Many people agree with this thought, while others claim that heavier loads of homework do more harm than good. ... Students in high school do more homework because they enjoy to do so. Students in elementary school may do more homework because they are behind and may need to catch up. I do not agree with this author. ... A student should also have no more than an hour of homework a day, which most people do. ...

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Although this is the students fault that they did not complete their work there is just one simple thing that if teachers would do, students could complete and turn in their homework. What teachers could do is assign less, or better yet no homework. ... Not be stuck inside doing work, that already happens for nearly seven hours at school! ... We do worksheets and assignments each day in class. ... So why have us go home and waste two or three more hours doing work when we just spent seven hours doing it! ...

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First, does it really make sense to call it "homework"? ... It just wouldn't be acceptable for a parent to do that. ... Most students would actually do better in school without all of the stresses that homework causes. ... Some bold students have already informally declared their independence from homework by simply not doing it. ... In so doing, students will be free to choose how to spend what time is left after attending school, doing chores, and sleeping. ...

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I hate homework with a passion. Did you ever wish that you don't have to do your homework? ... Currently I"m boycotting homework I refuse to do it. ... Homework or did we have any homework?", or come up with a lame excuse like, "my dog ate my homework or I was doing it on the bus to school, I didn't do it because I got home lat last night". ...

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The school does need to be changed and today I will be showing you my input on the changes. ... Homework will not help us in the future. Unless you would like to be a teacher and grade papers for your homework, you wont have homework your whole life if you are that age. ... Homework is the least thing a teenager needs right now and we must stop this madness. ... This helps but if the child does not need to stress or feel the need to improve their grades then they don't have to take the test. ...

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The second way is to do your homework daily. ... Obtaining more knowledge, needs doing more homework, learning in school are just letting you know how to do these questions. But homework is different, it can help you remember how to do those questions and how to use it in daily life. ... If you are lazy and do not do your homework, you will get bad grades in your classes. ... Do homework, read many interesting books, and concentrate in class. ...

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In order to not only play but continue my education I am forced to attend and do well in school. ... Is homework truly essential? ... The simple thought of knowing homework even exists makes me nauseous Homework is waste of time and trees. ... Each of these students do things that I find highly unnecessary. ... For some odd reason I typically find something that I do not like about at least one of my teachers. ...

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Also, she gave us a lot of homework every day. ... I did not pay attention to my homework, and I never prepared enough for the class. ... One time I asked him to explain me one more time how to do the homework. ... All teacher will be good for us if will do homework and study at home. ... Second, do our homework and projects in school. ...

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Some are doing homework for other classes, and some are on their phones texting, the teacher is either unaware or does not care. ... Lastly, why does he not seem too concerned with keeping his students engaged in the subject he is teaching? Two hours laterwe are moving our stuff to go into the computer lab to start on the current week's homework. Everyone does the same thing as current periods, log into the computer and start the homework and like most in the class I finish the homework while he is still talking about something that happened at his life or what he is currently doing at ...

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Learning by Doing Learning is a skill of gaining knowledge to be used in ones everyday life. ... Now that I am in college and face many obstacles, I am able to understand why homework is important. ...

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Do the advantages of four block days outweigh the disadvantages? ... These rumors have students singing the praises of four block days because they have more time in class to ask questions, do homework, and opportunities to double-up or take more electives. ... So, if students did not have the time in class to do their homework many of them, because they would have so much, say they would be up all night doing it or just simply not do it altogether. ... I was able to finish all of my homework in class. Therefore, I did not have to worry about any homework and was able to relax after sof...

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They might also be more lenient and students wouldn't get so much homework. ... They would have time to do homework. Most of the time students can't do anything fun after school because there is too much homework. If there were time to do homework at school, the students would probably get better grades. ...

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The homework they gave us was extremely long and hard. Some of the teachers didn't explain anything, and just expected us to do it. ... The homework, in-school work, and tests/quizzes were very hard. ... The homework had so many problems it made ones head spin. ... She could give me more practice worksheets even when I didn't do anything wrong. ...

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Being your tired self, all you would want to do is take a nice, hot, relaxing shower and hit the hay. ... Homework and studying comes first, so your parents say. ... With classes, along comes the homework and studying. ... You need to sit down and figure out a well working schedule for yourself to decide when the best time for studying and doing homework is. Your parents aren't here to tell you what to do and what not to do, or when to do it and when not to do it. ...

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Stress is a major topic of adolescent development because teens can easily become stressed due to how much homework they have each night, activities outside of school, grades etc. In the Washington Post news article Stressed-out teens, with school a main cause it states "U.S teenagers report feeling more stressed-out than adults do, with school being a main cause ". ... For example, how much time one spends socializing vs. doing homework and whether or not one participates in activities outside of school would most likely reflect on your GPA and stress level. ... Another way to decrease stres...

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The children took fast to the Howard University student, asking her all types of questions, ranging from where are you from to do you have a boyfriend? They were told by one of their teachers to take out their homework. ... Usually I would just walk around to see who needed help, during homework time. ... After homework sometimes we would play games using math and reading, including multiplication bingo. ... Before this program I questioned if the occupation of being a pediatrician was what I really wanted to do. ...

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You must do what you need to survive the freshman year. ... You have to be prepared to do some work, but also have fun while you're at it. ... This is especially a smart idea if you don't understand the homework. If you get homework and take it home without knowing what to do, then how will you do it, and not doing your homework is not a very good idea, So like I said before if you don't get what your teacher is saying, ask to find out. ... If you follow my advice, you will do a little better in school, and just as great in life....

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Students may not understand what they're doing, and won't tell the teacher. ... When I get home its about 7:00, so I have to eat, do homework and shower before I can go to bed. ... Teachers tend to issue a large amount of homework to students that is a review of what was done. Yes, homework may be a review for students to reinforce the lesson, but some don't even know what was taught at all. ... Do they know if it is actually going to work? ...

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If the mother does not allow the five year-old to drive, she is seen as being unequal because she is allowing her sixteen year-old to do so. What the mother is doing is not equal but fair. ... It will not mean equal treatment for everyone but by doing what the mother is doing, she is being fair to both her children. ... Another example would be that two students both forget to hand in their homework on a particular day. ... The "good" student probably just forgot their homework that day. ...

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College students on the other hand no longer live with their parents so a student's parents do not know when they come in or what they are doing. ... College students choose for themselves whether or not to attend class, and if they do not attend teachers do not care; they simply leave a student fail. ... Take for instance a high school English class, students who do not do an essay often have many other chances to pull up their grade. ... High school math classes have several homework assignments and a test on every chapter. ... Homework can also help in boosting some high school...

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There are very minimal rules, no more asking for permission to do what you want to do, and you get to pick your own class schedule. ... The professor could be explaining the homework assignment to you, and if you are not focused you will not know what you are supposed to be doing for homework. Always do the assigned homework given to you. If you do not understand how to do the assigned work, then ask your teacher how to do it before you step out of the classroom. ... There is no need to do double the work. ...

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The school work and homework is not so difficult because we know what our teacher has said in the classroom, and we know what we are suppose to do and what is expected of us. ... The curriculum should be taught in an interesting, intriguing, and challenging environment, in order to maintain a level of class participation that enhances the educational aspects of the subjects that our parents are enforcing at home, by making sure we do our homework and by paying their part monetary wise, by taxes and (if applies) by paying to a private school. ... This is a teacher's responsibility and in...

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The students that do work and go to school have more of a drive to do well in life. ... Homework, chores, and spending/ saving money are all responsibilities that students learn to handle and balance. As Etzioni writes his essay he says "Large amounts [money] goes to American consumption; flimsy punk clothes, trinkets, and whatever else is the last fast-moving teen craze" Doing homework and handing it in on time is hard on its own. Working and trying to do homework is even harder, now add chores to the mix. ... Working in high school does in fact build character. ...

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I read every assignment, looked forward to doing the homework, and even studied because I enjoyed this class so much. ... What does that mean? ... Or does that mean if Johny participates all the time and he completes all of his homework but he "freaks out" on tests failing them, that Johny should deserve a "D"? Or should Billy get a "B" because he has never done any of his homework, but he makes a 100% on every test or quiz that is laid in front of his face? ... What should the teacher do? ...

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I also think they need success so they know that they can do it and so they know that they are doing well in school.  ... It also means that they should try to do the best of their ability. ... I put this one on their because the teachers want us to think outside the box to answer some of our answer on homework. ... This one is on their because the teachers want us to be responsible with our homework and want us to be responsible about doing our homework. ... This one is one their because we have to do 15 hours of community service a year and because they want to feel like we have to do it so...

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