Is a Ton of Homework an Aid or Just a Burden? By: Christian Thibault

Piles of homework night after night after night but we don't want to do it but we still do because we are told that it helps us learn and does all these miraculous things but does a pile of homework truly help you learn?  I believe that the large quantities of homework students across the world do is pointless and time should be put into making shorter, higher quality homework. First of all, it increases parent-teen bonding. Second of all, it reduces family stress and lastly it frees-up time for life-changing activites.

First of all, high levels of homework can damage parent-child relationships because the school demands begin to feel like parental demands. Parents care for their childs education and oversee that homework is done. Though with the extreme amount of homework that is given to us daily, most of us either don't have time or don't want to do it. So the average reaction of a parent would be to warn their child. But if this becomes a habit, parents will start to nag their children and this will create a bad bond between a parent and the child because no child and I can confirm that, likes to be nagged.

  “I used to bond with my child while taking a walk in the woods, but now she has too much homework and other school activities: there’s no time.” This is what a mother said at a parent workshop. In a day, there are 24 hours, on average, 8 of those hours are devoted to sleeping. So there are 16 hours left. Eating, drinking and school together then take off 10 hours. So we are left with 6 hours and in 6 hours, a student has no time to go on a 30-60 minute stroll. Dr. Ned Hallowell explains that a better and stronger connection with parents and siblings helps reduce stress and leads to a happy adult life.

            Lastly, homework stops us from doing activites that could change our lives. I being a very athletic person have a constant trouble with making time for my homework. When people come back from a physical activity or even an activity that has nothing to do with athletics per say glee club. No one and I mean no one is looking forward to do tons of homework let alone homework on its own. So if there is shorter and higher quality homework students might not look forward to it but its a guarantee that it won't mind them as much.

            Regardless of what people think, I still believe that the large quantities of homework students across the world do is pointless and time should be put into making shorter, higher quality homework. If we had more family time, better bonds with parents and more free time for activites, people would be way more satisfied with their teenage years. Think about it, the future is now, everything we do now effects our future. So do you want a good future or a bad future?

           

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Information found on: http://www.christineduvivier.com/2011/02/3-reasons-to-reduce-homework/