Homework is a Waste of Time

Homework is a waste of time

Name: Josh

Date: Sun, Feb 26, 2012

Teacher: Ms. Babb

            For decades Earth has faced a diabolical and unbeatable situation causing students, parents and teachers to go peculiar. This nefarious source is none other than homework. Discussing about homework is a unique and interesting topic because it can be argued negatively or positively. I will be taking the negative side of the argument, therefore, the real question to explore is either homework improves our intelligence or holds back our liberty and happiness?

        Homework induced stress is one of the worst case scenarios. Everyone knows that as kids we have such busy lives. A full day of school, extra-curricular activities, family time, and obviously we try to squeeze in some relaxation time. This is already a massive schedule notwithstanding the fact that homework is on top of it. A result of this busy schedule is stress. If we don't have a good amount of sleep because of homework than we won't be at our best in school thus lowering our grades marks and embarrassment. It is definitely next to impossible to create a balance between life and work. If we have a huge amount of homework we won't be able to attend to our extra-curricular activities, consequently it will cause stress and other problems, we won't be able to learn and explore new things at the activity and there is also a chance of getting kicked out of the club or group we associate with. The list goes on and on as to how homework adds to our already stressful lives. It is a huge injustice to children and youth.

Without a doubt parents give duties or chores to their children in order to create a sense of responsibility and ownership in them. These can be as simple as doing the dishes or as serious as taking care of ill grandparents, however homework causes to cut down time on those life-time learning lessons. No matter how big the duty or chore, our parents depend on us to complete them, with homework in the way we can't fulfill these responsibilities as a result not letting us realize our potentials and sometimes causes disappointment to parents, moreover we would be deprived of learning what actually responsibility is and what it takes to fulfil it? Therefore we shouldn't have a massive homework at all. It is just a bump in the road and is not as important as learning responsibility or realizing our potentials. You don't want kids not to learn responsibilities do you?

Obviously parents want their kids to get good grades and not get into trouble at school. Well with that in mind a source shows that a school stopped giving homework to the students, as a result in less than a year the school noticed very impressive grades from the students, a more cheerful spirit and they also experienced less detention time and trouble from the student. If parents and teachers want these great characteristics from kids then schools should stop giving homework to students. As a result they will notice a great change in the students giving everyone a smile on their faces. Certainly homework should stop being given. Do you really want kids to get horrible grades, give attitude or get into massive trouble?

With all of these points in mind you might think twice about extending homework to students. Although homework is given with good intentions kids and parents do not appreciate it. It is inconsiderate to everyone involved and should be eliminated from the school curriculum moreover I would like to ask whether you would like a refreshed student in the morning at school or a confused, tired and restless student…? The answer is all up to you.