NO TO HOMEWORK POLICY

(A position paper)

Homework as defined as task assigned to students by teachers are intended to be carried

during non school hours. It is one of the unique evils that all of us can relate, whether in e enings
or weekends.
School and colleges often give homeworks to students. Sometimes they get new and
unknown assignment to do. Homework is an unavoidable fact of life for everyone. Our parents
had to do it, we have to do it, and so on and so forth. Actually making the thing worse, many
people are starting to think that it may cause trouble than its real worth, the overburdening of the
workload on students that may show negative effects in their academic as well as their home life.
While the purpose of homework is to improve students' understanding and seem to believe that
these homeworks will help students in their a academic career.
Counter Argument
The first argument is, homework is a vital and valuable part of education. There are only
few hours in each school day- not enough time to cover properly all the subjects children need to
study. Setting homework extends study beyond school hours, allowing a wider and deeper
education. It also makes the best use of teachers, who can spend lesson time teaching rather than
just supervising individual work that could be done at home. Tasks such as reading, writing
essays, researching, doing Math problems, etc. are best done at home, away from the distractions
of other student.

In response to:
Homework has little educational worth and adds nothing to the time spent in school. Some
schools and some countries don't bother with homework at all, and their results do not seem to
suffer from it. Studies show that homework adds nothing to standardize test scores for
primary/elementary pupils. International comparisons of older students have found no positive
relationship between the amount of homework set and average test scores. If anything, countries
with more homework got worse results.

The second argument

Having homework also allows students to really fix in their heads work they have done in
school. Doing tasks linked to recent lessons helps students strengthen their understanding and
become more confident in using new knowledge and skills. For younger children this could be
practicing reading or multiplication table. For older ones it might be writing up an experiment,
revising for a test, reading in preparation for the next topic.

In response to:
 Setting homework does little to develop good study skills. It is hard to check whether the
homework students produce is really their own. Some students have always copied off others or
got their parents to help them. But today there is so much material available on the internet that
teachers can never be sure. It would be better to have a mixture of activities in the classroom
which help students to develop skills, including independent.

My Argument:
Homeworks produces large amount of pointless work of little educational value, but
marking it ties up much of teacher's time. This leaves teachers tired and with little time to
prepare more effective, inspiring lessons. They heavy workload also puts young graduates off
becoming teachers, and so reduces the talent pool from which schools can recruit.
Homeworks take a lot of time. Being young is not just about doing school work. It should
also about being physically active, exploring the environment through play, doing creative things
like music and art, and playing a part in the community. It is also important for young people to
build bonds with others, especially family and friends, but homework often squeezes the time
available for all these things.
Homework is a class issue. In school everyone is equal, but at home some people have
advantages because of their family background. Homework is one of the most common causes of
family arguments.

Conclusions:
Homework can put too much stress to students and family, can cause decrease of
performances of students and when students don't have the teacher they may not have enough
sleep.
In conclusion, homework doesn't work. As shown by numerous studies it brings no
educational benefits and act as a root cause of conflict between children. Homework is more
closely associated with punishment than with pleasure. So, homework should be banned.

ANTONIO, ANDREA P.
GRADE 12-HUMSS B