Homework should be banned in high school

Zombieguy1987

Studies prove that homework is bad for students

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-more-homework-means-more-stress-031114

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-why-homework-is-bad-for-your-child_b_57f72b3ae4b0b665ad817c57

https://www.livescience.com/19379-homework-bad-kids.html

https://www.alternet.org/story/9682/back_to_school:_why_homework_is_bad_for_kids

WordsMatter

So what you're suggesting is to pass a law that homework is illegal in highschool?

Vitalina

@WordsMatter ;

I think homework should be banned and I can adduce the following arguments: first of all, it causes students stress and may be a reason of some health problems because of sleep deprivation. They spend 7 hours and even more at school and its pretty much enough to absorb all necessary information, discuss any unclear points for them and put this knowledge in to practice. Secondly, its crucial for students to spent time with their fellows and of course family and friends, because in their near future many of them will leave their native cities, enter colledges and universities and make their own way in live far from their relatives. And in this case homework often squeezes the time available for all these things. Moreover, I don’t think that routine homework that all we have by our majority may be useful for them and can really contribute in their personal and professional growth just like bear fruits in the future. Real working life requires well-trained specialists with practical skills rather theoretical knowledge only.  Wouldn't it be better to organize different interest club; speech club or sandwich courses which may help these students to make real progress? And finally, they need time to relax in order to recharge their batteries and be ready to continue studying.  

funperson

I don't think it should be banned necessarily, just not assigned. 

Whatdoyouwantfromme

Homework shouldn't be banned  from schools but it should be shortened into quick daily practices. That way there will be a higher chance of kids getting their schoolwork done and learning. The more they practice the more they succeed .

K_Michael

I have a class where homework isn't for credit, but you can do assignments to help yourself learn it.

MayCaesar

I studied at an elite high school with university-grade courses in mathematics and physics. We had classes from Monday to Saturday, each day roughly from 9 am to 5 pm with only a tiny 30 minute break in the afternoon.
I had plenty of time to do homework, to tend to my multiple hobbies and to prepare for the university entrance exams.

The claim that students in a regular American high school are overwhelmed does not hold any ground. If you want to see where students really are overwhelmed, visit Japan. Kids march to school at 5 am and go home at 9 pm.
And even in Australia, where high school studies take place in a very casual environment, my friend from there told me that she would sometimes sleep at school, because it was more convenient given her schedule.

In most Western countries, students are coddled and deprived of any serious challenges at high school as it is. If we also ban homework, then the graduates will have absolutely zero real life skills and will be destroyed as soon as they attempt to enter the job market.

TKDB

Banning homework would be silly.

The problem with the homework conversation, in the current day and age via the current generation is that the amount of time, spent on social media, video games, and the internet in general, is being allowed to interfere with the modern students educational time, or IE studying and doing ones homework, as responsibly as possible, just as the generations before this one did?

Before the internet, and social media, along with the learned exposure of video games from the one generation to the next continue to be allowed to basically place ones educational responsibilities in the backseat of one's priorities, and by making their casual internet use, and their social media interactions, get to sit in the front seat, of their prioritized priorities? 

With some watching their education chances, fading into the rearview mirror, or their current lives, as they drive into their futures, with the internet, the video games, and their social media wants intact, because they neglected their own homework choices?

ZeusAres42

Unless you're being homeschooled or revising for exams then I don't really see the necessity for homework.

RS_master

I am a student but I believe homework should be their as it trains your curricular skills, keeps your brain sharp and to keep you busy in your spare time when you have nothing to do.

xlJ_dolphin_473

I disagree that homework should be banned for the following reasons.
First of all, homework teaches you that home and work are linked, and that learning does not stop at the school gates. Instead it teaches you that learning is a lifelong pursuit and that your brain being active is a good thing.
In work as an adult, you will be faced with deadlines, pressure, time limits and cut-off points and this may be very disturbing and/or frightening for children when they enter the real world if they have never faced a deadline before. Homework introduces children to deadlines and time pressure so these children have a greater ability to work under pressure when they become adults.
Also, it is a fallacy that students are heavily overwhelmed with the pressure of extra-curricular activities at school. While there are some students who may be overwhelmed, time organisation and management is a skill that children learn at school and children have the responsibility to choose extra-curricular activities that give them something to do in their spare time but not overwhelm their timetable.
Through homework, children learn the skills of research, presentation, structuring and creativity by doing a little bit of it every day. The children will become adept with computer and paper research when they have do do it daily. 
A strong work ethic and sense of independence will grow in children by being made to independently complete tasks on a regular basis.

For the reasons I have given, I see no reason why homework should be banned, as it is an incredibly useful tool in education.

veera

i think homework is as important as exams and classwork,but homework must be given according to children's capabilities and time they have .Homework, projects must not consume all the children's time but obviously it SHOULDN'T be banned .Homework increases self discipline also encourage them to self study. It  teaches students how to use their time wisely  and recall what they have studied in school.Also they prepare themselves for tomorrow.