Homework

Yes, it's really putting in some wonder why children are so stressed doing all homework. However, I see it as an advantage because they will be taught on how to really earn or work hard not seeing everyone else doing it. At home, there will be temptations for them not to do their homework but the only motivation that will keep them doing it is the thinking that everyone else is. I am not born with silver spoon in my mouth so I feel so unlucky sleeping late hours doing some household chores before attending to my homework. Now, I realized that my experiences made me work harder and work better so I will change the course of time and put my life on a better standard. The only consolation I always have before was, life will be better when I do my part now. So, even if I have to spend the whole night understanding and making a homework, I will because if I do not do it, my life will not change for the better. However, if what is done is class is lesser than homeworks, there is some doubt that educational standards are getting bad compared to yesteryears.

I agree that children do get too much homework. I have a child in grade 2 and another in grade 5. Both of them bring home Spelling words, Sentences, Maths and my grade 5 child also has to read a book every night. They both get home from school and then have to sit at the table for hours doiung there homework. I don't have time to sit with them constantly as I have a third child who is only 1 year old. By the time they do there homework have a shower and dinner it's basically time for them to go to bed. So I ask "Where is the family time in that?"

i also got tonnes of homework when i was still in school ever since i was in grade 1... so i actually got used to it... my father always helps me to finish them if i can't and he is really great in teaching me... on top of homework, i still have to prepare for my test for the next day... school is such a heavy burden for me when i am still a child... too much things to do... but i'm glad that i am being trained by it since i am young... now, i get used to do hard work and discipline myself...

Homework .. U mean work at home.. do hell with it.. I used to hav a lot of homework at my office when i was in training.. Well what i believe is .. homework is just for practice.. The more you do the more you gain perfection.. Its only when we r kids we are stressed more upon homework..thats our learning stage.. But as we grow older.. when we go to 11th and 12th standards we are given homework but we are not stressed upon it.. Its only for our good that we do it.. About me i can remember.. I used to do my homework till 8th standard.. Then after it was just an obligation for me. I was not forced to complete it on the same day.. I just had to do it.. U wn't believe me but i wnet to school hardly for 3 days during 11th and 12th standard.. I had a hell lot of homwork from my coaching.. But In college it was almost negligible.. So i believe ..its the time for them to learn.. They have the weekends to enjoy and spend with their families..

This is good actually the school is teaching those kids to give more itme with their studies not only in school but also at home.. To lessen the time for television and too much play. They have all the time to play on their breaktimes so they had enough time for fun and concentrate more on studies.

My kid is not yet in school but I my niece is on her first grade. She brings home lots of homeworks everyday and their homework is much advance than our lessons when I was like her age. Maybe it's because of their curriculum now. The way of life when we were kids is much, much different from now. The educational system should then adopt to these changes, so they have to make adjustments to cope up with the present way of life. It maybe is a bit unfair to them because the time for play and other leisure is lessened but I think they don't mind it at all. That's their idea of school. Maybe when they grow up and become parents they will also say the same thing...that their children have so much homeworks or assignments compared to them when they were in school. Kids of new generation are becoming more smarter and brighter. They ought to cope up with our fast paced life so the school prepares them. Parents then should adjust to this method of education nowadays and continue learning so that they can assist their children in their studies.

here in india the pressure on kids is much less than senior students, rather the students here dont have any exams till class first. However they have grading and some work to do at home just to see that they revise what's been taught at school. In the heigher classes the work at home is much more but this is necessary if we want our childrent to be a part of the fast advancing world. They should be willing to work hard to bear the fruits in the long run.

I always went home with tonnes of homework when I was at school it was like overpowering! And it used to take ages to complete, and all I wanted to do was to watch television and relax, I think I got less homework when I went to college than school. Children need time to play and to relax not have their heads in books all night long, so a happy medium is needed, homework is important but should only take up an hour or two not the whole evening.

I am in total agreement with you. Back even when my oldest was in school homework was a rarity until one entered middleschool. Of course there were always current events once a week and a book report to be done once a month but it did not really take away from free time and family time. Now the kids start getting tons of homework begining in elementary school. It is too much and it is unfair. They are in school full-time and they deserve to leave the school day at the door on their way out at the end of the day just as we adults, should not be bringing our work home and letting it affect the quality of our family time.

My boys both had 3-4 hours of homework every night last year. This year only my youngest has that much. The oldest is in highschool now and he is going for a special diploma so, he hardly ever gets homework. I think that because of the disruptions in the classroom, the teachers are unable to teach as much as they did when we were in school. Therefore a lot of the teaching is left up to the parents when the child goes home. It's sad really. Kids should be able to go out and play after a long day at school.

I remember having so much I could never keep up. I do remember not being able to do some, like math, cause I didn't understand it and the teachers didn't bother to give any extra help. When my kids were in school, I remember them having so much I spent so much time helping them out - keeping track of it all, organizing and all that kind of stuff for them. Going to the library for them to get books, while they worked on the work at home. I even asked the teachers for extra help after school. but they all "left" right as school was out and there was no tutoring or extra help anywhere in the school! These days with my granddaughter 2nd grade, she gets homework on Monday for the week - about 8 pages, front and back and they are all due back in on Friday - it is like 2 pages a night of home work. And these are ditto pages so not much to do and one sheet to do some writting to practice handwriting and such. ONly other thing she has is a monthly callender thing where she is supposed to read for 20 minutes each day and write the name of the book.

With the sociaty developing,the demand of the education is become higher. In my childhood,I just do my homework for half an hour or less,and the books we learned is very easy. The child in nowadays is much smart then our's,and the books they learned is much complicated.I believe it is the sociaty's demanding.and the child have the ability to abear this.

Children are getting smarter and smarter these days, i mean like "with greater power(bigger brains in this case) comes greater responsibility" So i guess giving them extra homework is not really that bad. Also, extra homework doesnt really affect anything since there should be a balance in work and play. i dont really thing that its that bad "3 hours every evening" i mean thats crazy im a student in singapore and i dont even do that now even when im pre-u.

I most agree with you but maybe this is a way to training kids.In my opinion,homework is need but the number must be stop where it should stop.

I think this is just one way of training for the kids. They do homework instead of thinking "I'm going to study, I'm going to study" but instead, it's a sort of training or force to open their notes because of their assignments hehehe.. there are kids that has no passion in studying.

yes i completely agree with you i think its quite unfair for small children who are growing up and need to spend their time with their parents at home . I think they should give them a weekly assignment .

I agree with you. My girls graduated several years ago but they had several hours of homework every night. Some nights it was so bad that they wouldn't finish. This is not fair to the kids and doesn't give them any time to de-stress.

Kids should be exposed to working hard. If I hadn't had a relatively heavy load in high school, I don't think I would have adapted to the heavy load in college. It's good experience; learning takes a lot of effort.

i am in 12th but till yet i have not completed my homework...i am always punished for that...but i have not....