Too Much Homework Beneficial

Having been a student almost my whole life, I was very intrigued to find out if critics and professionals believed if homework actually helped children. Having gone through high school, middle school, and grade school, I always wondered if some of the homework I was being asked to do from my teachers was helpful or not. Some concepts that I learned required additional homework in order to better understand the topic being taught. For example, homework I had for all my math classes throughout my middle school and high school classes really helped me understand the concepts that were taught during class. There were classes, however, when teachers’ assigned homework that had nothing to do with the concept being taught at all and it was basically

In an article titled “Homework: How much is too much” by John Buell published on October 25, 2000, Buell discusses that children today face more stress and standardized tests than ever. He states “Over the last decade and a half, children as young as 9, have seen a 40% increase in homework” (Buell, 2000, para.4). This theory, Buell states, is proved by research from the University of Michigan’s Survey Center that convey children who are aged 9-11, have seen homework go from 2 and 3-quarter hours a week to 3 and a half hours through the past decade. Buell even brings up the topic of foreign schooling to show how the United States compares with other countries. Buell states that many foreign school systems do not have to educate their whole population. He further states that Japanese schools spend up to 25% more per teacher than the United States school system. Buell even states, “In Japan, the number of hours children are forced to study is becoming a topic of concern throughout the country” (Buell, para.6). There also is not really any proven evidence that homework improves academic performances, “…it is not clear whether homework makes good students or whether good and well-motivated students do homework” (Buell, para.7). Children also do not have a lot of free-time due to too much homework and without free-time, children lose a lot of independence, emotions, and creativity in their