Is there a point to homework?

Question

Why can't we just learn stuff in school and only in school?

Answer 1

Because the less of a real life we have, the happier they are..it makes perfect sense to me that way.....

Answer 2

There might be a point...

but my question is how can we, the students, be expected to spend 7-8 hours at school doing what they want us to do and then, come back to our own house and do the same stuff nobody likes to do....! And no, I don't need to look over the same stuff I studied at school - my memory is not that bad. So there isn't a point to homework. We should be doing (projects , assignments, etc.) at school and at school only.

This....is worse than an 8-hour job.

Answer 3

I suppose there isn't time to teach you and to get you to write all the stuff that's needed.
Ideally it should just be in school I agree with you. I never had homework in primary school and not much till I was 14/15 but my 7 year old comes home with it. Some parents love it, but I think there's more to childhood than cramming with facts, but I have to get her to do it as it's what's expected.

Answer 4

Teachers assign homework for three basic reasons:

to get children to practice skills or concepts they have learned in class (for example, practicing certain math fundamentals)

to prepare children for the next class (perhaps by reading a chapter in a book that the class will later discuss)

to give children the chance to work on a project that is time-consuming or requires outside resources (such as the library, the Internet, or you, the parents).
Early on, the main point of homework is to get children used to the idea of working outside the classroom, as well as helping them develop time-management and organization skills. Later in elementary school and particularly in high school, children who do more homework score better on standardized tests. It stands to reason that when teachers set high expectations for learning, including relatively high homework demands, children learn more.

Answer 5

YES! It provides practice time for you. Let's say you're studying to be a Physician, Homework helps you remember all those terms and medications you will be using. If They didn't have homework how do you think they would remember all that information? Homework is important, but I guess you have to be an ADULT to UNDERSTAND that.

Answer 6

i dont think there is a point, but the teachers sure do! though, i think the main pint to homework is so that you can raise your grade. almost like extra credit every single freakin day! you have to live it. im still hatin it but you cant go against what the teachers want. they might "fix" your grade if you get on their bad side.

Answer 7

Because homework helps teachers know who really got the lesson and who may need some more help with it.

Answer 8

They want to make sure you know what you are doing on your own away from the school enviroment. Also I think it is just to haunt you and let you know you will not have a life while they are in this world. lol

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Answer 9

I think only SOME hmwk is necessary. Like if they are trying to reinforce a particular area of study, or if more practice is needed. I think most of it is just wasteful busy-work.

Answer 10

There will (of course) be some righteous prick who says 'so we can be smarter' but that's bullshit. All homeworks ever done for me is confuse me and stress me out. All my teachers are sadists and want to torture us with work that doesn't even help us out.

Answer 11

Honestly..the point is this: Repetition and reinforcement equals retention.

The more you do of something, the more you will learn and retain about what you are studying.