Why I Shouldn T Have Homework Essay

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Should we have homework or not? I think we shouldn’t have homework because we can just learn from teachers. When we get homework sometimes we get stressed because we have other things to do. I think we shouldn’t have homework because interferes with family and is time consuming, stresses kids, and homework doesn’t show any benefits to learning. All in all, homework is time consuming, and if kids like to hang out with family and friends after school they can’t because they have homework. According to Robert Marzano homework must be realistic in length and the amount of difficulty given to students should be easy enough for them to do the work. The amount of time should be limited to only 30 to 60 minutes. I think that this would not be too bad if that is all the time I have to spend on homework. Another reason is that you will be stressed out. When you get a lot of homework your just worried about not getting it all done before school the next day. Some kids just want to get it done so they will just guess on the answers. When the teacher teaches you how to do it in class you know how to do it until you get home. When you start to work on it your stressing because you forgot …show more content…

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