Poll: "There should be NO homework" A petition to get rid of homework in schools.
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I'm quite sure kids these days don't have that much homework to complain about.
and IF they do have so much homework that they don't get enough sleep and etc, I can see how it could be a problem.
Speaking from childhood experience, I never had to go to sleep after 9pm, and when I did sleep after 9pm, it was probably because it was weekend or because of that one time I had a massive constipation.
and IF they do have so much homework that they don't get enough sleep and etc, I can see how it could be a problem.
Speaking from childhood experience, I never had to go to sleep after 9pm, and when I did sleep after 9pm, it was probably because it was weekend or because of that one time I had a massive constipation.
I don't know about that. By the time the teacher was done baby-sitting, the whole set-up in high school felt a little superfluous. In short, school seems a little long as is. Students can complain about the time they spend on homework, but I think their energy would be better spent complaining about the time wasted in school by "pants-on-head retarded" peers. Oh, and mindless book-based teaching.nonl33t m4st3r said:
Without homework, schools would immediately fail worse than they already are. And we would be collectively fucked as a nation, since after all, something like a reasearch paper or a project kinda has to be done as homework, and small daily practices like a few math problems or pages of reading does nothing but help the kids who do it in 85% of all cases.
I think all the secondary school would slightly need an upgrade, some of the course are great but lack very much of being important. How many of you can remember how to solve a trinome (3x+2y-4z=16), draw a hyperbola from its binome, write a full 300 words essay with active form or whatever that is called and such.
It would really be more teaching when it come to basic every day skill. Social skill (internet etiquette), house skill (cooking/seweing/repairing/whatever), learn to fill pass time (reading/painting/playing an instrument), so info about thing you can come across.
Im out of idea but I hope you get what I want to say
It would really be more teaching when it come to basic every day skill. Social skill (internet etiquette), house skill (cooking/seweing/repairing/whatever), learn to fill pass time (reading/painting/playing an instrument), so info about thing you can come across.
Im out of idea but I hope you get what I want to say
As much as I hate homework,it's kinda like a drill with a information bit attached to it,that without that information being drilled in to your brain it would just be loose and insecure...Wow that was a terrible analogy but point being homework is an important part of learning.
As someone who works in the American education system and frequently deals with students that have a variety of problems I can tell you that teachers really do have to account for the lowest performing student in their classes. There is pressure on teachers to push all kids through on to the next grade. This is all tied to stuff like No Child Left Behind requirements which connects directly to the amount of money a school gets. If nothing else, padding the grades of dumb kids with homework assignments helps teachers keep their jobs and schools in the black.Koroviev said:
However, there are other issues with homework. Some students will apply themselves and be successful regardless of any assignments. This is the reason smart/motivated kids can get through classes where the teacher sucks.
Homework helps the lower tier of students who are too lazy or stupid to do the sort of independent studying or extra work that other students will naturally want to do anyway to succeed. Homework forces kids to do the work that ideally would happen anyway. For the brighter students in the world, tough shit, do your homework and as your educational career develops you might find yourself in a classroom where homework isn't a factor. For me that place was in college.
I agree with the terrible petition, there should be no homework, or at least less of it. I have never found homework a useful way of learning something. If I don't know how to do something, doing more of it (and doing it wrong) isn't going to help. If anything, it should only be used for reviewing for tests. I also think that the entire system needs to be overhauled, it doesn't work like it should.
American High Schools are a joke. The whole system needs to be revamped.
From reading this petition I couldn't help but get the feeling this student wasn't getting enough time to do the work. I blame the school system for forcing him to work at their pace instead of his own. That is just one of many issues I have with it.
From reading this petition I couldn't help but get the feeling this student wasn't getting enough time to do the work. I blame the school system for forcing him to work at their pace instead of his own. That is just one of many issues I have with it.
The homework that I do, I get done in my classes, and I average a B. I still am missing a lot, but that's partly do to my sheer laziness to get it done. Don't ask me.
So, eh, I dont really care to much. It would only mean that classes get much harder and the standard goes up.
Now ask me if I think the core of the School System is broken and should be changed? Yeah, that's a whole different ballgame.
So, eh, I dont really care to much. It would only mean that classes get much harder and the standard goes up.
Now ask me if I think the core of the School System is broken and should be changed? Yeah, that's a whole different ballgame.
Meh, doing extra work and slowly losing downtown prepares you for real life. I have to leave a phone on damn near 24-7 in case I get called in to work. My wife is a teacher and does homework all the time (you think everything you do in class just appears out of thin air?). My father is a salesmen and has to work from home about once a week (on his non-regular hours).
It's part of life if you want something that pays more than working as a manager at McDonald's
I'm kind of shocked at how many of you think schools should let students work at their own pace and not set one that everyone needs to keep up with, that's not feasible. Also, any grownups here want to tell me how often your boss accepts 'i'll get it done at my pace' as an answer?/
It's part of life if you want something that pays more than working as a manager at McDonald's
I'm kind of shocked at how many of you think schools should let students work at their own pace and not set one that everyone needs to keep up with, that's not feasible. Also, any grownups here want to tell me how often your boss accepts 'i'll get it done at my pace' as an answer?/
I never did mine and I'm well on the way to becoming an electrical engineer. Coursework / Assignments are, in my opinion, separate from homework though. Assignments are necessary.
Homework was something I saw as a way for them to waste my time. From the moment that bell rang until I got back into school the next day was my time. I do what I like with my own time.
Homework was something I saw as a way for them to waste my time. From the moment that bell rang until I got back into school the next day was my time. I do what I like with my own time.
I think homework is a load of bullshit, but it really depends. Alot of the homework i get is just revision which is just annoying and usually doesnt do anything because I understand things much more easily then some people, but some things like essays and projects i think are necessary because theres not enough time in a class to finish it.
24.5% of escapists said 'NO'. LOL! That means 1 out of 4 people on here are retarded. Just like South Park said about Americans!
But seriously if you think that homework should be abolished (whatever your excuse) you are any if not all of the following:
1) Stupid - Maybe you suck at school and academics. That's fine. But what makes you think homework should be abolished quite simply because it is useless to you? It isn't useless to people who have actual potential to do something with their lives.
2) Lazy - The majority of people who don't want to do homework are lazy kids that simply think that anything that is challenging isn't worth doing. Welcome to the real world kiddies! No free rides for average shmoes.
That's it. Only 2.
But seriously if you think that homework should be abolished (whatever your excuse) you are any if not all of the following:
1) Stupid - Maybe you suck at school and academics. That's fine. But what makes you think homework should be abolished quite simply because it is useless to you? It isn't useless to people who have actual potential to do something with their lives.
2) Lazy - The majority of people who don't want to do homework are lazy kids that simply think that anything that is challenging isn't worth doing. Welcome to the real world kiddies! No free rides for average shmoes.
That's it. Only 2.