Limiting Homework Research Paper

Teachers should limit the homework they give a student each night because students don’t have very much time after school so with the homework, teachers currently enforce on students they don’t have very much time to complete other important tasks, another reason is less homework will allow students to have more rest for the following school day due to them staying up late at night trying to finish their assignments, and lastly it will allow stress relief for many students due to homework being one of the leading causes of stress in teens throughout high school.

Teachers lessening the current average homework amount each school night will greatly increase the time students have to complete other tasks involving extracurricular activities and personal tasks of life a teenager has to go through throughout their high school years. 57% of children aged between 6-17 participate in at least one extracurricular activity. Also for high school students who typically have five classes with different teachers, that could mean as much as

17.5 hours each week. Students don’t have much time after school hours to complete other tasks, therefore students are forced to stress about how they will complete other tasks while maintaining a high GPA in their classes in which can cause the opposite effect and cause a student's academics to suffer.
Students will be able to have more rest each day and better be able to energize their tired bodies after they’re done with the regular school day and other extra curricular activities if the teacher lessens the average homework load each night.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended school start times no earlier than 8:30 for teens due to how late they stay up due to homework. The average amount of sleep that teenagers get is between 7 and 7 ¼ hours. However, they need between 9 and 9 ½ hours (studies show that most teenagers need exactly 9 ¼ hours of sleep). By lessening the amount of homework a higher percentage of students will be able to meet the healthy recommended hours of sleep each night that professionals have advised. With more rest each night this will allow students to stay better focused throughout the school day thus increasing the chances of their GPAs rising due to their increased attentiveness in class each

day.
Students’ on average currently have stress levels equivalent or even slightly higher than most adults due to the amount of homework they have each night and the additional stress that comes with time management involving extra curricular activities. Teens report that their stress level during the school year far exceeds what they believe to be healthy (5.8 versus 3.9 on a 10-point scale). Many teens also report feeling overwhelmed (31 percent) and depressed or sad (30 percent) as a result of stress. Teens need to have less homework each night that way they don’t have to carry more stress than they need to at such a young age. Teachers need to better realize how students don’t have as much time for homework as they think whereas most students have many tasks they have to do every day after school.
In conclusion, teachers need to lessen the homework load for the average student for multiple benefits not only only for the student but the teacher also with allowing them both to have more time to focus on other tasks out of the classroom, it will allow them to gain more rest to better prepare themselves for the busy following school day and lastly it will greatly decrease the stress homework puts on both the student and teacher by allowing them to put more effort into other tasks outside of the classroom that they already spend most of their day in every day of the week.