Too Much Homework For Students

Children in today’s society complain how much homework they are getting or the parents complain that their children are getting too little amounts of homework or they both complain that it is just busy work. Students and parents, as well as teachers complain about the amount and quality of homework. Homework is be beneficial to students if it furthers their education yet it also gives them stress and puts them under pressure if the amount is too overwhelming and if the content is not helpful. Homework can be debatable on too much homework, too little homework or is homework is just assigned as busy work. Many teachers and parents are debating on whether to put a limit on how much or how little homework a student is able to receive per night.

They complain about getting stressed out, having anxiety about upcoming assignments that are due, not being able to do extracurricular activities, etc. “Kids are tired after that and need to unwind and engage in nonacademic activities – many of which are just as valuable in creating a well-rounded person as academics are” says Lisa Morguess, interviewed by CNN. “If a child is struggling, homework is not the key to improvement” said elementary school principal, Dr. Tish Howard. Many students do not have parents at home that understand the subject and can help them with the homework therefore putting more stress on the student. When kids are given homework, it most likely does not help them get a better education or help them do better on standardized tests. It can cause boredom, sleep deprivation and stress. When teachers assign homework, their goal is to get students to understand and learn the topic better. Unfortunately, this is not what occurs. Studies show that the more homework given decreases test results and the less amount of homework given the higher the results. Observations show that students have longer working hours that have to do with school assignments then adults do with their job. Students are getting excessive amounts of

Many students complain that mostly all their homework is just busy work and that it is not even helpful to their education. Instead of the teachers giving their students homework that could actually help them, they give them busy work for homework that is meaningless to what they are learning. “This does nothing but waste time for the student who has yet to complete it, as well as for the teacher who has to grade it, giving them both what everyone calls ‘busy work’”. Homework is pretty much a waste of time for everyone, including teachers, students and parents. If homework was to be given, it should be helpful to the students and actually worth grading. They should either give useful work or they don’t give at all, it is pointless if it is not