Students at some schools receive homework assignments every day from all of their teachers. Some people believe this is the best way to learn. I, however, disagree with this approach and feel that students should not be given homework assignments every day.
Students nowadays simply have too much work. The number of classes students are taking these days is higher than ever. In the past, students might only have taken Chinese, history, math, and science. However, now students are taking foreign languages, art, music, computer classes, and other subjects. If students have homework in all of these classes, they will simply get overworked.
In addition, a lot of homework is just busywork that does not teach students anything at all. This means that much homework is just a waste of time for students, who are already too busy. For example, my history teacher enjoys making us read a lot. However, these reading assignments usually are not related to his lectures, and he never goes over them or tests us on them. In short, these homework assignments are just wasting our time. When the homework does not accomplish anything positive, the teacher should not bother to assign it.
Finally, too much homework in a subject actually makes students start to dislike that class. When teachers assign too much work, it creates a negative atmosphere for the students. I have actually experienced this situation. I used to enjoy literature, but my teacher assigned us too much homework. Not only that, but the assignments also took a lot of time. I really started to resent all of this work, which made reading and writing the assignments difficult for me. After a while, I simply came to dislike everything that had to do with literature.
While homework can be important, I do not believe that teachers need to assign it to students every day. Students are already doing too much, and extra homework can create negative feelings in them. Teachers should be more prudent in assigning homework, and, that way, students will respond to their lessons more positively.
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