Should we get homework? by Michael Cantin

Have you ever gone to bed at 11:00 pm because you have to hand in your homework the next day. If yes, I know how you feel. Students shouldn't have homework. On average teenagers have 1:30-2 hour per night of homework. So if a teenager gets back home at maybe 4:30 they do there homework till 6-6:30, then they eat for about 30 min at this point it's already 7 pm then they can relax. But if they have hockey that night that changes everything. They get home do their homework till 6:30 then have hockey that 7 so they eat while doing there homework, then finally get home at maybe 8:30-9pm, then they have to shower them so they maybe have 45 minutes to relax. But if they didn't have homework to do they would have 2 hours and 45 minutes to relax. In this blog I will talk about 3 reasons not to have homework. They might have after school activates. 2, They might be tired. 3, It doesn't help.

              (They might have after school activates.) I don't know about you but I like playing baseball or hockey after school, and when I play, it's to play for a long time, maybe between 1-2 hours. But after I've gotten to high school, I've noticed that I don't have as much time to go to the park to play hockey because of homework. For example, if I have to do a project I'll start after dinner and then I'll look at the time and its already 8:30 which is too late to play hockey or baseball. Now I know what your going to say "do it when you get home." I like to take a break from school and watch TV, go on Facebook. Also people who play in a real hockey or soccer or baseball team and can't and don't want to let there team down.

             

              (People are tired.) I don't know about you, but after a long day of school I'm tired. When you get back from school, all you want to do is relax and get into bed before 10 pm, but if you get lots of homework during that day you might not have time to get into bed before 10.  Now I know what your saying do it when you get home. Well you might start when you get home, but if you have lots of homework or maybe a project you might have to wait for your partner so you can do it with him or her on Skype. Then do it, then get into bed without having the time to relax and have fun with you downtime. This just says you might not always have the energy to finish your homework.

                (Its not helpful.) You know when your mom asks you to make your bed and you really don't want to so you do it, but not well. Well, here's something about homework. If you don't want to do it and you do it really fast, just so your done, do you really get something out of that homework? That's what I thought. So what's the point of giving it. Now, you might say the teacher will ask them to do it well and it might help with some but it won't help with everyone. So we shouldn't have homework.

              To conclude people might have after school activities or are really tired and it just doesn't help. Should we have homework or not?