Homework should be banned.

Even though homework does have a positive impact on the student's academic success, it should be banned because it creates physical and mental exhaustion which leads to negative impacts on the student's health. According to a 2006 study, by Harris Cooper, Duke University Psychology Professor, who focused on the effects of homework towards academic success, stated that not only did his studies demonstrate higher performance levels due to homework, but Cooper's studies also demonstrated, "that homework can cause physical and emotional fatigue, fuel negative attitudes about learning and limit leisure time for children" (Cooper 2006). While homework may be improving one's academic success it is also creating physical and mental exhaustion, which impacts the student's attitude towards school, as well as creating physical health problems, high levels of stress, and alienation from society. According to an article published in 2014 by CNN-Health, "Is Homework Making Your Child Sick," a study performed by Denise Pope, from the University of Stanford, on the impacts of homework, found that homework had "a clear connection between the students' stress and physical impacts -- migraines, ulcers, and other stomach problems, sleep deprivation and exhaustion, and weight loss" (Pope 2014). Thus, a student's health should come first then their education, as one needs to be living in good health to perform effectively in school and achieve academic success. Moreover, homework should be banned, because school is where the learning occurs and should not be continued at home as it leads to an imbalance in the student's life. According to an article by Stanford News, Stanford Researcher, Denise Pope, performed a study on the effects of homework by which she found that "many students struggle to find balance between homework, extracurricular activities and social time..many students felt forced or obligated to choose homework over developing other talents or skills" (Pope 2014). This shows how homework leaves students with no leisure time leading to alienation from society, so it should be banned as this imbalance can come into play affecting their health, as students need a break from the workload at school. Lastly, not only do distractions occur in the classroom, affecting the student's learning environment but students are most distracted at home - with the use of technology/media- and does not allow for effective productivity on the given homework. In an article by Michael Howard, a study was conducted focusing on the student distractions with technology, performed by Dr. Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University Dominguez Hills, found that "Across all grade levels, 80% of students reported that they switch between studying and technology somewhat often to very often. Rosen calls this "Continuous Partial Attention," meaning that most of the time, students are not focused on studying but rather are moving their attention back and forth between studying and various forms of technology" (Howard 2015). This demonstrates how distractions can also be found at the home whereas the students are less productive and do not have the time/ability to do homework. These distractions are not only from technology but can also occur with the presence of people - disruptions. From this, students are not able to focus because they are in need of leisure time to rest their working brains from school. That being said, homework should be banned as it has detrimental health effects - physical and mental exhaustion, it leads to an imbalance life with less leisure time leading to alienation from society, and students are not able to work productively due to technological and family distractions at home. How homework can affect your child's health. (2014, March 24). Retrieved March 27, 2018, from http://www.ahchealthenews.com... Enayati, A. (2014, March 21). Is homework making your child sick? Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://www.cnn.com... Stanford University. (2016, April 16). Stanford research shows pitfalls of homework. Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://news.stanford.edu... Howard, M. (n.d.). Distracted by Technology: Focusing Attention on Homework. Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://www.beyondbooksmart.com...