Homework

Many students have a very negative view about homework. They think that homework is boring, takes time and is not worth doing it. Some students do homework because it’s mandatory, but they do not see another reason beyond that. However, I have to admit, I am guilty of being one of those students many times. However, homework is more than a grade because it helps students remember the material covered during class. The purpose of doing homework is to learn, remember, practice the skills learned, but also do mistakes and learn from them. I feel that homework is important and I say this from personal experience. Every homework is like everything in life, if we don’t practice it, how would we ever get better, or even worse know that we actually know how to do it.
Homework is meaningful when students do it by themselves, NOT! When they copy from their classmates. Students see it easy to just copy from someone else, but they don’t see the point that they’re not learning, all they see is getting a god grade in whatever it is that the assignment being copied is, and once again I am guilty on that because I remember many times during HS when I didn’t do an assignment I would ask a friend and they would let me copy.
Homework is very important, but teachers also have to consider the amount of homework that they assign to their students. Some students hate doing homework because that is what they do all afternoon after they leave school. Some teachers just give too much homework. Yes, students need to practice the new skills, but that does not mean taking the students’ whole time off after classes are done. Students need to be constantly practicing what they learned, but they also need to rest in order to perform well in class/school the next day. Otherwise, the lack of rest has consequences in the classroom the next day. Some students go to class too tired, and they barely pay attention in class, and some even fall asleep!!!
Lastly, teachers should go over the homework. If students do their homework, but teachers do not check it, what is the point of the students doing it? And that is exactly what will go in their head once they realize the teacher will never check it. Teachers need to go over homework, so that they can let the students know their mistakes because that is the only way students are going to learn.