IS HOMEWORK HELPFUL OR HARMFUL

Homework assigned to students is a great opportunity for them to independently practice what they have learned from the lectures in school. It is a bridge from school to home as parents cannot spend time with their children while they are at school but they can keep up with what their child is doing by helping him/ her with their homework. Doing assignments or homework also help students in developing study habits which also helps in developing a better memory. At the same time too much homework can also be harmful. A child gets stressed and is not able to do better in class when he/ she is burdened with a lot of work.

Thomas Friedman, a brilliant father was reported saying that:

"When I was growing up my parents told me, ‘Finish your dinner people in China and India are starving'. I tell my daughters, ‘Finish your homework people in China and India are starving for your job'."

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Benefits of Homework

Homework can be beneficial in many ways. And is very important in grooming a child at an early age. It can be advantageous in a way that it teaches a child to manage his/ her time. Time is one of the most precious thing one could cherish. If a child learns to manage his/ her time in an early age there is nothing that can stop him from achieving his/ her goals. But if a child fails to do so and is not able to complete his/ her work on time and keeps procrastinating, than it is up to teachers and parents to know the reason of this procrastination, they are the angels that can help the child in doing better.

But still Jim Benton also puts teachers in the question by saying that:

"Homework strongly indicates that the teachers are not doing their jobs well enough during the school day. It is not like they will let you bring your home stuff to schol and work on it there. You can't say, ‘I did not finish sleeping at home, so i have to work on finishing my sleep here'."

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Help Children Set Priorities

Homework also helps in improving a child set priorities, if a child is told that he/ she can play video games or spend time on social media after they are done with their homework, it makes the kid get excited and this excitement than helps the child in doing his/ her homework on time. This way a child also gets to know what is more important and what is least important. Making a child to do work all day can be harmful. After spending good hours at school a child deserves to get some rest and to go out and play. Because working all day can be stressful for a child. After all, every kid is afraid of the homework monster. Parents should also try not to force their children to do it. But still keep in check that they do make some progress. For they don’t want their children to lag behind the rest of the class.

As Jim Rohn said:

"Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That is called doing your Homework".

Conclusion:

In the end one can conclude that homework may help a child learn and work better, but teachers should keep in mind not to overdo it. It becomes a burden in the end. And the goal of the teacher should not be to burden children to learn but it is t influence them and make them want to work. Or else the child would never want to learn anything to begin with. So what would be the point of providing him homework in the first place if he is not going to learn from it in the first place? Is it really useful for the kid or does it only take the burden of explaining the hard parts to students off of the teachers? A boundary should be set and a balance must be maintained. Crossing the line would not benefit either sides, so teachers might as well balance the amount of homework they give to kids in order to make them bright adults of the future.

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