Should Homework Be Abolished

Do you hate homework? If you hate homework do you want to get rid of it? Are you the
kind of student that has too much homework that you want to get rid of it? Think twice, because
studies show homework helps academically. This is an argument that has been going on for a
long time. Homework shouldnt be abolished because it helps academically, there is enough time
to finish it, and teacher say students learn more.
Homework helps students academically. In the article Survey on Homework Reveals
Acceptance, Despite, and Some Grieves from volume 27 of Education Week took a survey. The
survey stated that the students who dont do homework or have negative feelings for homework
have an average grade of C or below. Kids who always do homework had grade averages of A
and B. Kids who dont do homework have lower grades. Also from the same article from
Education Week, they took another survey. The survey consisted teachers and parents. Eighty
percent stated that homework has helped their students during class. Even parents and teacher
say homework is helpful to the students. They would know because they see the change in the
students grades. Homework benefits academically, but is there enough time for it?
There is enough time to do homework and other activities. In the article Too Much
Homework by Fredreka Schouten from the Gannet News Service, studies show that two- thirds
of high school seniors spend no more than an hour doing homework. Even the highest grades
dont get that much homework. The same article from Education Week showed an interview. In
the interview a student confessed that most students in junior high or high school chat while
doing homework. This shows that because of chatting or other activities while doing homework,
homework seems to take a longer time to finish than it really is. Homework doesnt take a long
time to finish. Homework is helpful to the student, so they should do it.
Teachers say students learn more because of homework. In the same article from
Education Week, they interviewed a teacher. The teacher stated seeing a positive result by doing
over homework with the class. In a way homework is helping students learn from their mistakes.
Also, Education Week held another survey. The teachers who taught for more than twenty years
stated homework helps students achieve their goal. Even the most experience teachers favor
homework.
Homework is good for the students. It helps them academically, thats why homework
shouldnt be abolished. Again, think to yourself, should homework be abolished? Homework
helped you, so you should be thankful.