Students nowadays have too much homework. As a sophomore, I have homework most nights of the school week and sometimes on weekends. At Carter High School, we have four class periods. Each class is around 78 minutes long (not including lunch or activity time), that should be plenty of time to do the days work. Teachers should not give out extra assignments for homework. If a student does not finish their work in the time given in class, and it is the student’s fault, they should finish it at home. However, if a teacher’s actions cause a student not to finish – like if the class did not finish reading a story, or finish a worksheet they were doing together – it should not be sent home to finish. Also, if a student is having trouble with a subject, it would be important to give them extra help or extra practice; don’t just hand them a packet and tell them to “try their best”. Even with only four classes a day, homework still piles up by the end of the day. A fellow sophomore, Kaitlyn Armstrong, says, “I have around four assignments for homework [in a school week].” Most homework assignments are pretty time consuming. Most students don’t even get home until late. Some students have sport practices, after school activities, clubs, jobs, etcetera; then when they get home, they’re expected to do a few hours worth of homework, shower, eat dinner, and spend time with their families. There simply is not enough time to do everything expected of us during the day, and that leads into us ruining our sleep schedule just to pass classes and turn homework in on time. Homework also leads to students stressing over it, and it’s not healthy for them. After working for 7 hours at school, students shouldn’t have to take time away from their home lives to do even more school work.Now that I’ve said all this, I have to go finish English homework.
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