Persuasive Essay On Less Homework

Kids shouldn't have homework. Kids have stuff to do like sports, spending time with family and working. Instead of doing 6 or so hours of homework every night. “homework came in behind not only socializing but also exercise or sports as well as working for pay.” (Gazette,par. 24) I agree because some students have to rush to get their homework done at lunch or before school because they either have sports or have to go to work everyday.

To start off, I strongly believe that the school district shouldn't continue assigning homework to us students, and here's why. In source 2, 'List of 10 Big Pros and Cons of Homework", it states that homework is stressing to those who are young because it's a lot to take in, after being tired of learning multiple lessons in one day. This could lead to kids being less motivated about school and possibly become down about themselves.

We strongly agree with this comment/claim. So my class decided to do a little research on this “sore subject”and we found a website which enlightened us a lot. This website is called debate.org and it has a lot of arguments/facts on many subjects. For example this situation we are talking about currently. This site helped me build an opinion on this discussion. My opinion is that students should not go to school for 8 hours. One reason is because most kids don’t like to go to school to begin with. I know because because a poll on debate.org says 89% of students say no we shouldn’t have an eight hour school day, and 11% percent say yes we should.They support their claim by clearly stating students can “Use time after school for other things and the school district will save money.Students could do many thing after school like: Sleep, get home faster, play video games for release of stress,sports,homework, and other activities outside of school.The school district can save money by: Teachers working less hours so they get

Another part of the problem with high schools is the amount of homework is given to students. Let’s say that a student has five classes a day and receives five hours of homework each night. That leaves the student little to no time to spend time with family and friends, go to work, play a sport, and even

The school should have a policy stating that teachers should not give out more than around two hours of homework per week. This is reasonable because each student has approximately six classes, and if each

On average in today’s society most teens don’t like going to school that early in the morning. To have to wake up so early when they only get about seven hours of sleep, to have students be coming into school at 7:30AM or maybe even earlier in some other schools, is not right. Students need to have time at night to get work done, not only schoolwork but also non-schoolwork. Needless to say, the school schedule for high school students needs to be changed and be made where they go in later. That way they get their work done and get enough sleep because without much sleep students will not be getting high grades. A health survey that the University Health Center administered showed them that one in four students say that lack of sleep has

Many kids today don’t like school, and many parents and teachers don’t understand why. “The amout of homework we have is unreal, I spend all my time afterschool locked up in my room doing homework and can never get any sleep,~Student.” Now, the school board plans to add and and a half hours to the school day, and I think that this is not fair. The school board should not add an extra hour and a half to the school day because kids will have less time to do homework, they will not recieve enough sleep, and they will have less time afterschool.

Very rarely do you see an adult advocate for less time spent in school. Ask any student, and one would receive a similarly unilateral answer, though supporting a different opinion. I advocate for this not out of laziness, but out of concern for the average teen. There are many problems with this proposal at first glance: how would one teach the curriculum in less time? How would one rearrange the school system to accommodate this radical proposal? I do not know the answers to these questions; I do not pretend to be an expert on education reform. I merely speak from the perspective of a student. What I can tell you is that sometime in the future, when I look back upon my youth, I will not remember the countless hours spent in the classroom, but instead the times I spent being a child, enjoying my

So you want our school to be recognized for having smart kids with bad grades because they don't get enough rest because they have to go to school till 4 o’clock each day? If we add this extra hour, then the kids grades will drastically drop. Our school will get less money if we do not have any smart kids. Most the kids are smart, but if they are tired and hungry they will not make very good grades. The students will not have much time to study if they get home at 7 each day, maybe later if they have a job. So basically our school is going to get stupid.

From the time we get to school to the time we leave school is a very long day. During the middle of school, some students and staff get tired. Trying to cram an extra hour in, is way to much. It’s already bad enough that school goes from 7:15 to 2:19. Most of those hours, we’re just learning or reviewing. Adding extra time to these long and stressful days makes no sense to me.

With Christmas quickly approaching, I sincerely feel compelled to reach out to those of you who may be experiencing difficult emotions due to the absence of loved ones. Holidays are often catalysts for such instances of despair and longing as unfortunately, I, myself, know all too well. I lost both my husband and my father within the past three years, and while I’ve prevailed in becoming stronger and more determined than I ever thought possible, this time of year never fails to unearth the raw pain that permanently resides just beneath the surface. So, from the deepest regions of my heart, my pledge to you is this…if any of you, whether it be day or night, ever need an empathetic ear or shoulder, I’m merely an email, message or phone call

We spend over seven hours a day at school already. We get up early and get ready for school every day. While we are in school we get few and short breaks. Last we get tired and bored sitting in a desk all day staring at the board and teacher talk. Kids are at school for over 35 hours a week why should we add a couple hours a night for homework.

The first reason why the school board should not go along with this suggestion is because students will have even less time to finish up homework, which usually takes 1 ½-3 hours per night. Adding 1 ½ hours of school will certainly not help the situation. For example, let’s say with the school hours added, you get home about 4:45. You take a 30 minute nap to regain some energy. You then decide to eat some leftovers from the fridge to keep you satisfied until dinner. After you’ve finished, you start working on your homework, by this time it’s 5:30. You finally finish your homework at 8:00. Finishing your homework at 8:00 is pretty late. If you want to get a good night's sleep, you should be in bed by 9:30 the latest. I don’t think that’s a fun routine to go through everyday. There will also be times when you have projects to work on, which

    With these long school days children don’t have much time to go out and be a kid.  By the time children get home and finish all their homework, there really isn’t much time for sports or spending time with friends and family. Long hours of school put too much pressure on students.  According to the state, students are supposed to have three and a half hours of homework a night. Students are assigned about 17 hours of homework a week. There is a total of 168 hours in a week and 64 of those hours are taken from us by school and homework.  Out of the 24 hours in a day school, homework, and sleep take 18 hours, which leaves students with just 6 hours to do things.  Combine that with sports and after school activities, the average practice for most sports are 2 to 3 hours, which leaves the student with only 3 hours for themselves. If you add dinner into the equation which can take up to an hour ,then students only have two hours a day. Some students also have chores which can take up to an hour or even sometimes more.  What can a student do with only 1 hour of time a day for their personal goals.

The majority of students have, at one point or another, wished for less homework. For some student’s homework is not a big issue but for other students it can take hours and even days to do all their homework. That wasted time could be used for enjoyment or learning life skills instead of homework. Nine in ten high school students reported feeling stressed about homework (Galloway 4). So, should students get less homework? Yes, students should receive less homework because it improves their well-being by reducing stress and its impacts on health, increasing leisure time, and showing that homework does not affect grades significantly.