Hook: Homework is defined as a task assigned to students by school teachers intended to be carried

out during non-school hours. It is one of the unique evils that all of us can relate to, whether
plagued are evenings and weekends
Context: Schools and colleges often give homework to students. Sometimes they get a new and
unknown assignment to do. Homework is an unavoidable fact of life for everyone. The
overburdening of the workload on students may have been showing negative effects on their
academics as well as their home life. While the purpose of the homework is to improve the students
understanding and seem to believe that this homework will help the students in their academic
careers.
Thesis Statement: This paper aims to debunk the positive effects of having homework; however,
this paper will also examine the negative effects of having homework in school.

Argument 1.: Homework is a vital and valuable part of education. There are only a few hours in
each school day, not enough time to cover properly all the subjects children need to study.
Explanation 1: Homework has little educational worth and adds nothing to the time spent in school.
some schools and some countries don’t bother with homework at all, and their results do not seem
to suffer from it. Studies show that homework adds nothing to standardize test scores for primary/
elementary pupils. International comparisons of older students have found no positive relationship
between the amount of homework set and the average test scores.

Argument 2. Having homework also allows students to really fix in their heads the work they have
done in school. Doing tasks linked to recent lessons helps students strengthen their understanding
and become more confident in using new knowledge and skills.
Explanation 2. Homework is almost always done when a child is already tired from a long day at
school. As a result, few students are doing their best when they sit down in the evening to do more
homework. Homework ends up being done in a hurry, by students fighting fatigue, and poor-
quality work is produced. Worse still, students who have been up late trying to finish off their
homework, then come home tired into school the next day, and so are less ready to learn.

Argument 3. Homework prepares students to work more independently, as they will have to at
college and in the workplace. Everyone needs to develop skills in personal organization, working
to deadlines, being able to reach, etc., if students are always a whole range of “spoon-fed” topics
at school they will never develop study skills and self-discipline for the future.
Explanation 3: Setting homework does little to develop good study skills. It is hard to check
whether the homework that the student produces is really their own. Some students have always
copied off others and forgotten their parents to help them. But today, there is so much material
available on the internet that teachers can never be sure.
Counterclaim:
Homework produces a large amount of pointless work of little educational value, but marking
it ties up much of the teacher’s time. This leaves teachers tired and with little time to prepare more
effective, inspiring lessons. The heavy workload also puts young graduates off becoming teachers,
and so reduces the talent pool from which schools can recruit. Homework takes a lot of time. Being
young is not just about doing schoolwork. It should also be about being physically active, exploring
the environment through play, doing creative things like music and art, and playing a part in the
community. It is also important for young people to build bonds with others, especially family and
friends, but homework often squeezes the time available for all these things.

Conclusion:
Homework can put too much stress to students and family, can cause decrease of performances of
students and when students don’t have the teacher they may not have enough sleep.
In conclusion, homework doesn’t work. As shown by numerous studies it brings no educational
benefits and act as a root cause of conflict between children’s. Homework is more closely
associated with punishment than with pleasure. So, homework should be banned.

Restatement:

Call for action: Homework is more closely associated with punishment than with pleasure. So,
homework should be banned.