Should Kids Have Homework?
December 22, 2022
Should kids have homework? This is a longstanding debate. Is it really worth your time, or does it improve your skills? Continue reading to find out.
Yes, homework is good for you.
Homework has been around for a long time, and it helps kids learn. Especially in subjects like math, repetition is key. Right now, kids number one focus should be school, and homework helps them remember that. Homework also can help students understand the subject that they are studying in depth. And, we have to study after school anyway, so why not get some homework done too?
No, students do enough work in school.
Normally, the rule of thumb about homework time is that it should be 10 minutes per grade level. That means that a first grader would be getting 10 minutes per day, and a senior would be working for 2 hours a night. But some recent studies showed that some kids were getting 2-3 times their homework load. Homework is taking up more time than it should. Students should have time for extra-curricular activities and time with their family. On top of that, students are spending 7 hours at school, 5 times a week. Isn’t that enough?
My Opinion:
Students go to school and get homework, but would that be necessary if the school day was planned better? We should have a free period every day to get ahead on work. Some people might argue that Extra Help in the mornings does that, but I know plenty of people who can’t make it to school in time to do that. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t have homework, but we should have time to do it. If we had a free period every day, it would encourage students to do their work on time, and manage their time better. Planning your time is a skill that we need in life, and when is a better time to learn it then right now?
Please vote on the subject in the poll.
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henry • Dec 21, 2023 at 10:19 PM
I agree that we should get a free period or something of the sort. Homework has been around for a while now, and it has become a normal part of most school systems, and it would be really hard to change that. I think the idea of having another free period (other than TLT) would be a great idea.
Ella McArthur • Jan 27, 2023 at 10:46 AM
I definitely agree with this article. homework was actually invented as a punishment for misbehaving students and teachers just started giving it out regularly. A free period would definitely help!
Benjamin Stoker • Jan 5, 2023 at 6:53 PM
I definitely agree that we should have a free period. Some nights it takes 2 hours to do my homework!
Sarah Lyle • Jan 10, 2023 at 7:38 PM
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