Homework+Pros+and+Cons

Whether it’s in school or at home, kids and teens everywhere are filling their heads and minds with stress. All around the nation people have been debating whether homework is good, and will help you improve, or bad, and takes away your childhood. People have different opinions on if homework is necessary or a big waste of time. In this report, I will show the positive and negative sides of the argument including my own opinion.

Cassidy Bouchard states that “Homework is really freaking stupid!” In the opinion of many people, homework sucks. Stress levels have been rising and childhoods have been ruined by homework. ‘“Bad” homework- busy work and assignments that don’t do anything but eat up my precious evening hours, is (as one of my more opinionated student put it) “A stupid waste of my time.”’ By doing homework all night long, do you think parents get to spend much time with their kids? No. Administrators say “parents want their kids back.” Homework is no longer an abstract concept. It is hard work and kids should not get their childhood snatched away from them. Many teens have so much stress in their lives from family issues all the way to school issues and piling on homework make everything ten times worse.

Sometimes homework is so pointless it’s scary. Homework takes up sleeping time and stresses students out. If someone doesn’t get enough sleep, then it takes away their performance. One school day is like one big, huge, giant, performance. Family time is important time, so when children and teens are stuck doing homework instead of chilling with the family and playing Twister, then parents will miss their kids and get mad at the school board for assigning so much homework. Vicki Abeles, the filmmaker and mother of three California kids said, “And by expecting kids to work a ’second shift’ in what should be their downtime, the presence of schoolwork at home is negatively affecting the health of our young people and quality of family time.”

The general public, far and wide, consider that homework is a positive impact. Schoolwork does help. Mathematics and English homework can be annoying as everybody in the beginning hates it. However, when a great grade is received on a test after an all-night study session, it is all worth it in the end. All the extra work, time, and effort put into homework and studying helped to ace the test. Homework teaches kids and teens patience and responsibility. Homework is practice for what is taught in school, and is best completed after school when the information is still fresh in mind. ”I think people are confusing homework with rigor.” says Donna Taylor, the Brooklyn School’s principal. When one is fully equipped with better study habits in the teenage years, then there is a much better chance of becoming a wonderful student for life. Karol Ball, says, “If we coddle them when they’re younger, what happens when they get into the real world? No one’s going to say to them, ‘you don’t have to work extra hard to get that project done; just turn in what you got.’ ” No. In order to get ahead in life, one must have the basic structure for learning imbedded in their lifestyle. Nobody gets life handed to them on a silver platter.

In different ways I’m on both sides of the homework revolution argument. I hate homework with all my heart at times, times, especially Tuesdays and Wednesdays when I’m doing algebra homework. Other times, I can’t wait to start (and finish) homework, when I know it’s going to be easy or if it will help me for a test or a quiz! My study habits aren’t the best right now and I know I’m going to get better with that but doing homework and turning it in on time. If I get a good grade on something I worked really hard at, it makes me feel really great. At first when I saw or heard the word “homework” my gut turned and twisted and I revolted against the name, but this homework revolution article helped me realize that homework is a big study guide, a life lesson and a gift all in one.

In conclusion, the nation is still debating, homework still sucks and takes away one’s childhood plus it’s a huge waste of time. It is also extremely important and necessary and helps in the learning process. Homework is life-long, in all aspects of life, and should be accepted for what it is. It isn’t the worst thing in the world. In this report I have shown the positive and negative sides of the homework revolution argument in including my own opinion.