Introduction to Problem Homework time, emotional well-being and academic performance are some of the factors that are at risk with excessive homework for elementary students. Background Homework problems, to this day, have created worries among parents and teachers alike. Some of the problems faced by the teenagers are such as obesity, time pressure, behavioural and emotional problems. Students have continuously associated excessive homework to the loss of activities that are important to them…
athletes (Young and Stressed). Late practices and games are huge contribution to not getting homework done in time, therefore it is easy to copy off from someone else’s homework in the hallway before school or during a class. Typically, practices will start right after school and may go until five o’clock or sometimes a few hours past that. With this being the situation, it is really easy to forget about the homework assigned or the students might be too tired or too lazy to even do it.…
Pedro Bailon #4 ` 12.20.16 Should Kids Get Homework? Is too much homework good for kids and their health or is it just making then live a harder and more stressful life? Well, there are many people who strongly agree that students get homework. On the other hand, other people might just not agree with their opinions. To begin with, kids would most likely want to do something after school after coming home from a really stressful day. For instance, it could take away time from a kid to…
forces a student to learn how to manage their time. From July through November, a large amount of time is consumed by rehearsals, football games, and competitions. Teenagers commonly procrastinate and have trouble with prioritizing. Balancing school, homework, rehearsals, and free time becomes a challenge. However, the constant activities push one to find a schedule that works for them to get everything done as well as it…
have asked, “How much homework is too much?” While students do need practice outside of school, they do not need to spend an entire evening doing it. The fact is if a kid receives too much homework, it will provide little to no academic benefit for the student. In the article “Rethinking Homework”, Alfie Kohn states that homework is a non-beneficial project for young students. (Kohn). The article quotes professor Harvey Daniels as he states, “Most of what homework is doing is driving…
Homework has been debated for a while now, so let's get one thing straight. Homework shouldn't be mandatory for students under college. In college, it's okay you'll be a clod to deny that, but with 12th grade down to kindergarten, that's a different story. "One of America's biggest educational fallacy is that more homework makes better students. In fact, if homework were a prescription drug, the FDA would long ago have demanded its recall." -Alternet.org As debaters from Debate.org says, kids…
Would it be better if there would be four days of school a week? YES! It would mean less driving so parents would have to spend less gas which messes with the environet. It would mean less time stressing over homework and more time at home. Also we would not have to pay for lunch and gas as often so you would be saving money.It would be much better if we had four days school weeks. When parents drive to school it means they are using gas. Using gas harms environment and that…
developing study skills and encouraging career and educational planning are also seen throughout the course (“Counseling Courses”). However, the majority of the material covered in this class is common sense or there are resources on campus that can help out with various college issues. Also, taking this “college success” class is a waste of time and money. Therefore, Phoenix College should not require first year students to take CPD 150 (or any other college…
Sherwood. She is indeed saying that school should be shorter each week because it will help kids educationally. Susan is smart, You know what? Susan is brilliant. I sincerely believe that school should be four days a week. It will give students and teachers a tremendous opportunity to reduce stress, get caught up in school work, and spend time with family and friends. Just one extra day over the weekend will help everyone! First of all, school puts a lot of stress on students and teachers…
gotten started on my homework much sooner, as like Dan could have also I was thinking what if I can't do my homework like before, this assignment like the other one would I have to drop out of school? I don't like writing thing down on paper,but I if I learn to do so I might be able to look at my homework a lot easier than it really is. I know that this would be a better strategy for me to learn Dan might want to consider doing so as well.Instead of avoiding doing his homework,he needs to focus…