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.