Does Homework Really Help You Learn? By: Clara-Jane R

     Having 2 hours of homework after a long day at school helps you learn? This is false. Giving students piles of homework does not help them learn. Students have an average of two hours of homework a night after being at school for around six hours. Firstly, students are tired after a day at school and they do not get the help they need. Finally, they are only trying to be done with it as fast as possible.

     To begin with, after a long day at school and in the bus, a student's priority is not to do more school work. Most students are tired when coming home from school, have after school sports or other activities to do. After six hours of having done school work, a student should come back home to do another two hours of homework? Think about it, a lot of students think only the time spent at school is long, at home they will not be concentrated to do more work when there is no one looking over their shoulder to see if they are doing their work. A student should have the right to relax at home. At school is a time to work hard but home should be a time to unwind to prepare for the next school day. After all, most students finish by doing their homework at school the next day.

     In addition, at home, students do not get the help they need. At school, if a student needs help all they need to do is ask their teacher who is not very far away. At home, not all parents have the time, or know what to do with their child's homework, as much as they want to help, they often times cannot. This means, when getting stuck on a question, a student works on it for a long time and sometimes abandons without really knowing what to do. This does not help a student learn anything and it just makes it longer when stuck on a question. A better idea would be to take the time in class to answer all questions with a teacher who is paid to help you learn and go further in life. Meaning, at home, a student is not really learning anything.

     Finally, no student wants to be doing homework at eight at night, meaning they are only trying to finish it as fast as possible. When a student see's a pile of homework on their desk the first thing that pops into their mind is not to take their time and do it all well, it is that they just want to get it over with. With all the work done during the day, a student will want to be done and go to bed as soon as possible. Without any help the student will do what he or she thinks is the answer and move on.  This basically means it will not help them improved their grades if they are not really paying attention to what they are writing.  According to Annie Murphy Paul, homework is not making the grade. Quantity is more important than quality these days, which should be the other way around.

     In conclusion, what do all these arguments mean? Giving students piles of homework is useless. They are tired after a day at school, students do not get the help and support they need at home and when they have homework, they are only trying to finish it as soon as possible. Does this sound like a good way to learn and something that will be helpful later on in life?

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