Opinion Story

 
Should Homework really be a thing?



   Over the years many people have had different points of view on homework. Some think that homework takes away from peoples lives at home, while others believe that homework is needed because it is beneficial to our learning.
   I believe that homework is asking too much of these students. We want to be able to have a life outside of school where we can have hobbies and do things that make us happy. I believe that homework should not be given and instead just have schoolwork stay in the classroom.
   It has been proven that students loose needed sleep because we are given to much homework and stay up too late trying to finish it. Sleep is something we all need and without it, we will not be able to focus on our schoolwork during classes, much less trying to finish things at home.
   Homework can drain a student mentally and physically. Getting a lot of homework can add more and more stress to a person who already has other things to worry about like their families, friends and relationships. Students work hard in their classes and by the end of the day lots of us are drained mentally. We shouldn't have to go home and work even more on things that are supposed to be done in school.
   Students are at school for 7 hours or more a day. That's pretty much a full day. Us as kids are at school the same amount of time are parents work. My parents come home exhausted from work and usually they sit down and relax. We are just kids and our brains aren't fully developed yet so when we get home from school we want time to relax and do do things we like. Coming home and doing homework just completely takes away from our time at home.
   School districts believe that homework is necessary for our improvement and so that we can get extra study time to practice what we will do in class. 7 hours a day is plenty of time to get practice and to learn what we need. If they really want to give us homework then they need to at least shorten the school days to 4 or 5 hours.
   Another argument people make is that it improves our thinking and memory, which is partly true but by doing all this extra work to get our brains to remember things is hard and tiring work. By the time we get our brains to remember something we've already stayed up until 11 o'clock and now were exhausted and have to sleep and get up and do it all again.
   The solution to this is plain and simple. Just do away with homework period. By doing this we will eliminate all these lingering problems and it will for sure help student focus more during the school day.
   Homework asks a lot from us and students need time to get away from the schoolwork and be able to relax when they get home not have to worry about even more work.