Piles and Piles of Homework
Students are getting a lot of homework and that needs to stop, or at least lessen the workload. The cause and effect of having so much homework is not having good enough social life. Which means that they lose contact with their family and friends. In addition, staying up for hours has them either too tired to hang out, or too late to go out somewhere. The reason for that is that the kids might have had a mountain pile of work to do, some say “People have implied that school is to blame for kids not playing outside, rather than the more likely culprits: video games, Internet and cable TV.”(Sturgess) So, he saying that video games and tv is not to blame for kids not playing outside. It is school work that is to blame …show more content…
To begin with, too much homework can ruin a child 's curiosity and damage a child 's love of learning. Not to mention some kids get so nervous that may not get homework done in time, that they may start sweating, heart starts beating faster. One person says, "Children and teens who aren 't able to manage their stress while in school, it could lead to more stress-related illnesses when they are older, like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease." (Elliott) A number of teens seeking therapy to help manage these school stressors is rising because of the stress related homework. Not to mention, high school kids are not equipped to handle physical and emotional stress. When kids are stressing about their homework, it is a little ridiculous because they are in high school and they should not be worried about it as much. Furthermore, teachers should not be giving out tons of homework. One of the news network says, "Even ninth graders are contemplating what they are going to do with their lives. They don 't know and they 're so overwhelmed and having to make these decisions not to mention competition."(CBS New York) Research calls into question the value of assigning large amounts of homework in high-performing schools. Homework should not be simply assigned as a routine practice, as their should be a balance in the amount given to all …show more content…
Another key point is sleep, kids needs sleep, and keeping them up doing hours of homework just make it worse. Even some of the students said that they were having sleep deprivation because of their homework. One parent said, “What is a parent supposed to do when a child has to be up at 6:30 a.m. to get to school on time and doesn 't get home until 6 p.m. and then has hours of homework? You can take away all the electronics you want (but not really, as all homework is assigned and submitted online), but if there simply aren 't enough hours in the day and too much homework it becomes a far bigger issue than one individual family.” (Margolies) A student should be required no more than 10 minutes per grade level. So, an 11th grader should be getting a total amount of 110 minutes worth of homework. A news talk show says, "Homework is positively correlated with achievement and success in education, but doing too much can be harmful and stressful, it 's a balance. Homework is assigned when appropriate and it 's not busy work."(ABC15 Arizona) Students should try to prioritize and organize the child 's assignments, and when students get home from school, a good system is, homework first, play after, or sleep. That way when kids get as much sleep as
Students are getting a lot of homework and that needs to stop, or at least lessen the workload. The cause and effect of having so much homework is not having good enough social life. Which means that they lose contact with their family and friends. In addition, staying up for hours has them either too tired to hang out, or too late to go out somewhere. The reason for that is that the kids might have had a mountain pile of work to do, some say “People have implied that school is to blame for kids not playing outside, rather than the more likely culprits: video games, Internet and cable TV.”(Sturgess) So, he saying that video games and tv is not to blame for kids not playing outside. It is school work that is to blame …show more content…
To begin with, too much homework can ruin a child 's curiosity and damage a child 's love of learning. Not to mention some kids get so nervous that may not get homework done in time, that they may start sweating, heart starts beating faster. One person says, "Children and teens who aren 't able to manage their stress while in school, it could lead to more stress-related illnesses when they are older, like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease." (Elliott) A number of teens seeking therapy to help manage these school stressors is rising because of the stress related homework. Not to mention, high school kids are not equipped to handle physical and emotional stress. When kids are stressing about their homework, it is a little ridiculous because they are in high school and they should not be worried about it as much. Furthermore, teachers should not be giving out tons of homework. One of the news network says, "Even ninth graders are contemplating what they are going to do with their lives. They don 't know and they 're so overwhelmed and having to make these decisions not to mention competition."(CBS New York) Research calls into question the value of assigning large amounts of homework in high-performing schools. Homework should not be simply assigned as a routine practice, as their should be a balance in the amount given to all …show more content…
Another key point is sleep, kids needs sleep, and keeping them up doing hours of homework just make it worse. Even some of the students said that they were having sleep deprivation because of their homework. One parent said, “What is a parent supposed to do when a child has to be up at 6:30 a.m. to get to school on time and doesn 't get home until 6 p.m. and then has hours of homework? You can take away all the electronics you want (but not really, as all homework is assigned and submitted online), but if there simply aren 't enough hours in the day and too much homework it becomes a far bigger issue than one individual family.” (Margolies) A student should be required no more than 10 minutes per grade level. So, an 11th grader should be getting a total amount of 110 minutes worth of homework. A news talk show says, "Homework is positively correlated with achievement and success in education, but doing too much can be harmful and stressful, it 's a balance. Homework is assigned when appropriate and it 's not busy work."(ABC15 Arizona) Students should try to prioritize and organize the child 's assignments, and when students get home from school, a good system is, homework first, play after, or sleep. That way when kids get as much sleep as