SHOULD NO HOMEWORK POLICY BE IMPLEMENTED?

POSITION PAPER (NEGATIVE)

Homework is defined as tasks assigned to students by school teacher intended to be carried out during
non-school hours. It is one of the unique evils that all of us can relate, whether in plagued are evenings
and 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 had to do it, and so on and forth. Actually, making things worse,
many people are starting to think that it may cause more trouble than it’s really worth.
The overburdening of the work load on students that may have been
showing negative effects in their academic as well as their homelife. While the purpose of
the homework is to improve students' understanding and seem to believe that
this homework will help students in their academic career. This paper aims to debunk
the positive effects of having homeworks. However, this paper will also examine the
negative effects of having homeworks in school.

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 deepenededucation. 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 maths problem, etc. are best done at home, away from the distractions
of other student.

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/elementary pupils. International comparisons of older st
udents 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 knowl
edge and skills. For younger children this could be practising 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.

Homework is almost always done when a child is already tired from a long day at school. As a
result few
students are their best when they sit down in the evening to yetmore work.Homework ends up being d
one ina hurry, by students fighting fatigue, and
poor quality work is produced. Worse still, students who have been up late trying to finish off their ho
mework, then come tired into school the next day, and so are less

ready to learn. The third argument is homework prepares students to work more independently, as they
will have to at college and in workplace.
organisation, working to deadlines, being able to reach, etc., If students are always a whole range
of “spoonfed” topics at school they will never develop study skills and self -
discipline for thefuture.In response to:Setting homework does little to develop good study skills. It is har
d to check whether thehomework students produce is really their own. Some students have always copi
ed off others orgot their parents to help them. But today there is so much material available on the inter
net thatteachers can never be sure. It would be better to have a mixture of activities in the classroomwh
ich help students to develop skills, including independent

Homework is almost always done when a child is already tired from a long day at school.As a result few s
tudents are their best when they sit down in the evening to yet more work.Homework ends up being do
ne in hurry, by students fighting fatigue, and poor quality work is produced. Worse still, students who ha
ve been up late trying to finish off their homework, thencome tired into school the day, and so are less r
eady to learnThe third argument is homework prepares students to work more independently, as

Homework’s produces large amount of pointless work of little educational value, butmarking it ties up m
uch of teacher’s time. This leaves teachers tired and with little time to prepare more effective, inspiring l
essons. They heavy workload also puts young graduates off becoming teachers, and so reduces the talen
t pool from which schools can recruit.

Homework takes a lot of time up. Being young is not just about doing school work. Itshould also about b
eing physically active, exploring the environment through play, doingcreative things like music and art, a
nd playing a part in the community. It is also important foryoung people to build bonds with others, esp
ecially family and friends, but homework oftensqueezes the time available for all these things.Homewor
k is a class issue. In school everyone is equal, but at home some people haveadvantages because of their
family background. Homework is one of the most common causes offamily arguments.

Homework can put too much stress to students and family, can cause decrease of performances of stud
ents 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 noeducational benefits
and act as a root cause of conflict between children’s. Homework is more
closely associated with punishment than with pleasure. So, homework should be banned.