Homework Should Be Abolished

To close this debate, I will conduct my reply. To start the debate off, my worthy opponent said that homework is great if it is given in decent amounts. My opponent has continued to disregard the fact that many children are burdened with heavy schedules and even homework in moderate amounts may be too much. My opponent also refused to acknowledge the fact that although a child might have the time to do the homework, they might not. It was stated in the argument itself; "How many of us, would, if given the choice, do work at home? (...) Not I". My opponent has not realized that many children won't do their homework anyway, seeing as they have the advantage of a parent. A parent will most often complete or even do a child's homework for them if they see the child in distress or frustrated because it is in their nature to help a distressed member if their family. A child would take advantage of this, and simply not do the homework, therefore making any benefits of doing the homework worth nothing as THEY would NOT be the ones learning from it. You also have no sources proving that the parents taking over homework is not common, however I have personal experience AND common sense on my side. Humans are built to take advantage of opportunities that arise. We learn to adapt so that we can do things with minimal effort, and the same goes for homework. My opponent has offered a weak and inadequate response to my argument expressed in the 2nd round, indicating that he/she knows that it is true and does not want to admit it. Secondly my opponent appears to be under the delusion that every person lives in the UK or the US. Many countries don't start school at the same time as others, and he/she has also conveniently missed the part where not EVERYONE who goes to school has the ability to drive everywhere or has a local school. Some people who have smaller pockets than others might have to walk a very long distance to their school, and this will take time out of their day on both sides, especially if they have other extra-curricular activities. After that, my opponent attempted to give the impression that a student needs homework because work in class isn't good enough. Again, they have forgotten the fact that 'it is a teacher's job to teach their students and to give them ample time to test their knowledge without removing time from an already busy day.' Again, please notice how my opponent managed to skim over that particular part of my argument. A review sheet is a way for a teacher to check up on a students progress, and they can then plan their lessons accordingly. Following that argument, my worthy opponent provided an extract from our shared source. However, only SOME evidence pointed to her/ his findings, and the article neglected to mention the OTHER findings that disproved their studies. This proves that the article is biased, and does not wish to enlighten the reader with anything other than a brief glimpse at the other side of the argument which is what I am trying to do. I enlightened my opponent on the fact that students will learn key life skills such as how to be responsible if they didn't have homework... Which he/ she then promptly ignored. So, it is obvious that my opponent had two very weak arguments to present today and the third one was not announced, (it was only briefly added to her/ his speech, so I do not count it as an argument), whereas I had five strong arguments. I HAVE indeed told you that; Homework does not have benefits as a child won't be the one doing it for obvious reasons And that responsible students will do work at home if they care about their future. My opponent would have known this if she had properly read my arguments beforehand and it is apparent that she did not. Yet, she has NOT told me that: Homework IS NOT time consuming (in fact, she/ he told us that this IN in her reply. "There is work done at home such as class work, studying and coursework that take up a lot of time") That homework DOES NOT put stress on a student. That a student NEVER takes the easy way out and get their parents do their homework. That homework is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to life. And that there is NO POSSIBLE WAY of a child doing extra work at home because they want a good grade and to be responsible. That, more than anything, is why homework should be abolished. P.S. Now that the debate is over, I would like to point out that my opponent constantly referred to me as a 'she' which I find to be very discriminative and creepy.