Do you think that schools should stop Homework altogether?

Question

I am an adult with 2 school-aged children and I think they get too much Homework. Not only am I telling them to get on with it, but the teacher penalizes them too!
Perhaps their perception is that they think the world is against them and rebel or do so called stupid things.
I think Parents and Teachers need to recalculate the situation from the childs point of view, bearing in mind that we all have done a good days work and need rest and recouperation.
PS Please forgive any spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, I've had a tough day.

Answer 1

no because homerk is a way to study actually. It gets you r brain going.

Answer 2

I'm a student, and I don't think that homework should be stopped altogether. We need to regulate the amount of homework, I agree. It just piles up sometimes. But if I had never gotten homework all the time I've been in school then nothing would have stuck and the 7 hours I had spent in school that day would have been a waste of time.
There's a good book on this topic. It's called The Homework Myth. It makes the argument that homework is overrated.
Don't get me wrong, by the way. I like it when I don't get homework, but the reinforcement helps me remember what I learned.

Answer 3

I do not think homework should be stopped completely but I agree that some teachers give to much home work. My has ADHD and getting home work done after he comes home from school is very frustrating, my son has a hard time staying on task and focusing on his home work. Once he is at home his focus is what fun activvites can he do outside, on the computer or on the Playstation. I know once I get home from work I want a few minutes to relax before I have do homework with him, read the mail, and last but not leaset cook dinner. I believe that some teachers do not realize that the responsibility of making sure the home work gets is on the mother. Now a days a woman is a mother, a cook, and what ever elese needs to be done. Woman are also working outside the home a lot more and working full-time.

Answer 4

As a teacher, I don't think homework should be stopped althogether. However, I do think educators need to step back and access what is meaningful homework and what works best for the needs of the children within that particular classroom.

Sending home worksheet after worksheet does nothing but deaden the child's innate curiosity and penchant for learning along with teaching them that homework has no meaning.

Maybe instead of piling on the homework, my fellow educators should take heed of the suggestion in the Time magazine link below: extend the school day and look beyond the agrarian-based school calendar.

Answer 5

When you're in elementary school, it's important to have homework because you learn very basic things that you will need to know for the rest of your life. However, homework shouldn't be given in such an amount that things become redundant. Also, tests are a better measure of how much a student knows. Homework is supposed to be practice and should not be graded because the students are still in the learning process and should not be expected to know everything on the homework. As people get into high school and college, I do think that homework should be optional because by then people will know if they know the material that they learn in school. If they know it, then homework shouldn't be given, if not, then it should.

Answer 6

I think that some homework is good, after all, they need the practice somewhere and there is not always enough time for everything in class. The only thing is, every teacher seems to think their subject is the most important and gives a lot of homework, making it much harder for kids to do all of their homework in eight different subjects. I think they should give less homework, just enough for the kids to learn the material. And NO BUSYWORK. They don't learn anything from that. Then they would have more time to relax. That would also make them less stressed. They can't do as well under stress.

Answer 7

No,
Homework is very important to reinforce learning and to teach students to take responsibility for their own learning. It is true that there should be reasonable expectations. One guideline is that students should expect about ten minutes times their grade (so 4th grades would have no more than 40 minutes max). There should also be clear expectations about what happens if they really try but don't understand. Another thing to negotiate is the role of parents- homework shouldn't require parents to have to participate too significantly (either by checking everything, helping with everything, or searching out special materials). I remember one year being asked to check a son's math homework each night (without an answer key- so that I basically ended up having to do math homework myself each night).
Homework can end up being a real irritation and source of conflict in a home if not presented clearly. Even so, research proves beyond doubt the educational benefits of homework.

Answer 8

Let us not throw the baby out with the bath water. It has been brought to the attention of the country that our kids have a big homework load; probable to play catch-up with the countries pulling away from us. It would be interesting to see how much homework the Chinese kids are getting. Or, do they, and others like them, have a different approach to the problem. The child's point of view may be important, but we are 20th in science and 25th in math ranking in the world. WE need to reformulate our system, one way, or another, or we will lose our competitive edge.

Answer 9

Homework is actually important.
I am in middle school and hate homework so much. I always ask my mom why we have to have homework and she always tells me, its to prepare for class the next day or to practice what you learned that day.

Homework shouldn't be stopped altogether, but there should be so much that it is unbearable.

A thing i do to handle the homework i get is to decide when i am going to do it. I might say, i will relax until 5 and then do my homework, and it depends what i am doing after school. If i am busy at say 6, i might do my homework at 4 or 4:30.
Doing this allows me to relax and get my homework done.

Answer 10

As a teacher, (and parent) I agree with you! I have heard of young children having literally hours of homework a night. Many of my student's parents will tell you they really just want to keep their kids busy. Thank goodness my son (9th grade) never has. I would definitely protest. Research does not support homework in the elementary school. It does not appear to be beneficial until high school. If you want to go to your child's school armed with data, I would research on search engines. I had an article from Time magazine a few years ago. There is plenty of research out there. I encourage you to go for it. No one is more fierce than a mom protecting her children!

Answer 11

Homework to me, is important. It provides a good way for me to review what was learned in class without really re-reading the text. For example, Math. You cant really study for that subject. It's more like something you do. The teachers probably want them to do well. Once in a while, i do believe that we do get too much, but then again, it's also good practise before university. Since i just hear that it's all hard work.
Anyways, i believe that homework is a good thing. It really does help in my opinion. And sometimes, my teachers want to give us better marks by doing homework checks. It's just easy marks to get a better mark on your report cards. I may be a student, but i still take it as a good thing; even though i do stress sometimes (but that's mostly cause i procrastinate.)