Homework

What are your thoughts on homework?
Do you think it's necessary?

Do you think it benefits you as a person?

I personally think it's necessary, but there shouldn't be as much.
Doing something over and over again doesn't always help with learning.

I agree, but like, me, I usually finish the homework at school. I think it's neccessary to keep my brain updated for the next day. It really helps to remember stuff but when you get 10 pages from different classes, it can be stressful.

I believe homework is an essential part of learning but after you get the same exact problem for the 30th time in a row I feel like it loses its "teaching" ability.

An educator once told me that students shouldn't attend school more than twice a week and it is true, but we still do. Homework is more so a discipline training than a skill improvement worksheet. Doing homework helps the student develop and organize his or her mind. Time being one of the things you need to keep checked while attending school. Homework may not be necessary, but at the state we are in as a nation, it should be a requirement.

In South Korea, they not only make it a big deal that education should be the life of students but also their test scores. While the USA's SAT exam only takes around 4 hours and with only 150 or so questions, it isn't a big deal. In terms of passing it or not, you will still be able to attend a college. In the United States, we get a second chance at education at every turn of the corner. We can hit rock bottom in high school and still be able to graduate and getting a second chance at a junior college (2 years of general ed and then a transfer to a University). In other more competent countries like South Korea and China, they have it much harder. In China, their school depends on the number in it's name starting from Elementary school. It ranged from 1-10 (1 being the best and 10 the worst). Kids who go to school in the top 3 elementary schools (numbers 1-3) gets a much higher change to admit to a middle school numbers 1-15 (depending on which province of China you're in). Then, in high school it is the same process. Not only is this rising the competition, parents have to pay for the expense of education. Unlike the US, we get it for free as long as the government gets taxes paid.

In South Korea, their SAT exam is 8 hours long, and your life depends on it. If you pass the SAT with a formidable score, you will get a good job, stay in the middle class and have the possibility to move up in social standing. If you fail the test, you get jobs that doesn't pay well, stuck in the bottom of the social status, and probably still struggle even in old age.

We take our education way too lightly to even think about taking out homework from the routine of a student, we should add more homework than removing homework in total.

An educator once told me that students shouldn't attend school more than twice a week and it is true, but we still do. Homework is more so a discipline training than a skill improvement worksheet. Doing homework helps the student develop and organize his or her mind. Time being one of the things you need to keep checked while attending school. Homework may not be necessary, but at the state we are in as a nation, it should be a requirement.

In South Korea, they not only make it a big deal that education should be the life of students but also their test scores. While the USA's SAT exam only takes around 4 hours and with only 150 or questions, it isn't a big deal. In terms of passing it or not, you will still be able to attend a college. In the United States, we get a second chance at education at every turn of the corner. We can hit rock bottom in high school and still be able to graduate and getting a second chance at a junior college (2 years of general ed and then a transfer to a University). In other more competent countries like South Korea and China, they have it much harder. In China, their school depends on the number in it's name starting from Elementary school. It ranged from 1-10 (1 being the best and 10 the worst). Kids who go to school in the top 3 elementary schools (numbers 1-3) gets a much higher change to admit to a middle school numbers 1-15 (depending on which province of China you're in). Then, in high school it is the same process. Not only is this rising the competition, parents have to pay for the expense of education. Unlike the US, we get it for free under as long as the government gets taxes paid.

In South Korea, their SAT exam is 8 hours long, and your life depends on it. If you pass the SAT with a formidable score, you will get a good job, stay in the middle class and have the possibility to move up in social standing. If you fail the test, you get jobs that doesn't pay well, stuck in the bottom of the social status, and probably still struggle even in old age.

We take our education way too lightly to even think about taking out homework from the routine of a student, we should add more homework than removing homework in total.

I agree with this post. The mainstream U.S. school systems are flawed.

I think homework sucks, because i get homework every bloody day. it ruins my weekends. and it does not teach me shit, cause i know the stuff already. errr.