A bright student can get great grades on tests and love to do hands-on, difficult experiments, but even with all of their intelligence, they can still stress over homework assignments. That is because the homework load is so large that it is overwhelming. He never has time to have a healthy life for a child his age and it is a daily balance between grades, friends, and sleep. This is the problem with many students in middle through high-school. Homework is harmful because students can become extremely stressed, lose important development years where they should be learning how to socialize and they can even completely lose their appreciation for learning.
First, unjustifiable homework is causing students across America and the whole world
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Many children have so much homework that they feel bad if they take the slightest bit of time off to do normal things. “As I watch my daughter struggle through school days on too little sleep and feel almost guilty if she wants to watch an hour of television instead of advancing a few yards in the trench warfare of her homework routine, I have my doubts. When would she ever have time to, say, read a book for pleasure? Or write a story or paint a picture or play the guitar” (“Homework: Is”). Homework can not teach people important life-experiences. In an article Reese Everett writes “Students can learn about money management, personal responsibility, effective communication, and time management by working at home for an allowance or at a part-time job. What kind of homework can teach you all of that?" (Everett). This is something that many can relate to because they learned how to socialize or pay taxes through life, and not from school. Students can learn about money management, personal responsibility, effective communication, and time management by working at home for an allowance or at a part-time job. What kind of homework can teach you all of that?" (Everett). This is something that many can relate to because they learned how to socialize or pay taxes through life, and not from school. According to a 2017 study, “Forty-three percent of teenagers had a job last summer. That 's down from the 72% of Americans ages 16 to 19 who worked in July 1978, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics” (Kellie). Having a summer job is an important experience. Without working young, somebody may not be able to handle a job in their older