Homework is necessary

I agree with my opponent's statement that some students need to be walked through a problem over and over again, and I am a great example of that myself. But the reason we can't train them on the subject all day in school is because other curriculum needs to be addressed. I believe you are right when you say students may need help from others like teachers, and I believe that its not always the student's fault that they don't approach a teacher because some teachers come across as unapproachable, but, at least at my school, students are able to visit a center where teachers who are not scheduled for a class stay inside and help students on the subject. Also sometimes it can seem embarrassing to approach a teacher about what may seem easy to others. Teachers are seen as authority figures and are responsible for a student's knowledge for the future. Teachers are guides for students. Teachers, especially elementary school teachers, are way more than just babysitters and more than someone who teaches ABC and 123. While some kids don't seem to think, teachers do care for students. The students aren't just some things to serve for income. Teachers become teachers because of the passion they have for teaching. Think about it, lower pay. I mean come on, science teachers are only a few more college years from being PhD graduates and being rich off their knockers. School is where a child spends most of his/her life, and school is the grounds of what the future is like for that child. Parents don't blindly enforce it. Lots of parents think that teachers know better for the children then they do themselves, and you know what, they do. I see too many parents let their kids give up on something challenging. The best teacher in this state for 30 years (though he is my uncle, I am not biased because he has won awards of such titles) has challenged kids beyond what they, and what their parents, thought they could do. Children too easily say "I can't do it" and instead of figuring out what's wrong, parents accept this and blame the teacher for being too hard. But you know what, he pushed them, he invited them to ask for help, he is retired and he still goes to the school on the weekends to tutor and review for tests. He also assists in writing papers regardless the class. He was a history teacher and will aide with an English paper. He has proven that kids CAN do it. In his eyes, he has seen the star wrestler on the team go 15-0 in a season and pull away with an A. These kids can do it. But for the most part, these kids aren't challenged enough at home. Parents just let their children give up, and even stand up for their children when they give up. They don't even try. I was raised in a household at a time where kids and parents were like this, but my parents didn't let me pull the stuff others did, and now I'm off in college trying to further myself. Every night I could b***h and moan about how it's too hard, but they would never slide with them. I'm sorry if I seem to have turned this in to a 'how to parent'/kids need better parents' debate, but it's asinine the way parents are. Parents first blame the teacher for their child's failure. 'It's too hard' or 'too much'. Some parents are teaching their kids how to cheat! I know a student got caught stealing the test from the teacher's drawer and the parent didn't see the problem! Children aren't challenged enough. I think some teachers SEEM unapproachable, but they fail when you fail. If students have a low performance record, it comes down on the teacher's head, so they would help no problem. There may be a hard teacher, with a loud voice and strict rules, but they will help you if you need it, and if not, which is unlikely, there is always someone in the school that should help. I was a troubled student as you mention in your second point. I was a good kid, but not good academically. I struggled, and I got work all the time without fully understanding, and I would hand in blank work with me saying that to the teacher, and they said "come see me then". I think schools should give a free time during the day other than lunch time to get help. Students CAN do it, they just need to be pushed to do it. And the best one to push them is themselves. As a college student, I have homework sitting in my bag waiting to get done. I have not done it because I just don't get it. But I am going to receive help. And anyone can get help.