Introduction: This assignment was written on April 9, 2014. I write this assignment because we learn argument writing in this unit.
Reflection: The hardest part of this assignment is we have to think two examples for each body paragraph. We need to research some facts online. I do well on the organization of this paper. However, I don't give suggestions of my opinions. I learn we need some facts in our paper to make our points more convincing.
School
should ban homework for students_Final Draft As the development of the world becomes
quicker, and the pace of the life becomes faster, it eventually adds more and
more pressure on students. What crucial is, nowadays, there are too much
homework assign on each student. Therefore, in my perspective, school should ban
homework for students.
First of all, homework is bad for
student health. Too much homework causes lack of P.E exercise time. For
example, in my high school, there is a lot of homework every day. It takes me
4-5 hours to do Toefl homework. It eventually decreases the time that I do P.E
exercise. Lack of exercise causes problem of obesity and a lot of health
problem. Homework is also bad for eyes. There are a lot of students who wear
glasses in my class. I sit in same place to look at computer and study K12, a
type of online course for 2 hours a day. It causes my shortsightedness become
more serious. Homework makes student has little time to sleep. Last night, my
classmate stayed up to 2 o’clock to do his Toefl homework. Homework causes too
much stress on students. News on “chinaSMACK” shows that three primary school
girl in China jump off a building because of too much homework. (Paul)
As a consequence, homework isn’t good for both student’s physical health and
mental health.
Secondly, homework is not helpful to
student’s grade, and it will cost a long time. According to the study of
University of Virginia, it shows that more time students spend on homework doesn’t
mean they get better score (Ryan, Rachel). Since different students have
different abilities, homework is not useful to everyone. Students can study by
themselves, and they can do the things they want to do to improve their
academic score. The principal of a school, Kohn said: “It’s better to give no
homework to anyone than the same homework to everyone” (Kohn, Alfie)
Also, homework costs more work on teachers when there are a lot of homework.
The teachers in my middle school had a lot of homework to grade every day. Every
time I went into teachers’ office, I could find that a lot of teachers were
busying on checking students’ homework. Teacher should use the time that they
grade homework to do something more useful, for example, preparing next lesson.
If teacher prepare the lesson well, it will definitely increase the quality of
the lesson. However, no matter how hard teachers grade the students’ homework,
it doesn’t help students a lot. Therefore, homework isn’t good for both
students and teachers.
Last but not least, we can use the time
that we spend on homework to do some other things. For example, we can do some part-time
jobs or volunteer to help other people. It is because homework can’t teach us
skill that will help us in social life. The research by international weekly
journal of science, nature, shows that there are 2954 graduated students in Harbin,
China and 29 students with a higher degree. However, in these 2954
undergraduate students, 457 students become street cleaner. (Wang, Qiang).
The school should let student use their time spending on homework to learn more
life experience. Report by Los Angeles Times, a girl named Bennett made jewelry
with her grandparents. However, too much homework in middle school caused her
to stop doing these work that can give her life experience (Mehta, Seema).
We can use homework time to so some extracurricular activities after school. I
like playing Chinese chess and basketball very much. However, I have to do homework
instead of doing these activities. Also, it is important to talk with family
after school because students are in the age of teenager. There are always some
generation gap between parent and students. The most effective way to make the
family become peaceful is student should communicate with parents often. Research
by Los Angeles Times, a girl named Bennett didn’t have dinner with her family, and
she always argued with his father because of her homework problem (Mehta,
Seema). As a result, homework isn’t good for both student’s social life and
family life.
In conclusion, homework is bad for students because it
is bad for student health, and it is helpless to students’ life. Thus, school
should ban the homework for students.