Should West students have Homework?
November 14, 2019
West students have to deal with homework at least once a week. Homework -literally meaning work at home- can be very stressful for students, because not all of us have free time.
We asked West students, Julia Allen and Teddy Ewers, if homework took up their free time, and they all said yes. Ewers stated, “We already go to school for 7 hours, I would rather spend it doing something else than more schoolwork.” Allen explained, “I play on 2 teams for volleyball and I’m gone until 7:00 and when I get home, I have to eat dinner and I just don’t have time for an hour of homework”.
Then we asked Connor Laird, Isabelle Smedley, and Maggie Migyanka if they liked homework. They all said no. Laird, Migyanka, and Smedley all said they don’t like it, “Because it’s boring.” We then asked Jun Shin about what she thought of homework. Shin stated, “I don’t like homework because after 2:59 the school does not have control of us. They can’t send us home with school work if they don’t have control of us. They can’t make us do work at home if we are not at school.”
The Atlantic said that studies showed, “American teenagers now averaging about twice as much time spent on homework each day.” Some schools are changing the policy they have of homework and reducing it.
We questioned Mr. Majszak and Mr. Watson to see if they think students should have homework. Majszak states, “Yes, you should have homework because you are only in one class for an hour and you don’t cover a lot of stuff in that time period. Homework is also good practice, you need it in all 4 core classes and it helps, so yes.” Watson also states his opinion, “I think homework can be helpful because with 54 minutes or so in a class just can’t cover everything and have everybody learn at the same pace. I think homework kind of helps people work and learn at their pace. It helps them work on things so they can have a better understanding.”
We asked Mr. Smiley what the amount of time we should have for homework. Smiley states, “So I have a rule I always go by, it’s your grade multiplied by ten; that’s 70 [for 7th grade]. Then you have 70 minutes of homework each day, that’s in all your subjects.”
Which argument do you agree with, homework or no homework?
Emily Dancy • Mar 1, 2021 at 10:12 am
there have actually been studies that show that homework does nothing but stress people out and once it’s all done you don’t want to learn anymore and can lead to a dislike of learning!
Annabel • Dec 20, 2019 at 12:52 pm
I think we should be allowed to do homework during primetime and if we don’t have any then we can read.
Life Hacks YT • Dec 13, 2019 at 12:54 pm
Wait till we’re in high school, just you wait.
Barack Obama • Dec 11, 2019 at 1:04 pm
No Homework JK your mad kid
NOHOMEWORK • Dec 11, 2019 at 12:48 pm
The name explains
burb • Dec 6, 2019 at 1:10 pm
I personally think we should have homework but if there are projects the teacher should collaborate because this week I hade two projects due on the same day. (ELA,SS)
Sean Covington • Dec 6, 2019 at 1:05 pm
We should have hw because you can get good practice. Also…MATH IS FUN 🙂
that dude posted this • Dec 6, 2019 at 12:50 pm
i agree with the prince of Bel-air
that dude posted this • Dec 6, 2019 at 12:44 pm
i think that we should not have homework because it takes up a lot of our time at home. we spend seven hours at school. and also it makes kids drowsy when they come to school because maybe the other night he or she had a soccer game after school. and also it can make us feel very time consumed. like we have to do all this homework and it will take an hour to complete it and that our day has gone to poopoo. please dont let us have any homework.
The Lone Cactus • Dec 6, 2019 at 10:48 am
HOMEWORK Half of My Energy Wasted on Random Knowledge
UpSideDownDoge • Dec 5, 2019 at 8:43 am
YES! we should be allowed to do homework during primetime. If we could do that we wouldn’t have to do homework at home. I already do my homework at lunch and it saves me a bunch of time doing homework at lunch.
Natalie Wade • Dec 4, 2019 at 12:41 pm
I think we should not, because what you do in class, is basically what you learned but doing it all over again.
Doge4Life • Nov 26, 2019 at 12:56 pm
Just wait till we all go to high school.
loading • Nov 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
I don’t think we should have homework, because it causes stress that 6th, 7th, and 8th graders don’t need. Some of us don’t have free time at home, and if we did it would be spent on homework. I personally feel stressed when doing pages and pages of homework.
anonymous supernatural fan • Nov 26, 2019 at 12:52 pm
If we could do homework in primetime it would take so much less time to complete.
Prince of bel-air • Nov 26, 2019 at 12:52 pm
Homework is what we need in order to be educated stop being a bunch of whining chumps.
UpSideDownDoge • Nov 25, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Homework was very easy to complete in 5th grade. Now its a lot more Stressful and more work to complete in 6th grade. And I heard Homework in Highschool is a lot. Its at least 1 hour of work on every subject. That’s insane!
Facts (mostly) • Nov 25, 2019 at 12:54 pm
Homework should be a thing at West. I just think it should at least be under 30-20 minutes a day. Homework should be work that teachers could not fit into the class. Homework shouldn’t be just a bunch of work just to practice (cough cough, Mrs. Haden).
Anon • Nov 22, 2019 at 12:58 pm
I, personally, often feel really stressed when I get pages of homework- mainly from math, the occasional SS and ELA-, and I can’t focus. It also interferes with plans, for example, on Wednesday’s, where I have an immediately after school activity, have around an hour where I eat when I get home, and then head to another activity, to which I don’t get back until 8:30, and I try to get to sleep as early as possible, given I wake up rather early for a 0 hour at the high school. So, I feel homework really shouldn’t be given out to students.
kool kid • Nov 20, 2019 at 7:25 pm
we should not have homework. it can stress you out if you have plans that night.
somone • Nov 20, 2019 at 12:42 pm
Great article! I think that students should have homework but not as much. Students would like to have more class time to work on Homework so they can do what they want when they get home. Not homework. So I prefer that students don’t get as much homework or teachers give us more class time.
grabify ip • Nov 19, 2019 at 9:47 pm
Good to Know
big brain • Nov 19, 2019 at 2:49 pm
I rarely have homework because I pay attention in class and get it done.
Mason Nicholson • Nov 19, 2019 at 8:52 am
The students of West middle school should have less homework (especially from Mrs. Hadden).
A Nonny Mouse • Nov 19, 2019 at 8:49 am
The last paragraph doesn’t make much sense. I’m in 7th grade, and I only have a small amount of homework. I don’t know if it’s the classes I’m in, but I know that Mrs. Farmer only makes us practice for an hour and twenty minutes a week. Science and Social studies give homework if we don’t finish our work in class. Math usually gives a paper that’s due at the end f the week, and ELA doesn’t give anything. That can’t amount up to 70 minutes of Homework.
Lia Victor • Nov 19, 2019 at 8:43 am
I don’t think we should have homework. It causes stress for many people (including myself). Kids need time to relax and take a breather from all the things they do in their busy daily lives. Most kids have extra-caruncular activities that take up a lot of their time and having homework adds to the things we have to do.
The Unknown Typer • Nov 14, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Maybe If You Pay Attention In Class You Would Understand It Better And Get It Done Faster