Recently, parents of students attending ______ School have started a campaign to limit the homework that teachers can assign to students. In retaliation, the teachers have argued that the homework is necessary. I believe that although some homework is necessary, the amount of homework that the teachers assign is too much. This excess of homework is counterproductive to the student's education because it overloads the students, interferes with family and peer interaction, and is often just a repetition of that day's work, meaning the student isn't learning anything new.
The average student's course load includes math, science, English, foreign language or art, social science, and an elective, and the student will often be assigned homework in most of them. When students leave school for work in the real world, they will use information they have learned from their math, science, and English classes the most frequently, which is why these classes are called core classes. The information they learned from their foreign language/art class, history class, and electives will be used less frequently, which is why most students only take these classes when they are a requirement for graduation. When foreign language, art, history, and elective teachers all assign homework to students, they are overloading students by forcing them to practice information that they will infrequently use and drawing them away from the more important homework in their core classes. This may cause students to resent all homework in general, a dangerous situation that can lead to unsatisfactory grades and citizenship. If the non-core class teachers were to significantly minimize homework, or stop assigning it altogether, it would allow students to focus more on their core classes and allow them more time to build social skills.
When students are given a large amount of homework in one day, they must complete all the homework, study for any upcoming tests, and prepare for the next day of school.
