Is homework worth it?

Is homework worth it?

There are positives and negatives to doing homework. Some of the positives are that the parents know how their child is getting on with the work and if the child is silently suffering they can help them. Another positive would be that it would improve skills like time management and the knowledge of how long an assignment might take i.e. an essay will be a lot shorter than a project. This is so important as it’s not the greatest idea to leave it to the last minute!

 There are also negative effects of doing homework. If a lot of homework is designated for a specific day and it all comes without warning, it might prevent the child from doing an after-school sport. Another negative would be that it adds to the child’s stress levels, as sometimes when you deal with different teachers for different subjects they can sometimes overlap on classroom tests or project deadlines.

I personally believe that homework is worthwhile. It helps the teacher to get through the work faster in class and by doing homework you go over that new information later, so if you don’t understand what went on it will be obvious when you hand homework in. It also makes you go over the work so when you come to study for Christmas and Summer exams it should be slightly easier. Also, I feel the skills that you learn from homework i.e. time management, answering techniques which are vital skills which would not be learnt so easily otherwise.