Homework;Good+or+Bad

Parents, teachers, and board members have recently been debating whether or not homework is worth the time and effort, and if the amount

given to kids is over the top. Many people think that the kids get way too much homework and most of it is pointless busy work. This

strenuous amount of homework is making it so kids these days don’t even have much of a childhood because they are always working on

something for school. Others say that kids are supposed to be given homework and should have to say that they can’t hangout because they

have too much homework, its part of being a kid. I honestly see both sides of the situation and in this essay I will be defending both sides of

the argument and leaving you with my own opinion on the matter. You will see both sides of the argument and you can decide for yourself

which side you're on.

These first two paragraphs you will be reading will be about the idea of homework being bad. In the article, __New Recruit in Homework Revolt__, it

has this quote “parents want their kids back!" Parents are actually feeling like they don’t have kids anymore because of how much

homeworktheir kids have. They barely even get to see them because they are usually in their room studying or doing the endless amount of

homeworkthey were given that day. They are assigned hours upon hours of homework that is almost all busy work, as in homework that truly

won’t teachthem anything. When are these poor kids supposed to go outside and get some Vitamin D? When are they supposed to hang out

with theirfriends and have a normal childhood? Homework is getting in the way of their social life and also their putting a dent in their

mental/emotionalstatus. As you will read in my next paragraph, kids are crying and having outbursts because of this homework monster living

in their heads.

"How many times do we have to add two plus two?" said Mrs. Cushlanis. Mrs. Cushlanis has a second grade son that burst into tears and

started crying in the middle of one of his math problems. This quote obviously portrays how homework should be and this is by abiding by

the10 minute guideline. This is a method where second graders get twenty minutes of homework each night maximum and from there on it

keeps going up by ten minutes of homework per year. "Research has long suggested that homework in small doses can reinforce basic

skills," says Dr. Harris Cooper. This quote is perfect because I also believe that homework in small doses can help your basic skills, but if we

have two hours of biology homework then our brains will start to fry. I know once I have been doing homework for two hours that I cannot

concentrate at all, and I honestly don’t even remember and of the material I just "learned." Evidence shows that homework doesn’t improve

your test scores. What helps you learn is paying attention in class and doing all of the activities. If this doesn’t work, you can try doing a

study activity such as making note cards.

Although it seems as if homework is a monster, this monster also has a good side to it. The positives of homework are definitly out there, but

are usually overseen by most people. Teachers in Fontana, California are now replacing homework as "goal work." Goal work is work that is

assigned only to the syudents who need to improve in that area. Therefore, there is no more time wasting, boredom bringing, pointless busy

work. all of the work that the students do will absolutely help them with the subject so that they will get better grades. Parents and people

also say that homework teaches students responsibility. I can definitely see what they mea by this because it makes kids think about the

next day and what they need to do before they go to bed. This is a very important skill used daily in the working world.

A massive advantage to having homework is that it teaches kids to manage their time. If they only have a specific time range where they

can get it done, then they need to realize that and get it done in that time. This is used very often in the work world for example, if you have a

really big meeting that you need to prepare for, and you have jury duty the week before. You know that you wont have much time before your

meeting to get ready for it, so you will get ready a few weeks before. Homework has become a part of children's lives and some people such

as Mr. Parker think that part of growing up is telling your friends that you can't hangout because you are too busy with homework. I think that

what he means by this is that when we are older we are going to have to do paperwork instead of doing what we want to do such as watching

football. Homework really does transform us as we grow up into the responsible adult that we want to be.

In my honest opinion, homework is a good thing and without it i dont think i would be responsible what-so-ever. When i was younger, in about

third or fourth grade, my mom woould always remind me to do my homework. Once i started getting older i started doing it all on my own and making sure i remembered to do it by setting alarms. This is one way i obviously see that homework improved my responsibility. I never like to

do homework, but once i think about how much it is going to help me and how the only thing it will do is help me, i realize i should do it

because it is definitely worth my time. If there is a part of the homework that i dont understand, then the next day at FIRE i go up to that

teacher and get help with it. Homewrok prepares me for tests and since we have so much damn biology homework, i feel like that is why i get

such good grades on the tests. Last semester it took me around 6 hours to do the study guide for that class ad i really know that it payed off

because i ended up getting a 98/100 on the final. I definitely think that without that study guide i probably would have gotten a much worse

grade. Yes...homework is a drag, but it is extremely helpful whether you realize it or not. The homework i am being given here at Foothill is

usually not busy work. I feel like i really learn from what my homework makes me do and i DO think it is useful.