In her article entitled, "High School Homework: Are American Students Overworked?" Lauren Miller, a teenage writer, uses factual evidence to suggest that teachers give too much homework, benefitting no one.
Miller quotes, "...a student should be assigned no more than 10 minutes per grade lever per night." Although this is a guideline from the National Education Association, students receive two to four hours of homework a night. When figuring in the seven hours of school, a total of 45-55 hours per week of schooling is placed upon the kids of today.
The author also claims that in other countries "which have higher-scoring students, teachers give little homework." The United States is proven to give out more homework than most other countries. These other countries, however, have higher test scores than the U.S.; therefore, they should be an example to others.
In the article, Miller also writes, "If schools assign less homework, it would benefit teachers, parents, and students alike." With less homework given comes less homework to grade-a major relief on teachers. Students would be happier, more stress-free, and have more family time in the evenings.
Receiving thirty minutes of homework does not bother me. It is only when I get assigned that amount of homework from four different classes in one night that I stress. I have spent many nights, long and dreary dark times, studying for a big science test the next day while also writing a four-page essay and completing thirty minutes of math problems.
Maybe if teachers communicated with one another about homework we, the students, would not be overloaded and bombarded with hours of work. Would not that be nice? I can only dream of a day...
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