Do you agree or disagree that children should take homework home every day? We have a survey about two different groups; some of them agree and some of them disagree to have homework (Strauss, 2009). In one of these groups they agree that homework is good for students to improve their skills and learning process, and it helps them to have good grades, and most teachers agree to have homework every day. But in the other groups they disagree with having homework. Most of these groups are parents and they disagree because they think it keeps kids away from reading. There are some studies showing that kids in grades from 2 to 5 do better on tests when they do homework (Strauss, 2009). But a survey shows that 68 of the parents said that teachers give homework to students on subjects they have not finished in class (Strauss, 2009).
In my opinion, it is good to have homework, but not every day, because if children have homework every day, especially when it is long homework, children will hate to go to school and they will suffer from teachers that give homework. Teachers can give the students homework every day, but it should be short assignments. The teachers can solve this problem in different ways and with different techniques like doing more class work and less homework and giving them games and activities about their homework.
First, it is better to have work class more than homework for many reasons. One of them is that children can work with other children as a group, so they can share different ideas and improve communication skill. The second reason is that when students have more homework they can’t read for fun in their home (Toppo, 2008). Also they don’t have time to do different activities in their house; they just have time for study only. So when they come the next day to school, they will hate to have a new subject, because they know that they will have homework. The last one is that when children have a lot of homework they will have some kinds of stress from too much structure, which affects their body and may give them some further illnesses (Toppo, 2008).
Second, when the teachers give some games and activities in their homework the students will be happy to solve the homework without any problem (Strauss, 2009). In this way we can solve the problem of having parents help their children with homework (Bennett, 2008). So the students can solve the homework without help from parents because it is easy for students to solve homework that has some game activity. Finally, in this way the students will like to have homework, because they will enjoy solving this kind of homework.
Some people may disagree with me; it is fine for me, because if we don’t have different ideas, we will never develop our community and there will be no debate between people. Some people will argue that if students have more homework they will have more practice. I agree with that, but if students have long homework every day they will hate to solve homework and they will have no time to do fun things like reading books, going out with friends and doing sports.
In conclusion, there are some people who agree and some of them who disagree with having homework every day. Some people think that some teachers give homework because they did not finish the lesson in the class time, so they give homework to complete what they don't complete. Other people do not like to have homework for their children because if they have a lot of homework the children will not have time to read fun books and enjoy their time inside the house. In my opinion, it is good for students to have short homework every day to ensure that the students understand the lecture.
Bennett, S. (2008, September 17). New Survey: 43 Percent of Parents Have Done Their Kids’ Homework. Stop Homework. Retrieved on July 17, 2009 from http://stophomework.com/new-survey-43-percent-of-parents-have-done-their-kids-homework/288
Strauss,V. (2009, January 27). The Homework Debate. The Washington Post. Retrieved on July 14, 2009, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602012_pf.html
Toppo, G. (2008, January 11). Survey: Homework, ‘Other things ‘ keep kids from reading. USA Today. Retrieved on July 17, 2009 from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-06-10-kids-reading_N.htm
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