Why We Should Have Homework Persuasive Essay

Elizabeth Molina

Mr. Haskett

English IV 5

December 6th, 2014

Believe me when I tell you nothing is worse than coming home from a seven hour day at school then to a long hard practice and then doing more than four hours of homework each night. What a time to be alive they always say but not for teenagers who are consistently struggling over the hours of homework they are assigned each night. An average student probably takes at least one or two APs a year and above average student usually takes three or four. Each student is assigned to six classes sometimes even seven and then some students are assigned a zero period. From there I am telling you that students stay up as late as they possibly can until they know their homework is complete, I myself have expierenced many.

I strongly believe that students should not be assigned homework or just the bare minimum, teachers do not sometimes comprehend that students are enrolled in six different classes that are each give it at least an hour of homework. Studies have shown that 80 percent say they frequently or sometimes experience daily stress, 34 percent have felt depressed at some point in the past three months, 13 percent have been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as an anxiety disorder or depression, 9 percent have seriously considered suicide in the past year.So if a teenager is at school for roughly 8 hours, and they are doing homework for six or more hours, and they need at least about nine hours of sleep for their developing brains, and they may have 0 to 1 for other activities like eating, bathing, excersing, socializing (Which is actually incredibly for emotional, mental, and psychical health, as well as the development of skills vital to their future career and having healthy romantic relationships among other things), religious, activities, hobbies, extra curriculars,medical care of any kind, chores (also a skill/ habit development