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After a hard days work at school all a student wants to do is relax. Instead theyre assigned homework. When homework is assigned, do they actually do it? Some students do but the others are left with a bad grade. Homework really shouldnt be given out to students.
All homework does is stress out a student. If a student gets overly stressed, he or she would try to do something so they wouldnt be so stressed. Some might take drugs or even commit suicide. Lets say a student does take drugs. He or she heard that this certain drug would help him or her with his or her problem of stress. Even though knowing the drug is illegal to take, that student does it anyway. That student is probably thinking it will help with the stress, but it wont. It will do the opposite of that. These choices that the student might take because of the stress of homework will probably endanger that student. In another case scenario, if a student is swamped with homework and that student cant take it anymore, then suicide might be one of the bad choices this student might take. All because of being stressed over homework. We could prevent this tragedy just by not giving homework to students.
Students also have other things to do other than homework. My friend, Randolph, for instance, plays the guitar. He wanted to get into SPCA after middle school but homework got in the way, like traffic in New York City. He was caught in homework like a car in traffic. He spent most of his time with his homework assignments. When the audition finally came, he was unprepared like a doctor not knowing how to operate. In other words, he didnt make the cut. His dreams of going to a performing arts school were shattered into a million pieces.
Some students need to spend more time with family or friends. Most students would say that they learned a lot in school already. This is true because teachers are trained and paid to teach. If the student isnt learning anything then that means the teachers is doing a lousy job. Homework isnt needed if the teacher is doing a good job. If the teacher is doing a lousy job, then that teacher should be fired. That is a better thing to do than give the student homework.
Parents might think homework is very important because it shows that the student knows what is being taught. On the other hand, isnt that why we students take tests? If this is still a problem then extending school hours should happen. Extending school for an hour should solve this problem. They should be able to learn more even without homework. If you extend school time then homework shouldnt be needed. If we spend more time in school then the students will learn more and there will be no need for homework.
After hearing what I have to say dont you think its a good idea not to give out homework to students? I bet it sounds like a great idea! With the extended school hours it really seems that homework is going to be a thing of the past. Students should be happier when they have more time to do what they want and know for sure that they learned what they needed without worrying about homework.
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