Our new generation of teens are swarmed with homework, studying, and getting good grades. Having hours of homework an put stress on students. They have a full day of working at school, and have to come home and work for 3-4 hours on homework totaling out to an 11-12 hour working day. Having this through school years can cause mental stress, which is not good for mental development. American Academy of Pediatrics report tells that for children and teens, too much work and too not enough play could backfire down the road. "Colleges are seeing a generation of students who appear to be manifesting increased signs of depression, anxiety, perfectionism and stress," the report says. Altering the school schedule to overcome this could help students all over the nation. Being able to work on your school work in class could increase productivity in students. School boards should consider lengthening the school day 1 1/2 hours longer, but the teacher shouldn't give any homework. When the student returns home they wouldn't have to work for 3 more hours on school work, they would have time to get lots of sleep and relax their brains. For elementary students, they are still kids, they still need time to play and mentally develop instead of sitting at a table with a workbook in their face. It wouldn't improve their academic ability to be stressed over it, Amanda Enayati from CNN Health + says " there is no correlation between homework and academic achievement in elementary school".
Having that break to sit and relax gives you time to remember everything you learned in that day of school. Schools should consider this possibility to change the schedule to save lots of stress from the student in the US.
SOURCES:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/health/homework-stress/
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/coping-school-stress
I agree completely with this. I hate when I am up all night working on hours of homework. The other thing is that if we have hours of homework, we don't have any or very little time to do other fun things that we would like to do. I do a few after school activities that I sometimes have to miss due to too much homework and being up all night.
ReplyDeleteI would rather keep the school day the same length and have no homework at all, and resuming work on the assignment the next day. Less material would be able to be covered in the year, however, which wouldn't be too popular with the schools.
ReplyDeleteEducation is important. But our mental health is important too. I agree that Our new generation of teens are swarmed with homework, studying, and getting good grades. Having hours of homework an put stress on students. They have a full day of working at school, and have to come home and work for 3-4 hours on homework totaling out to an 11-12 hour working day. Having this through school years can cause mental stress, which is not good for mental development. Sometime too much studying can make you go crazy, or to have a mental health problems.
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ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. There have been nights where I have stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning doing homework or studying for tests and then had to get up at 6a.m. and go to school the next day. I know for a fact that this is not healthy, because I only got 3-4 hours of sleep, when kids my age need approximately eight hours. Studies also say kids don't exercise enough, but we sometimes don't have time, due to too much homework. By the time we get done with our three hours of homework it is either to dark to go outside and play or it is time for bed. The school day should be longer with no homework given so kids have time to exercise and do activities after school.
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