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The Edutopia Poll
by Sara Bernard
It's all over the news: Kids are spending a lot of time on homework. And, according to some, it's far too much. With the current emphasis on high-stakes testing, educators are trying to do more with less, which can result in an overabundance of schoolwork outside of school. Some critics say there is no evidence to suggest that homework, in and of itself, is helpful to student achievement; on the contrary, too much of it can overwhelm students and cause them to disengage. Others, however, maintain that homework is necessary and helpful, designed so students can practice the concepts taught in class, build good study habits, and reflect on their own learning. How much homework is too much? We're interested in your opinion.
AHHHH~! MAKE IT STOP!!!
Submitted by Why homework pile-ups??? (not verified) on December 19, 2007 - 11:46.
Dude, I can see why that teachers give out homework, BUT WHY SO MUCH MAN?!?! I mean, c'mon, if I were to write a petition on ANYTHING I want, than I'd do a petition on reducing all schools in America to reduce homework by 80%! I'd be even happier if all homework was to be BANNED man!
too much homework over the weekend!!!!
Submitted by kassee (not verified) on December 13, 2007 - 14:30.
i hate the whole "homework over the weekend" idea!!!
To Anonymous Parent
Submitted by Diane Demee-Benoit on December 12, 2007 - 22:55.
Your comment was either not received into the moderation queue or the date/time on your computer is not correct, making your comment appear further down in the long list of comments made in response to this poll question. Thanks for your interest and following up.
Thanks A Lot!
Submitted by Cheyenne Baltonado (not verified) on December 12, 2007 - 20:33.
This really helped my research project and report.
Why did you skip over my
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 12, 2007 - 18:20.
Why did you skip over my comment? I posted two days ago with a parent's point of view?
High School
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 11, 2007 - 21:57.
I'm a junior in high school, and I got to a school where emphasis on grades = respect.
In 9th grade I took 12 classes in 8 period a day
In 10ht grade I took 14 classes in an 8 period day
and this year I'm taking 12 classes.
My entire schedule is AP & advanced classes, and I tell you what, it's painful.
I come home and have a MINIMUM of 4 hours of work--sheer work, and that doesn't include studying.
I work form 6pm-11pm, then get up at 5am to finish whatever I didn't get done the night before, because I was just falling asleep.
The first weeks of school I was getting 2 hours of sleep a night. I finally just started my homework half-witted, just making it look like I did it, and taking chances, and spark notes, etc.
Really, it's painful and detrimental to my health. I have a constant headache because I'm living on four to five hours of sleep a night.
Did I mention that I also play multiple instruments, involved in multiple clubs, and even work for my mom time to time?
My weekends are spend sleeping--16 hours straight, then doing homework. It's not a very good cycle, but I only have a year and a half left!
Aaaaahh!!!!!
Submitted by sick of it!!! (not verified) on December 10, 2007 - 16:02.
My friends and I have home work every freakin night. They, the teachers, even gave us homework over the weekend.One of my friends took three hours doing the weekend homework. I had to finish mine the night before and I had to stay up until like 11 o'clock. how can they do something like this, espcially with Christmas coming up? It's like they think we have no life away from school.
i cant take it anymore!
Submitted by Alysha (not verified) on December 9, 2007 - 16:11.
i can see that teachers assign homework, they dont have time in class to do it all.
BUT that doesnt give them the right to give us homework in EVERY class and every night! i spend well over two hours doing homewrok! i usually dont finish it untill like 3 and even then i dont finish it! i am caught up with chores, sports and after school activities. i can never hang out with my friends and i am getting stressed out with all of this homework! i dont want to be spending my high school year doing homework!I am not alone on this eighter, as u can see other people have wrote down what they feel, below, and my friends agree with me when i say "we have to much homewrok"! alot of homework stresses teens out! and with that stress makes us not want to do homework and if we dont do the homework we get bad grades and if we get bad grades we stress out even more, which is a never ending cycle! I was on the honor roll through middle school until 8th grade! 8th grade i was so stressed out about after school activities that i just didnt turn in my homework! the effect of that was.... bad grades and stress! but i think u get my point now!
Anyway.. i have alot more i have to say about homework, but i am going save that for my paper, which i am writting about... you quested it! homework!
I am postting this comment because i feel that teachers need to be aware of the exsesive problems that us teens have about homework! i hope that as many people can see this and understand what a big promblem it is, and we can do something about it!!!!
too much homework!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 9, 2007 - 14:02.
well, homework in itself is useful for reviewing what was learned, however the amount of homework that teachers give out now-a-day is horrendous! The average teen spends at least 3.25 hours doing homework a day (and that's on the days when teachers decide to lighten up the homework load). And as student's increase in grade level, the amount of sleep they get decreases. The US department of health suggest 8 hours of sleep to be the minimum for maximum performance the next day, however due to the overwhelming amounts of homework, students get 4-7 hours tops. This is ridiculus! how can they expect students to perform well on tests and to maintain good grades when they basically become sleep deprived apes or overworked robots.
So anyway, I'm in the 10th grade and the classes that I am taking are:
PE
Spanish 2
English 10
Chemistry 1
World history
Trigonometry
and wouldn't you think that since I don't have any AP or college course classes that my work load should be better? well, for pe, we don't get any homework, for Spanish 2 we always get 5-6 pages of work to do every night, for English, we have to write 2 pages a night as well as read a chapter a day from the current book as well as start writing an essay due every 2 weeks. for chemistry, we usually do 2 section reviews a day, for history, we take notes on the chapters, and for trig, we get 45-50 math problems a day. Isn't that lovely?
Personally, I get home at 3:40, start homework at 4:15 and usually finish at around 11pm. I don't feel as bad for myself as i do for my friend who sometimes doesn't even sleep for 2-3 days straight because the college course she's taking gives out unrealistic amounts of homework. :/
I HATE HOMEWORK!!!
Submitted by Homework sucks (not verified) on December 6, 2007 - 12:40.
I HATE HOMEWORK!!!