There should be no homework for high school students

1. "Since we spend so much time during class, it seems stupid to make them go over the same thing at home."After "7 hours of the day at school [with] class durations varying from 45 minutes to an hour or more" the question that comes to place is if a student retains all information that is provided to them necessary to pass the class. One of the reasons for homework is behind the idea that "practice makes perfect." Many students in high school find certain subjects more difficult than others, and therefore must devote more time to the work for reasons such as: the concept is difficult to understand, why the student is making the same mistake, why the student has a difficult time with a certain problem, etc. If high school students did not receive homework at all, the reinforcement of the concepts of the class would be very limited to the class session. 2. "Teenagers are developing their own characters and interests during the high school years, and big amounts of school work limit us in doing so outside of school."This is a topic that could be greatly discussed in detail in another debate, but as for this debate, I will keep this very straightforward. There is no doubt that teenagers are developing their character and interests and separating the ideas that pertain to them from those that don't. Yet, it is here that I reiterate my point that Con did not refer to on the matter of prioritizing. It is not every single day in high school that a student must get their homework done on that day even though there are certain assignments that must be finished that evening. In part, this is where prioritization takes effect. In balancing the efforts both in and outside of the classroom as well as in life, the student obtains the ability to develop the greater interests that will benefit them later in life. From a balance of priorities, a student is able to retain a sense of confidence and the tension of stress is lessened to some sort of extent. As for the fatigue experienced from the performance of studying and doing homework, that is something that many people undoubtedly deal with and many of the same people learn how to cope with it by some sort of means. In Con's statement of how "the student comes home not even being able to spend valuable time with his or her family" also is portrayed in the context of prioritization that I have mentioned. As for the statement of the "many conflicts" that arise from this limited interaction, this is very ambiguous. What sort of conflicts arise from the limited interaction due to the "long school day," and how adverse are they toward the familial relations?3. "If 6-8 hours of school is not enough to educate a student, the school should be responsible."Here, I iterate that 6 to 8 hours of school is not enough to educate a student, but that same 6 to 8 hours of school is enough to provide the student with the information necessary to pass the class. From this, the student is required to utilize the information given to them in order to practice and reinforce the ideas. The school's responsibility is to provide an education for students to further cultivate their abilities to think analytically, to be able to verbalize with others, and to write properly. 4. "Excessive school work causes stress, stress leads to depression, depression leads to suicide."Based on this logic, excessive school work leads to suicide. There are several cases of this that have occurred. [1] [2] [3] This is irrefutable. While I do not want to bring any sort of bias or present my ego, I will state that I know the feeling of stress by means of schoolwork. This, along with other reasons for suicide, is a rising epidemic that must be fixed. However, while I do not want to play the role of the "bad guy," I will state that there are several ways to relieve oneself of stress and that there are many resources for people who are depressed and even having thoughts of suicide. In order to fixate on the problem, the source of the problem - the student in this case - must be diverged to manners by which this can be helped such as talking to the teacher and getting help on homework. To state that "such consequences are unavoidable if this continues" is irrational because there are many ways to fix, or "avoid" these incidents (they are not consequences of stress, they are outcomes).5. "Teachers simply don't understand the weight homework puts on students."In order to be a teacher, one must receive the minimum of a Bachelor's degree in some sort of subject. In order to go to a community college or a university, a GED or a high school diploma is required. Teachers have been through what high school students are going through now, plus more. From this, they obtain the mindset to impose what amount of homework is necessary based on curriculum that needs to be covered, and in some cases what they find to be very useful to a student. To say that they "don't understand the weight homework puts on students" is not only inaccurate, but also demeaning to the value of teacher.[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk...[2] http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com...[3] http://allaboutbelgaum.com...