Lauren Miller, author of "High School Homework: Are American Students Overworked?" a teen writer, talks about how high school teachers assign entirely too much homework, which benefits no one.
From Miller's article, "The average student is glued to his or her desk for almost seven hours a day. Add two to four hours of homework each night, and they are working a 45 to 55 hour week!" While Miller says students should receive no more then ten minutes of homework per grade level. This leaves students over working themselves daily in order to come close to a good grade.
Yet another statement from Miller, "Too much homework is sapping students' strength, curiosity, and most importantly, their love of learning." Teachers seem to think that assigning more homework is beneficial; however, it takes the fun out of learning. School, supposed to be a fun place of learning, has burdened students with hours of homework and made them hate school itself.
Miller states, "Teachers who assign large amounts of homework are often unable to do more than spot-check answers." Therefore the majority of hard work students put into homework are merely skimmed over, while each student spends much of their time doing it. If the teacher only plans to skim over it, what is the point in assigning it?
Personally, fifteen to forty five minutes of homework does not seem like that much. Yet when you are assigned that amount from each and every class the problem turns into a mountain of unfinished work. For example, try studying for a math test, while also typing a current connection, then completing your speech for oral communications in one night. This just seems to overload my mind.
In conclusion, teachers should not only think about the amount of homework they assign yet the total amount assigned before they ask for a four page paper.
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