What do you think?
Why or why not?
Me i think it should be banned.
Here are some reasons i found on why it should.
1. Homework is given out far too much. I can understand being assigned to read a novel in English, or having to write the occasional paper, but much of what passes for homework is just busywork - mundane, pointless, boring crap assigned for the sheer hell of it (or so it would seem). Which brings us to...
2. Homework eats up far too much time. I don't know the hours you're at school, but at my high school, you're there from 8:30 to 3:30, and that's not counting extracurricular activities you may have. Think of all the time wasted when kids could be catching up on sleep (they don't get enough, it's true), being active (high obesity rates, anyone?), and actually learning something instead of plugging away at more bull.
Just because you did the worksheet doesn't mean you know the material.
3. Homework can negatively affect performance, especially in math. Say I'm learning about parabolas, and the teacher assigns 25 practice problems "to reinforce what we've learned." Well, I paid attention, but it's hard to master a concept in a single period. Still, I do the homework, because I'm a good student. Here's the problem: I don't know how to shift parabolas horizontally. Humans learn by repetition, and after I've done 25 problems incorrectly, the wrong way is lodged in my head. So when the test comes, I shift the parabolas incorrectly. Now, a teacher could catch my mistake early and help me learn, but with more instruction and less homework, that wouldn't have to happen.
4. And finally: homework serves little to no purpose. Most teachers and administrators would have puppies if they heard you say that seriously, but think about it. When was the last time you actually learned something from your homework? What has it done other than eat up the time you could have been outside?
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