This homework, which is supposed to aid students in learning, can in fact become counter-productive by depriving pupils of the sleep they require to learn. The amount of homework that some teachers assign is absolutely ludicrous. To spend an hour typing up notes for a possible pop quiz when some kids do not learn by writing is the wrong way to approach things. In some private schools, teachers oftentimes assign extra homework just so the parents will believe they are getting their money s worth. However, a school should not be measured by how many hours per night their students spend doing homework.
Some students learn by listening, others by reading and still others by doing an activity with it.
To assume that just by assigning homework where every student answers questions at the end of the textbook section will help that student learn is ridiculous. For some of those students, after reading the section they may have to call up their friend and talk about it with them before they will really understand it. For them, the busy work that the teacher assigns merely takes up time that prevents them from learning by their optimal fashion. In this respect, homework is actually counter-productive. The teacher may go over it in class, but that takes up valuable class time that could be spent learning new material.