[Someone Else]

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...76208-1,00.html

The ironic part is, I'm reading this instead of doing my homework.

We all hate homework and that goes without saying. Is there a better way to teach kids and teens like us than by assigning heaps of it?

[Golden Djinn13]

I find homework to be so pointless, because its one thing to study for a test, and another to get homework that you learn nothing from. Usually I just copy homework assignments of of friends before class or whenever I have extra time to do it. I learn absolutely nothing from it, and I still get good grades. Its a complete waste of time.

[gsninja]

I have a solution, and it's something I've been thinking about for a long time:

As it said in the article, too much homework leads a person to not wanting to learn and get smarter. If a techer wants to assign homework, he/she should assign VERY little of it. Some parents say it helps, but doing the work in class helps just the same, if not more so, especially since the teacher's around for guidance, too.

Also, the article was stating the nations that had better student-achievement scores than the U.S. assigned less homework than the U.S., and the nations that did worse assigned a lot of it. In my opinion, doing homework only wastes time, unless you have nothing else to do.

Overall, homework only helps if it's given in moderation, and only a little bit at a time, too. Not too many tests, not too many essays, and a little bit of homework will make schools better. Apparently, though, the school boards deny that...

Here's one of the worst parts: I don't turn in my homework. Why? I don't like doing it, and it doesn't help. At all. I get graded down for something that doesn't even help the slightest bit.

[TheEnglishman]

To be honest, I don't get much homework anymore. I guess they're reluctant to set it when there are exams in the summer.
As for my view on it, I can understand why it's set however I believe it's more of a hinderance than anything else. I believe learning should just be classroom based.

[Someone Else]

You're lucky. American schools give a lot more homework, and then we don't even get much better grades than other countries.

[Golden Djinn13]

I have three projects due next week and I haven't started on ANY of them. Two from history and one speech for english. Two of these projects have absolutely nothing to do with what we are learning in class. ;)

[gsninja]

Eh, projects are almost always boring. There are always those few that actually are worthwhile.

An annoying argument is that homework gives you practice. Well, first off, you can practice in the classroom, not at home. Also, what good is practice if it doesn't help?

[Hotshot101]

Heh project can be boring unless its something interesting that would explain something. I have had a few projects that have engraved stuff into my brain.

[Split Infinity]

Going slightly off-topic, the Australian education system is screwed. Our final examinations are graded by comparison to other students in that year. Which means that a student of reasonable intellect could actually do quite badly in the presence of gifted classmates.

[Neo]

Another option; don't make your homework. It's easy, and it helps. I never made any homework, and although I have my exams in may, at this point all my grades are high enough to get my diploma.

[Elliott]

No more homework for me, ever. But what I found was my greatest downfall throughout my schooling life was leaving-things-to-the-last-minute syndrome. Whenever I got things done and out of the way well before their deadline was when I felt most at ease. Sure, it's a pain in the ass doing something you don't want to while you could be killing time and brain cells on the PC, or watching TV; but it's better watching TV and going on the PC when you haven't got a huge load of homework hanging over your head.

[Saturos S.]

I don't make any homework except things you have to hand over to your teacher or present to the class. Studying for tests and exams is different, I do that.

But to make ordinary homework, there's really no point.

[Nyktos]

Wind Dude, on Jan 10 2007, 07:47 PM, said:

You're lucky. American schools give a lot more homework, and then we don't even get much better grades than other countries.

Same here in Canada.

[Neo]

I bet you wish you would live here in the Netherlands. Never get your homework controlled. Only 4 tests a year per subject. And the best thing of all... if your overall rating is 55%, you passed.

[Nyktos]

Or Norway, where you don't get homework on weekends, ever.

[Sea of Time]

I never thought and I really don't think that homework is that big of a deal. I certainly get a lot of it, and I never get a night off (which would be nice) but it's really just a matter of getting it out of the way.

I'm concerned about how I do in school, and homework is just something I have to do in order to succeed.

[TheEnglishman]

I don't take homework seriously as I rarely get it. I usually have projects and coursework to do instead.

[Zangetsu]

I <3 my American school. Most of the teachers have read the research concerning homework and teaching styles. They only use the best methods and that is very little homework and forcing us to use Cornell note system. xD

[Giro888]

American schools really give too much homework- we had to write 30 ******' poems in less than 4 days and no time in class to work on them. We turned it in today and it counted 2 test grades.


I'll be lucky if my teacher even grades ine and doesn't give me a 0. :D

[Euron]

Information absorption by action... there's some interesting live-in eurpoean schools that emphasise the "doing". So much cannot be learnt by dictation. Swilling politicians are too complacent to raise an alternative upheaval.