Is homework good or bad? Studies show that kids who have so much homework do just as well as kids that don’t get any homework or they do worse. In my opinion homework is causing more problems than it's helping. I think that homework is bad because it takes kids away from activities and it is bad for their health. To start, homework is taking kids away from activities and making them unhappy. In the article, To do Well in School Kids Should Exercise Their Body as Well as Their Brains, they say that exercise is good for your heart and it is beneficial to your brain structure. They also say that kids become more confident in themselves when they have had more exercise, this could help with school because they could be more confident in their learning abilities. The same article also states that exercise helps …show more content…
To begin, homework causes stress and anxiety. Apa.org says that when you have stress you concentrate less and you don’t want to learn. In an article about stress symptoms they stated that stress affects your overall being, by how you feel and how you act. Another article called How Stress Affects the Brain During Learning they described that it affects your heart, lungs, circulation metabolism, immune system and other things in a bad way.
Secondly it affects your health because you get less sleep. In the article, Is Lack of Sleep Bad for Health, they stated that we use sleep to work at our best and our attitude is affected too. Also they said that less sleep can cause disease. In my past experiences when I get more sleep I feel ready for the day and when I am ready for the day I work harder in everything I do including school. Finally, in the article, Homework Can Have Negative Effects Should Schools Ban it, they say that when there is a constant amount of homework and when there is two or more hours of homework that it is linked to sleep