Should Students Have Work Over Winter Break? Do you want homework over your time off from school? Winter break is supposed to be a time to relax and enjoy the time off from school, not have to do even more work. Assigning homework over winter break is a very controversial topic; although, the drawbacks are outweighed. Students should not be assigned homework over break because students need quality time with family, the vacation isn’t very long, and students are tired and won’t learn from it. First, students deserve to have no work over winter break because students need time to spend with family and friends. If students are being assigned homework over their break, all of the time would be spent on school work instead of with family and friends. The passage “Homework Holiday” states, “Education is not the only thing that matters. Teens need time for family and friends too.” Homework is a lot of work for …show more content…
When teachers assign homework, it either doesn’t get finished or nothing is taught from it. I know this because there have been several occasions where this has happened to me. For example, my 4th-period teacher assigned homework and I didn’t know how to do it so I and my friend just copied someone's answers. Nobody is learning from just copying the answers. So, as one can see students do not need to work over break because it isn’t helpful and students are tired. The debate “No, Teachers should not assign homework over winter break” stated, “Without a real vacation, students can get tired and have trouble learning.” Assigning holiday work is a poor decision because the work would be turned in half-done and late. Students are tired and look at winter break as a vacation from homework. Winter break is a time to rest and students shouldn’t be assigned schoolwork. In spite of this evidence, there are still those who