Homework Interupts Home Life

I will start off by saying that students also have 3 months off that most adults do not get. Though that is more suited for a yearlong school debate than it is to this one so it is merely a comment. My arguments are all interwoven but The Main points I would like to bring to light are as follows: 1) The act of learning is much harder than the act of doing. 2) Homework solidifies concepts in your mind. 3) Based on the current school set up homework is necessary. 4) Each class only get your attention for a small portion of the day 5) Homework puts the student in a place of responsibility for their education In a classroom situation you are presumably being introduced to new concepts that take time and effort to understand. whereas in a standard work situation once you learn what you are supposed to be doing you can do it with no resistance from your brain. As an example: imagine you are learning to drive a manual car you are behind the wheel for the first time and you manage to back up but then you eventually stall the car because you did not pop the clutch. cut to three years of driving a manual car later and you don't even have to think about it any more. your brain needs time to learn new things and school is basically 12+ years of stalling different kinds of cars until you can drive each one fluidly. The classroom is great for introducing concepts but there is not enough in-class time to practice them all to the degree that they require. In this regard homework is necessary to give you that extra time you need to really drive the concepts into your memory. The way the school system is set up causes homework to be necessary because (depending on the school) each class has a fraction of a 7 hour schedule to teach concepts that they will have to use in future studies or careers. While I would in fact argue against the way school is currently set up I will defend the current use of homework to supplement that time. Further more, and more relevantly, students are asked to trot around campus to their next class and they themselves take time to get ready for each class and though it may only be around 5 minutes or so it adds up. Homework also sets students up to think critically outside of class and blurs the line between education and life. This concept is nearly the centerpiece for your argument but it it also for mine. Humans are very good at selective attentions. It is all too easy to go through a day of schooling without retaining a single bit of information but if you are required to prove on a daily basis that you understand what you are learning then it gives you and the teacher an analog on how you both are doing. If a question was missed by the entire class. a good teacher would not view the students as faulty he/she would go over it again to help the students understand it properly. One could say that is what test are for but tests are high stakes grades whereas if you get a bit of homework every night missing a couple of questions would not be too bad. As a student you should appreciate getting homework back. If you missed a problem it gives you the opportunity to correct it for yourself so you can improve your understanding of the subject. On a final and hopefully shorter note if you diligently do all of your homework and return it on time you prove to yourself and your teacher that you are taking your education seriously. All of this comes from a college student that took 6 AP classes in his senior year of high school. so trust me I know the definition of an overloaded work flow, and it is touch at times but (opinion ahead) I feel that proper time management is something everyone can benefit from learning and is generally the cause of stress. Also I am so sorry this is so long I might have gotten carried away.