beginning to have a negative response to their homework. Penn State also states that the students who had moderate amounts of homework, 30 minutes per night to an hour, have higher test scores than those who study more than four hours per night. (Penn State News). An increase in homework over the years has only shown negative downfalls. If homework was regulated to a certain amount each night students would be more likely to succeed in school and on standardized tests. The amounts of homework continue to increase but all that homework doesn’t necessarily benefit
Sleepiness is a significant cause of car accidents in teenagers which is also the leading cause of death in teens. (Canapari). Due to the overwhelming amounts of homework given to students every night many lack sleep. The lack of sleep causes students not to be able to focus or stay awake while driving. Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep. Depression, anxiety, and irritability can also be caused by lack of sleep. Students who suffer from depression often suffer from fatigue, uncontrollable emotions, thoughts of death, loss of interests in hobbies, and even mood disorders. (Healthline). The more students emphasize the importance of their homework the more likely they are to develop these symptoms. According to researcher, Cari Gillen-O’Neel, states that regardless of how much a student generally studies each sleep, if they sacrifice sleep they will have more trouble understanding material taught in class. (Healthline). Teachers have tendencies to pile on homework all in one night. Most students are involved in extracurricular activities pushing back the time they start their homework. The lack of sleep all students get cramming in homework is proven to cause multiple health issues. Not only does homework cause multiple health issues but it is proven that the U.S gives more homework than many other …show more content…
A study done in 2002-03’ school year, students 6-17 were doing twice as much homework than they were in 1981-82’. (Crawford). This increase of homework will not stop anytime in the near future. If there is a limit put on homework than in the next study will not show an increase in homework. The National PTA states that the recommended amount of homework is 10-20 minutes per grade. (National Education Association). Most elementary students do twice the recommended amount and on average high school students have over three hours of homework a night; that is an hour more than what is recommended. A research done at Penn State shows that U.S elementary schools with four or more hours of homework a night has risen to 8% way about the 1% given to elementary schools in Japan. (Penn State News). Not only is the homework amount growing but students are beginning to have a negative response to their homework. Penn State also states that the students who had moderate amounts of homework, 30 minutes per night to an hour, have higher test scores than those who study more than four hours per night. (Penn State News). An increase in homework over the years has only shown negative downfalls. If homework was regulated to a certain amount each night students would be more likely to succeed in school and on standardized tests. The amounts of homework continue to increase but all that homework doesn’t necessarily benefit