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“SHOULD HOMEWORK BE
MANDATORY?”

INTRODUCTION:

Homework is a word that most students dread hearing. After hours upon hours
of sitting in class, the last thing we want is more schoolwork over our precious
weekends. While it’s known to be a staple of traditional schooling, homework has
also become a rather divise topic. Some feel as though homework is a necessary part
of school, while others believe that the time could be better invested.
 School and colleges often give homework’s to student. Sometimes they get
new and unknown assignment to do. Homework is an unavoidable fact of life for
everyone. Our parents had to do it,we had to do it, and so on and forth. Actually
making the thing worse, many people are starting to think that it may cause
more trouble than it’s really worth. The overburdening of the work load on students
that may been showing negative effects in their academic as well as their home life.
While the purpose the homework is to improve students understanding and seem to
believe that this homework will help students in their academic career.

Should students have homework? This paper aims to debunk the positive

effects of having homework’s; however, this paper will also examine the negative
effects of having homework’s in school.

BODY:

COUNTER ARGUMENT:

The first argument is, homework is a vital and valuable part of education.
There are only few hours in each school day- not enough time to cover properly all
the subjects children need to study. Setting homework extends study beyond school
hours, allowing a wider and deeper education. It also makes the best use of teachers,
who can spend lesson time teaching rather than just supervising individual work that
could be done at home. Tasks such as reading, writing essays, researching, doing
maths problem, etc. are best done at home, away from the distractions of other
student.

In response to:

Homework has little educational worth and adds nothing to the time spent in
school. Some schools and some countries don’t bother with homework at all, and their
results do not seem to suffer from it. Studies show that homework adds nothing to
standardise test scores for primary/elementary pupils. International comparisons of
older students have found no positive relationship between the amount of
homework set and average test scores. If anything, countries with more homework got
worse results. Children spend seven hours every single workday at school. That is a
huge chunk of life and with homework added on top of these hours, a child is left with
no time to live his life to the fullest, socialize, or grow in other areas.
 
The second arguments, Having homework also allows students to really fix
in their heads work they have done in school. Doing tasks linked to recent lessons
helps students strengthen their understanding and become more confident in using
new knowledge and skills. For younger children this could be practising reading or
multiplication table. For older ones it might be writing up an experiment, revising for
a test, reading in preparation for the next topic. According to  Denise Pope, a senior
lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a co-author of
a study published in the Journal of Experimental Education, “Any homework
assigned should have a purpose and benefit, and it should be designed to cultivate
learning and development. 

In response to:

Homework is almost always done when a child is already tired from a long
day at school.As a result few students are their best when they sit down in the evening
to yet more work. Homework ends up being done in hurry, by students fighting
fatigue, and poor quality work is produced. Worse still, students who have been up
late trying to finish off their homework, then come tired into school the next day, and
so are less ready to learn. In September 2010, a memorandum from the Department of
education was circulated (and passed on to all the bureau directors, regional directors, school
division/city superintendents and Heads of Public elementary school). The Deped
Memorandum No.392 S.2010  highlights the suspension of homework during the weekend.
This is to address the concern of parents regarding the amount of time the pupils consume in
accomplishing their homework, instead of having an enjoyable and quality time with their
family. This memorandum also intends to ease the pupils’ burden about the thought of doing
plenty of homework. Sitting at your desk solving problems does no good for your
health. Kids need time to get outside and have some fun, join a league, or ride their
bikes with friends around the block. Otherwise, children will be very smart but
surprisingly weak physically.

The third argument is homework prepares students to work more

independently, as they will have to at college and in workplace. Everyone needs
to develop skills in personal organization, working to deadlines, being able to reach,
etc., If students are always a whole range of “spoon-fed” topics at school they will
never develop study skills and self-discipline for the future. Homework is meant to
involve the parents in the education of their children and create links between home-
learning and school-learning. It is also meant to support the child in developing the
motivation and the ability to learn independently. If it is properly and carefully
planned, homework will lead to successful learning for the pupils and help them to
develop an active interest in learning.

In response to:

Setting homework does little to develop good study skills. It is hard to

check whether the homework students produce is really their own. Some students
have always copied off others or got their parents to help them. But today there is so
much material available on the internet that teachers can never be sure. It would be
better to have a mixture of activities in the classroom which help students to develop
skills, including independent. Homework is not always the best way to obtain
knowledge quality-wise. Students tend to ask their parents or siblings for help
whenever facing difficulties. Busy parts not always willing to spend extra time
explaining school material to their little ones solve problems themselves aiming to
have more time for family, not lessons. As a result, the child will have the homework
done. But that's really not his work. So, the whole idea of dedicating time to self-
education is lost here.

WRITERS ARGUMENT:

Finally, knowing that after classes you would still have to work at home
makes a kid less concentrated at school. This results in short attention spans and
difficulty to concentrate something for too long. In August 2019, the 118th Congress
– Senate Bill No. 966 (authored by Senator Grace Poe) or the proposed “No
Homework Law” has been filed. This is a senate bill banning teachers from giving
homework to students from kinder to Grade 12 on weekends.

Homework’s produces large amount of pointless work of little educational

value, but marking it ties up much of teacher’s time. This leaves teachers tired and
with little time to prepare more effective, inspiring lessons. They heavy workload also
puts young graduates off becoming teachers, and so reduces the talent pool from
which schools can recruit.

Homework’s takes a lot of time up. Being young is not just about doing school
work. It should also about being physically active, exploring the environment through
play, doing creative things like music and art, and playing a part in the community. It
is also important for young people to build bonds with others, especially family and
friends, but homework often squeezes the time available for all these things.

Homework is a class issue. In school everyone is equal, but at home some

people have advantages because of their family background. Homework is one of the
most common causes of family arguments.

Finally, knowing that after classes you would still have to work at home
makes a kid less concentrated at school. This results in short attention spans and
difficulty to concentrate something for too long.

CONCLUSION:

Homework can put too much stress to students and family, can cause decrease
of performances of students and when students don’t have the teacher they may not
have enough sleep. Homework fails to promote equality of opportunity when a
homework is used to outsource school material not completed in school, resulting
students to resort in using the internet or other resources for help, this provides
disadvantages for students without internet access.

In conclusion, homework doesn’t work. As shown by numerous studies it

brings no educational benefits and act as a root cause of conflict between children’s.
Homework is more closely associated with punishment than with pleasure.
 All in all, homework should rather be an option. Students understanding that
they are left behind at some subjects will take their time to go over the material at
home. However, in other cases, they should have time after school for other activities.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Denise Pope, a co-author of a study published in the Journal of Experimental

Education.
Deped Memorandum No.392 S.2010

“No Homework Law” Senate Bill No. 966