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The Riverbanks

Vol. 1 EDITORIAL May-October 2019

HB 3881, DOES IT REALLY SERVE ITS


PURPOSE?
Prances Zylla B. Capili

House bill 3881, also known


as “No homework policy,” is
one of the hottest issues these days
being pushed by some lawmakers.
Quezon City Representative Alfred
Vargas filed his proposed HB 3883 and ultimately the entire
which limits the giving of home- country will suffer the
work to pupils during weekends. consequences.

The arguments for a “no Give today’s school


homework” policy may possibly be children more time to
accounted to in some instances for themselves, and what might
the welfare of pupils, their families they do? Even when they are
and teachers. Excessive homework with their families, their heads
— or any homework at all — is Homework is a vital part of the are buried in smartphones,
physically taxing on pupils, many educational process, because it computers and game consoles,
of them very young, after they gives pupils the opportunity to watching videos, chatting with
have already spent a full strenuous apply knowledge gained in the friends or exploring anything and
day in the classroom. Projects that classroom. This occurs in two ways everything in cyberspace, including
pupils are expected to complete at — not only by creatively applying subjects that parents would prefer
home often pose a burdensome the educational content, but also to be taboo to young minds.
expense on parents, who may not in giving students practice in Homework can pry children away
have a ready budget for the last- developing good work habits and from gadgets for a certain period
minute purchase of needed methods. From a practical point of after school hours.
materials. Assigning homework view, homework allows “more
also adds to the workload of education” than can be fit into a EDITORIAL
teachers, who must grade these
assignments in addition to their
few hours of a school day. And far STAFF
from preventing families from
everyday work of preparing bonding, homework encourages STAFF
lessons. parents to become more involved
With the “No Homework in their children’s educational STAFF
Editor – in – Chief
Policy, all these problems are activities. PrancesZylla B. Capili
avoided. Pupils can spend their Although the concern for
NewsEditor
Karen M. Sonico
proper time for rest and relaxation, the welfare of students and their FeatureEditor
Micha Ella C. Lim
and families are spared the burden families is appropriate, that Scienceand Technology
of unforeseen expenses, or time welfare will be hurt in the long run
Trisha MaeA. Viloria
SportsEditor
spent shopping for required if the pupils fall short of the
Luisa ClaireM. Alipato
Contributors
materials that may be difficult to volume of educational content
Micha Ela O. Ferrer
Nordelyn B. Capili
find on short notice. Teachers are they can access, developing Mark Angelo C. Menor
QueenieO.Acuña
also spared the extra time and problem-solving and creative Adviser
effort to check homework thinking skills, and parental BennyB. Viloria
assignments, and can devote more awareness and involvement in
Lay-out Artist
MarioD. SuguitanJr.
time to classroom preparation and their educational activities. As a Teacher Contributor
work. The policy would be result of a “no homework” policy, AnaleneC. Balunsat
beneficial in allowing more time the pupils will be less prepared for
Clarina T. Capili
Consultant
for children and parents to bond higher education or the workforce, Mr. WilliamC Florentino
socially.

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being pushed by some lawmakers.
Quezon City Representative Alfred

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Vargas filed his proposed HB 3883
which limits the giving of home-
work to pupils during weekends

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