Question

Write a short paragraph to prepare for a group discussion. Explain your thoughts on the issue of homework. Do students have too much?

Answer 1

Sample Response: Students today have too much homework. The National Education Association recommends two hours of homework a day for high school students. Yet, many have three hours or more. Also, homework often causes stress. According to one study, 56 percent of students claim that homework is their main source of stress. Therefore, students should be assigned less homework in school.

Answer 2

Answer:

In my opinion, homework help students practice getting a better understanding of the various topics taught daily at school. Homework gives way for individual learning i.e a way by which students can discover and learn new things and also build on what has been taught at school.

Although homework is good and helps students expand their knowledge on different topics of various subjects, it is usually too much. For instance, a total number of 10 subjects are taught daily, if all the teachers give homework on all 10 subjects with lots of questions, students will not be able to meet up as it would be too overwhelming on students.  

I believe that homework should be limited because when it is too much it causes sleep deprivation, stress, weight loss, inability to function properly in the class. Two hours of homework is what is recommended for high school students by the National Education Association.  Study shows that a percentage of students claim that homework is the main cause of stress.

In conclusion, to reduce the workload on students, teachers should conduct a test and classwork after each class.