why should teachers give less homework?

Question

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what i mean is why do students want less homework. is homework restricting them from being socially involved?

Answer 1

TEACHERS ARE TRYING IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM TO TEACH THE KID HOW IT IS TO WORK FOR A LIVING THEREFORE THEY GIVE THEM HOMEWORK TO DO BUT SOME TEACHERS GO OVER BOARD. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE HOMEWORK FOR ONLY FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND THE CHILDREN'S WEEKENDS BE LEFT ALONE TO HAVE FUN JUST LIKE AN ADULT AND THERE JOBS. IF YOU GIVE A CHILD TOO MUCH TO DO WITH OUT HAVING SOME FUN IT WILL MAKE THE CHILD LAZY AND WHEN THEY GET OLD ENOUGH TO WORK THEY WILL NOT WANT TO. AND IN TURN CHOOSE TO HAVE FUN OVER MAKING A LIVING. SO CUT BACK ON THE HOMEWORK A CHILD CAN LEARN ALL THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN IN FIVE DAYS A WEEK THROUGH SCHOOL. LET THEM HAVE SOME FUN WHEN THEY ARE KIDS THIS WILL TEACH THEM MORE IN THE LONG RUN.

Answer 2

It depends on the age of the student.

I don't think grade-school kids should have a lot, because home life should be about play. Unfortunately, most kids just sit like a log in front of the TV.

I believe HS students should have more. College takes discipline and if a student isn't used to managing study time, they are going to fail.

Going even further, as a professional for ten years, I often have to take work home and complete the days tasks.

So, I guess I am of the opinion that more homework should be given if one is to become a success in college and career.

But, if one doesn't like homework, there's always McDonalds for a career.


--I see a lot of posters saying the one reason is for more family time, and I certainly agree, however, family time takes a backseat to TV, games, computer, etc these days and there is a reason kids are obese and daily family time has been reduced by up to 60% in the last 40 years --- and homework isn't to blame.

Answer 3

As a parent, this was a constant battle for me. When I was growing up, we had no homework until middle school, and then very little until high school. And I, for one, got an excellent education. If the teacher can't teach a child what s/he needs to know in the six to seven hours at school when the child is fresh, how is the child supposed to learn it later when s/he is tired? I wanted to do enriching activities with my daughter, but there was very little time after school because of the hours of homework! When children come home with hours of homework, parents are tempted to do the homework for them. I know I was. So I ended up cheating with my daughter instead of taking her to karate or music class or choir or nature walks. Some teachers assign reading and questions for work at home, and use class time to correct the questions. There is little or no time spent actually teaching the material. Some parents do not speak English or have little education, and yet the teachers (who went to college for it) are expecting these parents to teach their children at home, after school. Schools are taking away recess and even PE from children, meanwhile complaining about kids who can't sit still in class. Don't they think children need exercise? And it is also true that children need free time just to be themselves. They shouldn't have to spend all day and all evening too on schoolwork.

Answer 4

The homework guideline is 10 minutes for each grade level- So a 2nd grader would have 20 minutes. When you say less homework- I don't know how much you are refering to. Homework should always reflect work already learned, not things parents have to teach their children. Too much homework impedes on important family time- assuming families are spending that time together.

Answer 5

As a former teacher, I feel that kids have too much to do these days. School has kids for 6+ hours a day and then there all all sorts of after-school activities.

Doing rote boring worksheets had no meaning to kids. I can see reading every night and working on long term assignments but the daily barrage of homework isn't necessary.

Answer 6

I just wrote an essay for this in my 10th grade English class. First off students should have time to relax. Second off studies show that 6 out of 10 students who report chronic back pain is from the amount of books they carry in their backpacks. Last there is the problem of student's school work and jobs interfering with each other

Students want less homework because they want their "Me" time.

Answer 7

coz d'best thing for kids to develop at early ages (elementary) is by playing. the brain will much more develop better than doing a bunch of homework...

Answer 8

uhh b/c we have a frickin life ! i mean c'mon most kids either have sports or instrumental practices , dinner, shower, then curfew at 10..i mean and kids need some free time so geez when u give out 5 worksheets and 20 txbook pages to read its kinda hard to squeeze in WITH a social life too

Answer 9

To have less work in going through unwanted answers.

Answer 10

sometimes children get an over load of stufff. they also have to carr y all of this home which injures there back