School Sucks
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Works Cited
Prout Hand Book 1997-1998 pg. 14
North Kingstown School Department Handbook 1993-1994 page 18
The Clearing House March - April 96, Why Kids Say They Don’t Do Homework
Economist May 6 95 To Your Books: Home work
Johns Hopkins University April 98
Interactive Homework: Effective Strategies To Connect Home and School
Newsweek March 30, 98 Homework Does Not Help
Alfred University April 14, 1998 Timothy Z. Keith Homework In And Out of School
Homework has become a traditional part of a student’s education. It is designed to further educate a student outside the class room and it may mentally reinforce what a student has learned during the day in a particular class. It also forces the student to rely on what he has previously learned. It can give a student the opportunity to be more creative and let the student work independently.
"Homework also gives parents an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the school program and their child’s educational progress". (Prout Hand Book 1997-1998 pg. 14).
Most schools have a policy for how much homework a student should have. At
The Prout School "a student receives homework in every class every day". (Mr. Christopher Potter- Freshmen English teacher ). The town of North Kingstown ‘s School Department list in their yearly
handbook, a district wide guideline as to how long students should spend on homework for Grades
1 through 12. (North Kingstown School Department Handbook 1993-1994 page 18).
Even though homework has been a traditional part of a student’s education, its
value has become a debatable issue. Educational researchers have been questioning the value of the tradition of homework by researching to see if homework really helps students, harms them, or simply
wastes their time with irrelevant "busy work". Parents and students certainly debate the worth of homework. When students feel the work is irrelevant they become rebellious and it angers the parents. The " students...