Introductions and Reflections
This project was done at the start of the semester to discuss about homework and improve writing skills.
The difficult part was to decide which part I should take: support homework or oppose homework. At last I chose to oppose homework.
This project was done at the start of the semester to discuss about homework and improve writing skills.
The difficult part was to decide which part I should take: support homework or oppose homework. At last I chose to oppose homework.
Evil Homework
The stage of studying is very important in student’s early years. It
can affect student’s life. Students are being tortured by homework every day. They
will lose points if they do not do homework. Although teachers think homework
can benefit students, I still believe that homework should be banned for some
reasons.
Firstly, homework is harmful to students. Homework takes too much time from students and prevents students from sleeping and entertaining. If students cannot sleep on time, they cannot get up the next day. Sleeping late also harm students’ health, making dark shadows appearing on students’ eyes. Students cannot concentrate in class if they do not have enough sleep, and will have poor feedback for the days’ lesson. I think listening to teacher in class is very important to students. One example is, one day there was so much homework and I did not finish it until midnight. I fell asleep on bus next day and didn’t wake up when the bus stop at the station I’m supposed to get off. I didn’t wake up until the bus reached the final station, and I need to run to get to school. But I’m already late. I spent too much energy running, and was sleepy all day and cannot concentrate on what my teachers are saying. I felt very embarrassing. According to 5 Reasons kids needs homework and 5 reasons they don’t, “The pressure of having to complete homework every night is quite daunting for most children and they need time to refresh their minds and bodies.” (5 Reasons kids need homework and 5 reasons they don't)
Secondly, homework is useless. If students did not listen in class, homework is only a torture to them because they don’t even know what the homework is talking about. If students did listen in class, there’s still no point to do homework. They’ve already knew everything, why should they do homework? When students don’t know how to do homework, they will just grab other’s homework and copy it. That makes students learn to lie and plagiarize. According to a new study by the University of Virginia, they found out that the more time students spend time on homework does not necessary mean how much they improve. Homework is just being assigned rather than to integrate what is going on in the classroom, said a professor. (Ryan) The only point teachers assign assignments is to make students improve, if it does not help students improve, then it is definitely useless.
Finally, we need to have more personal life and learn to do things in the correct time. Personal life is like family life, having fun, and doing activities, going out and plays, or eat something you want. Homework took the time we are supposed to do those things. I think although studying is very important, we still need to have time to enjoy ourselves because we are young. We don’t want to look back and see that our young age is only filled with study when we grow up. When people are young, nobody want to sit in front of the desk every day and study, everybody want to go out and enjoy. That’s why there are so many students not doing homework although they are supposed to. One example is Steve Jobs. He seldom did homework, and he only studied at university for a few months. But still, he was successful; he had much free time to think about what he wanted to do when he grew up. Free time gave Steve Jobs the chance to be successful. Research shows that homework greatly increases family stress. “Parents may spend an inordinate amount of time fighting with their children over homework, enforcing homework rules and mastering concepts they need to help their children excel. The study found that stress, frustration and conflicts over homework are particularly pronounced in families with a child who is struggling academically.” (Thompson)What’s more, when students feel that they cannot finish the homework, they will simply just finish it in other classes; do homework when they are supposed to listen to teachers carefully.
Homework is harmful to students, it’s not as useful as it seems, and it prevents students for having more personal life. Although homework checks the progress and help students review the things learned in class, it should be banned for good.
Works Cited 5 Reasons kids need homework and 5 reasons they don't. n.d. 8 4 2014 <http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/proandconhomework.html>.
Ryan, Rachel. Study Finds Too Much Homework Bad for Students. 16 11 2012. 27 3 2014 <http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Too-Much-Homework-is-Bad-for-Students-179731641.html>.
Thompson, Van. What Negative Effects Does Homework Have on a Student's Social & Family Life? 2014. 8 4 2014 <http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/negative-effects-homework-students-social-family-life-11444.html>.
Firstly, homework is harmful to students. Homework takes too much time from students and prevents students from sleeping and entertaining. If students cannot sleep on time, they cannot get up the next day. Sleeping late also harm students’ health, making dark shadows appearing on students’ eyes. Students cannot concentrate in class if they do not have enough sleep, and will have poor feedback for the days’ lesson. I think listening to teacher in class is very important to students. One example is, one day there was so much homework and I did not finish it until midnight. I fell asleep on bus next day and didn’t wake up when the bus stop at the station I’m supposed to get off. I didn’t wake up until the bus reached the final station, and I need to run to get to school. But I’m already late. I spent too much energy running, and was sleepy all day and cannot concentrate on what my teachers are saying. I felt very embarrassing. According to 5 Reasons kids needs homework and 5 reasons they don’t, “The pressure of having to complete homework every night is quite daunting for most children and they need time to refresh their minds and bodies.” (5 Reasons kids need homework and 5 reasons they don't)
Secondly, homework is useless. If students did not listen in class, homework is only a torture to them because they don’t even know what the homework is talking about. If students did listen in class, there’s still no point to do homework. They’ve already knew everything, why should they do homework? When students don’t know how to do homework, they will just grab other’s homework and copy it. That makes students learn to lie and plagiarize. According to a new study by the University of Virginia, they found out that the more time students spend time on homework does not necessary mean how much they improve. Homework is just being assigned rather than to integrate what is going on in the classroom, said a professor. (Ryan) The only point teachers assign assignments is to make students improve, if it does not help students improve, then it is definitely useless.
Finally, we need to have more personal life and learn to do things in the correct time. Personal life is like family life, having fun, and doing activities, going out and plays, or eat something you want. Homework took the time we are supposed to do those things. I think although studying is very important, we still need to have time to enjoy ourselves because we are young. We don’t want to look back and see that our young age is only filled with study when we grow up. When people are young, nobody want to sit in front of the desk every day and study, everybody want to go out and enjoy. That’s why there are so many students not doing homework although they are supposed to. One example is Steve Jobs. He seldom did homework, and he only studied at university for a few months. But still, he was successful; he had much free time to think about what he wanted to do when he grew up. Free time gave Steve Jobs the chance to be successful. Research shows that homework greatly increases family stress. “Parents may spend an inordinate amount of time fighting with their children over homework, enforcing homework rules and mastering concepts they need to help their children excel. The study found that stress, frustration and conflicts over homework are particularly pronounced in families with a child who is struggling academically.” (Thompson)What’s more, when students feel that they cannot finish the homework, they will simply just finish it in other classes; do homework when they are supposed to listen to teachers carefully.
Homework is harmful to students, it’s not as useful as it seems, and it prevents students for having more personal life. Although homework checks the progress and help students review the things learned in class, it should be banned for good.
Works Cited 5 Reasons kids need homework and 5 reasons they don't. n.d. 8 4 2014 <http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/proandconhomework.html>.
Ryan, Rachel. Study Finds Too Much Homework Bad for Students. 16 11 2012. 27 3 2014 <http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Too-Much-Homework-is-Bad-for-Students-179731641.html>.
Thompson, Van. What Negative Effects Does Homework Have on a Student's Social & Family Life? 2014. 8 4 2014 <http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/negative-effects-homework-students-social-family-life-11444.html>.