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    Did you know that homework is one of the greatest causes of student dropouts and failing? Homework has been a major debate across America ever since the beginning of the twentieth century. At first, homework was seen as a muscle that could be trained by learning and people enjoyed that learning could be done at home. This enthusiastic spirit did not last for long because in the forties, Professor H. J. Otto explained that, “Compulsory homework does not result in sufficiently improved academic accomplishment”

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    The Costs of Too Much Homework Homework.  It is word that haunts anyone from adolescents to adults. Even though it's sole purpose is to educate students, homework seems to have ingrained a negative connotation among everyone in society. There is no doubt that homework has helped students improve their academic performance, but there is a point where it becomes overkill. From personal experience, I found myself drowning in homework in high school. Every night would consist of coming home after practice

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    Blowing Out Homework A boy is sitting at home at the kitchen table, palms sweating, ready to give up, crying about his homework, stressed about getting it all finished. It is already midnight he has been working on homework for hours and he still has at least 2 more hours to go. Homework can be beneficial to help prepare someone in the real world for meeting deadlines. However, on the other hand homework should be banned in all schools because it causes students to stress out and give up, it takes

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    Why Do Homework Be Paid?

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    hours of homework when they get home from school. When I get home, I would rather do a little homework, relax, and spend time with my family. Not spend the rest of the day doing homework, when you already have 7 hours of school. I believe that giving homework is crucial to students who want to have a life outside of school. Don’t you like to spend time with your family? Well, because of homework, I barely spend any time with my parents and sisters. I spend all day working on homework, and by the

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    Homework is meaningless. Despite its advantages on learning, it is taking its toll on individuals who contribute to it. These individuals are the trio known as the students, the parents, and the teachers. One of the characteristics that they have in common is that they all coherently partake in the learning environment: teachers assign homework, students do the homework, and parents communicate with their child and teachers. This symbiotic relationship takes proper communication and collaboration

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    school is often judged by the amount of homework given to their students. Many believe that the more homework assigned the smarter the student will be. However, some believe that assigning loads of homework to children at a young age can cause poor results in the child’s academic and social and emotional growth. According to Scholastic, almost 50% of parents believe that their children receive the right amount of homework, however, 80% of parents also say homework is a main a source of stress and family

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    Critical Homework can either be clarified for resourceful studying tool or can be a waste time for some students and some don’t even attempt to try it, but can getting too much homework be stressful causing some to have mental breakdowns or even worse things. Going to Palm Desert High School for the past two years. I have experienced first hand that there is so much homework given out causing so stress and lack of sleep. Students are getting too much extra assignments, leading to sleep deprivation

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    Have you ever wanted to just shred up your homework or throw it out the window and have no consequences? Kids are assigned daily homework from the time they start kindergarten at the ripe young age of five. Is it really necessary? Does it even help better learning or even higher test scores? The amount of homework we do wastes time, money, paper, and trees because it’s practically the exact same thing we did in class that day. Homework causes kid’s and teen’s frustration, tiredness, little time for

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    too Much Homework Harmful? How would you like spending your afternoon doing nothing but page after page of terrible homework until you just could not hold your eyes open any longer. Children are not receiving the correct amount of sleep needed for a healthy lifestyle. We go to school hours and hours each day just to come home to more work which adds to an undesirable night to come. The amount of homework given should be limited to a reasonable amount. By the amount of homework given

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    Have you ever forgotten to turn in your homework? If you have, you already know the consequences, but if you haven’t you’re in luck. Every teacher gives homework at some point in the school year. Nobody likes homework, it’s basically bringing school to your house, but you have to do it. Even your favorite classes give homework, math, science, history, english, literature, and religion. All teachers, all classes, whether it’s a science worksheet, history notes, or as easy as watching a ten minute

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