Student Athletes In High School

Studies have found that homework can put stress on parent’s marriage (Luke). Homework is assigned for extra practice which is supposed to help with your grades. Should there be no homework? Yes, there should, there should just be restrictions on how much these students are receiving. There are better ways for students to spend the time they have after school (Howard). Schools are providing way too much homework for students. Student athletes don’t have enough time do homework, it can bring your grade down even if you get the material, and can put a lot of stress not only on the students but in their household as well. Student athletes don’t have enough time when they get home from practice/games to do their homework and can affect their …show more content…
For example representing your school when you put on that jersey and step onto that field or court. There are also struggles, like trying balance out the day. With practice everyday and homework to do it can lead to lack of sleep which can cause the athlete to perform worse physically and mentally (Runyan). “Sleep is critical to good athletic and academic performance” (Runyan). There’s a lot of pressure put on these young athletes, they’re expected to perform well academically and athletically, all while staying healthy (Harvey). Overall as an athlete in high school it’s hard to manage time, but it’s even more difficult with hours of homework to come home …show more content…
Studies have actually shown that the more time spent on homework can cause lower test grades (Howard). Having a young adolescent/teenager try and sit there for 2-3 hours, is nearly impossible. They can’t focus and will eventually give up all together causing it not to get done. If a student doesn’t get it done or turned in, it goes towards their grades, even if they get the material (Strauss). Then then there are students who stay up late all night trying to finish all their homework and get no sleep, which leads to poor performance during school (Runyan). Even though homework is meant to help the students do better in class, it can still bring their grade significantly down. Homework can also cause stress to the student and their household stress. High school is 4 stressful, fun years of young teenagers finding out who they are and who they want to be in life. Throughout high school teenagers get their license, some become employed, they start looking at colleges, they start paying for their own stuff, etc. They also start worrying about the future, which is pretty stressful by itself. Adding hours of homework onto that, can cause a student to stress even more. “When it comes to stress 56% of the students considered homework a primary source,”