...Ugh! Homework! Everyone feels differently about it. Some people think homework has benefits for Kid’s learning. People like me, think it does more bad than good. Which is why I think that my school should ban homework. First of all , doing homework doesnt give enough time for other activities. It can also cause harm to a child's attitude towards school. Lastly homework can cause health problems like stress and sleeping disorders. I think my school should get rid of homework because it takes time away from other activities. The article, The case for and against homework, says that too much homework can cause damage to a students family time. I know that when me and my sister have too much homework and studying, sometimes we don’t even see each...
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...No Homework! I think that schools should not make their students have homework, because it causes health issues/stress, less time for other activities, and they don't have help or assistance. Kids should not have homework every night for a very long time after they had already been in schools for 7 hours or more. So these are some reasons why kids do not need to have a lot of homework after school every day monday-friday for many years. First, Kids do not have enough time for other things if they are always having to do their homework after school. According to Harris cooper kids should get 10 minutes of homework times their grade level so kids can do other things to. Harris cooper is the chairman of the “Battle against homework” at Duke university. One way this interferes with family/friend time. This makes kids not have as much friends if they can’t hang out with them.Kids have so much homework every day the are never out of their room and with their family until they have to go bed. And then the same thing repeats every night the entire school year. Also, kids go to their friends house and then at around 10 o'clock at night they have to do a lot of homework so they are tired the next day. Next, Homework is not even to improve academics so kids can’t be with their parents just to do something that doesn’t even make them smarter....
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...Book Review The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn University of Montevallo EDF561: Evaluations in Education Susan Scott Alfie Kohn’s (2006) book, The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing, gave me food for thought. Kohn opposes homework of any kind in any form for any grade level. He explores each commonly given, pro-homework argument in an attempt to persuade his readers, both parents and teachers, of the uselessness and possibly detrimental effects of the long-standing educational tradition. The first claim Kohn (2006) makes is that our children are “missing out on their childhoods” (p. 3). His opinion is that children spend seven hours in school everyday; that should be enough. He argues that kids need more time to be kids. Such time would include family time, friend time, time spent in extracurricular activities such as sports, music and art lessons, and play groups for younger kids. I agree. Kids do need time to enjoy their childhood. It is the most carefree time of their lives, relatively speaking. Does that mean they should have no homework at all? I am not yet ready to agree completely with that attitude. “Does homework improve learning?” Kohn (2006, p. 25) asks. The most significant issue he raises, in an attempt to answer that question, is regarding the kind of homework about which we are talking. Assignments can range from useless, fill-in-the-blank worksheets to extended projects that...
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...Homeschooling: How It Could Make Kids Smarter, explains how homeschooling is a good thing. The author is saying...
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...should no longer have homework. Homework cause a lot of extra stress. Homework lessens the interaction between a parent and their child. People may not have the knowledge or the time for it. So ideally homework is just a pure waste of time and effort. Homework gives disquiet. You come home from a long day of school but yet to overcome the fear of finishing your homework. Will you finish it by tomorrow or take the shame of failing. Fear comes to you like metal would to a magnet, when you get stuck a question with no help, you will get stressed. If you have a bad day at school doesn't exempt you from doing your homework. Homeworks could also cause dilemma. If you have to do your homework or go to your grandma’s 90th birthday. You would get stressed a lot because your parents might be begging to go to grandma but somewhere in your mind its telling if you don’t do your homework you will fail. This could be a main reason why it causes stress why I will further explain on how homework reduces significantly most of your family time. Homework is just another worry children have to deal with....
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...school more interesting and inspiring with the more useful of visual aids such as DVD’s movies, field trips, internships, on the job experience and training. Class assignments could encourage use of cell phones, Ipads, current tech equipment that todays students enjoy. Not all students are “book learners.” Grade students on what they creatively bring to a class not just label them by a test grade. . The positive parts about the U.S is that we give our kids a social life. That’s a big part of growing up and learning a lot of things about life. I wouldn’t be the person that I am today if it wasn’t for my social life. China send their kids to school ten hours a day unlike us which is six hours. That’s a really long day in normal society and I don’t understand how those kids go to school for ten hours but look where they are. There the smartest kids in the world right now. The positive thing about schools is that their kids are on such a high level its ridiculous. One reason why they are so far ahead is their work ethic. Those kids night and day want to be the best student they can possibly be. They are so afraid to let their parents down because it’s a disgrace if you get...
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...destroy the risk of getting influenced by bad things National support is needed to create these great after school work environments not only to help the at-risk teenagers, but also children who need academic improvement or some other sort of extracurricular activities. After school programs can help students improve their social skills, self-confidence, school attitude, and academic achievement (“Afterschool”). An after school program can be anything from a sport to a place where they can meet with other people to get work done or simply have fun. It simply needs to be something that occupies their afternoon in a positive manner. The problem is that many children in the United States are left to themselves since there are few programs available to them. Certain areas of the country, especially cities with high crime rates such as New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and many other, lack right support for children’s education in the three to six o’clock time zone. These areas happen to be some of the roughest in the country because of crime related issues, but more importantly there are not enough aftercare programs to help the children escape the dangerous streets (“Creating”). In areas such as these the kids are fending for themselves against heavy street crimes, which give them no choice but to join the violence. There is no escape for the kids except to pick a side and fend for them. Over the course of the semester tutoring the kids at the Easley center, I have learned...
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...The start of 2006 was the worst newyears I have ever had. On new years my friends gave me a piece of paper that said in colorful writing “Good luck at Woodchester Cynthia!” The next day, with all my belongings packed, my dad drove me 13 miles to my aunt's house. I had never been there before and I always wondered why. My dad said she had cancer but when I walked in the small two story home, a strong smell of cigar smoke hit me in the face. I waved good bye to my dad who was driving away and my aunt led me to my new room in silence. She said in a grouchy voice, “this is your new room, hope you enjoy, or don’t, either way I don’t care. Be up at 5 every school morning to go to school. Pack your lunch and dinner is at 6:30pm. You miss it too bad....
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...who said they actually enjoyed school? If you were to ask me that question, I would have to say not very many students said yes. This is because school isn't the place where most kids go to have a great time. You see all your friends and you get to hangout with them all day, but the work that comes along with it isn't always as enjoyable as your friends. This has come to the point where kids really don't want to go to school at all, so they're always in a bad mood when they're there. Have you ever asked yourself, "What could be done to make school a better place to go?" Well I have, and I have come up with a couple good solutions to this problem. Coming to school with a positive attitude for the day could be...
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...why did he choose this project? I think he chose this project because he was tired of the state of health some people were in. Also, in going forward with this project he would help people. The type of food that we put into our bodies has either negative or positive effects on our mind and body. In LA, where Ron is from, there were not many healthy food options nearby. What was readily available was the fast food restaurants which are known to be a very unhealthy source of nutrition. Helping to educate individuals on eating healthier items would have a more positive impact on the community. In my opinion, this is Ron's ultimate goal. why was he successful? He was successful because he tried. Furthermore, when the city tried to shut him down,...
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...to reach my full potential without being overbearing. But I tell this particular story because it is an excellent example of how being too involved in your child’s life can do more harm than good. “The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting,” a Times magazine article by Nancy Gibbs, refers to this as “helicopter parenting,” and it applies to more than just bullies. Parents are not allowing their kids to play outside anymore or even walk to the store. Their logic is that there are bad people out there: murderers, kidnappers and child molesters. This makes a lot of sense especially if you watch the news on a regular basis. But according to Gibbs, crime is at an all-time low, and most child molesters are family members or close friends (Gibbs, 2009). What parents should be doing is teaching their kids what kind of things to look out for, who it is and isn’t okay to talk to, and where to find an adult if you need one. The fact is, you will never be able to watch your kid every second of the day. That is why instead of stepping in every time there is a problem, we need to teach our kids the proper way to deal with those problems themselves. As for parents who will not allow their children to play outside and force them to use hand...
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...Is your child failing in school? Maybe he started out full of enthusiasm, but now his grades are slipping, his attitude is bad and he seems to be falling through the cracks. If your child has hit a slump midway through the school year, you are not alone. James Lehman has some advice for you today on what you can do now to get your child back on track. Many kids lose steam by the time the middle of the school year arrives. It’s very common for children and teens to get back to school after the holidays and hit a slump. Remember, kids are kids: their attention span is short, they're impulsive and it can be difficult for them to focus. It's easy for children to lose energy, and when that happens, a kind of lethargy can set in. If your child has a learning disability, or performance or behavior problems, this issue becomes magnified. Your child might feel as if he’s fallen into a hole and doesn’t know how to climb back out. (That hole can be caused by missed work, not understanding certain concepts at school, or social problems, among other things.) When your child is in that hole, it’s easy for him to become demoralized, act out more or withdraw emotionally. Often, he won’t ask for help even though he desperately needs it, and soon you’ll see his output start to slow down. Although this can occur with any child, make no mistake, for kids with behavior problems or learning disabilities, this is a very serious challenge to their stability for the rest of the school year. As a parent...
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...Kate in Lake Forest IL states that, “ My rule for fourth graders is that they are overwhelmed by homework, they can send a note home saying that they have tried but they can’t figure it out.” So my question is are students getting too much homework? The first reason is that they just want to see what we know and if we need to stay on that subject. Second reason is that they don’t give us too much homework because the only reason to come to school is to get homework and learn. Third is that they give us the homework to see if we know how to do it by ourself and to see if we were paying attention in class. Most students and parents think we get too much homework but they don’t see how important it is to get it because they just want us to get what we are learning. They are just checking on how well we are getting the subject and to see if we can move on to something different....
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...a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” Actress Lily Tomlin is correct. When students get home after a six-hour school day they are often overwhelmed with outrageous amounts of homework. This extra and sometimes unnecessary burden adds only anxiety to the average student leaving them a slave to their homework. This is a problem that can be alleviated with time and patience. Students are not happy with their current homework loads. Sixty-one percent of students in a recent survey concluded that they had to drop out of an activity because of their school workload (Galloway et al 2013). Obviously, homework affects students’ lives more than it should. It is not just something that a student would just finish in five to ten minutes. It takes hard work and brain dedication to finish homework at the time that it is required. One of the reasons that homework should be banned is because it is...
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...How TV Affects Your Child Television watching is becoming more prominent in America culture. Children are being plugged into the television at younger and younger ages. Each day after school, thousands of kids sit in front of their T.V. sets at their homes and kill their precious time watching T.V. programs when they should be active or doing homework, etc. Parents will want to get work done and the television is a very convenient “babysitter.” Parents do not have to pay the television to keep their children pre-occupied. However, too much television can be detrimental and I believe television viewing should be used in moderation or as a privilege. There are many reasons why parents should limit screen time for their children. One important reason is that watching a lot of television can lead to childhood obesity. Part of the problem is that the child is not moving when watching. When children spend their free time lying around watching TV, they don't get the exercise they need. It's hard to exercise in front of the TV set. The other part is all the food commercials aimed at kids. TV commercials advertise candy, soda, and sugary cereals, encouraging children to eat high-calorie junk food. Even if they don't get the food on the commercial, it will probably lead them to the kitchen, looking for a snack. Often, children eat junk food while watching TV and are unaware of how much they're overeating. Down the long run, childhood obesity can lead to numerous health problems...
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