Kayla Homework
Homework, necessary evil or just evil Most students complete an average of 3.1 hours of homework a night, and 56% of those students state that when it comes to stress, homework is a primary source. Although homework, for many years, has been the way to prepare students for test, ensure accurate comprehension, and (as some say) help develop responsibilities, students and many parents argue that homework is more frustrating than helpful. Why is this? Well, homework can be stressful for a number of reasons. The number one reason being the amount of homework given. Sometimes students are stuck with more homework than needed, and this can be stressful because we don’t get as much time to do the things we enjoy doing at home. Especially if a child is involved in a sport or any extracurricular activities. Yes, education is important, and even though homework gives students more time to practice at home, what is the reason for doing work, after working endlessly all day during school? We work as much as adults with full time jobs! Will we ever get a break? I feel that when students go home, they should be able to relax and relieve their minds of schoolwork until the next morning. Homework is a headache, homework is time consuming, and homework is unnecessary. Having no homework assignments would also give families more time to connect with each other. Personally, I can relate to this because of the amount of time I spend trapped in my room, on a daily basis, to complete schoolwork before and after dinner. Chores that my parents expect me to do, often times gets pushed to the side, because of homework and I know that there are many other students that deal with this same problem. Being unable to complete chores stresses parents out and therefore can cause a student to be under even more pressure because of the need to get both things done. With younger students, it might be the other way around. Instead of mothers complaining to their child about doing