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Emma Wilkinson
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The majority of students' days are spent at school. Students wake up early in the mornings, some as early as 4:30 am, to work out, go to swim practice, ride the bus, etc. They make it to school and in their seats by 8:30 am. Then, after seven hours of sitting through different kinds of classes and having to learn and memorize a variety of information, students are sent home with mounds of homework. Not only do the students have to study the information given to them in these different classes, but also have homework from each class. After school, most students have to go to jobs or extracurricular activities such as sports or clubs, leaving no time for homework. Many students have to resort to doing homework late at night. This results in the students' not getting enough sleep and their grades dropping. According to https://healthcare.utah.edu/, "Lack of sleep can also have a negative effect on how a child learns. Overtired kids work more slowly because it's hard for them to remember what the teacher just told them or what they just read. Their brains have a harder time focusing, even interfering with the formation and recall of long-term memories. When kids are sleep-deprived, their brains lapse into sleep-like brainwave patterns, which is why tired kids space out during class." The solution to this problem is ultimately for teachers to stop giving homework. Students should be able to get all they need to get done in the seven-hour time frame they are at school. It is important for kids to still be able to be kids and have a life outside of school. With no homework, students will be able to get more sleep, have more time for outside activities, be less overworked, and have more time spent with family. With many parents working full time, students usually end up seeing their teachers more than their parents. Teachers should encourage their students by not giving them homework so that students can spend more time with their families; thus, contributing to the overall health of the family and the student.
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