Why do children get homeworks?
482318
Homework should really only be for work that absolutely cannot be done at school.  Most homework today is the result of lazy teachers who try to push off their responsibilities to the parents.
298610
I give my daughter a time table.  She cannot be finished with her homework until she has sat there doing it for x amount of minutes, depending on the assignment.\n\nIn addition, I tell her that if it isn't neat and accurate, she'll do it again, so she might as well get it right the first time!\n\nRewards for proper homework that is carefully completed are built into her allowance.  I don't give immediate homework rewards (like getting to watch TV or video games) because that only encourages her to finish faster (to get to the reward)!
518479
I remember the days when kids  had to do their own homework!! Ah, C'est la vie. (That's French for 'That's Life', just incase you need your French homework done too...)
96021
To a kid homework invades his time of play and freedom. It isnt so much that they think they do not need it but to them there is so much other, funner things to do. WHy do adults hate to go to work? This is the same question. if you are having problems with this then try to make homework  more interesting. If they are younger make it a game or use imagimation. I used to pretend to play office with my cousins t get them to do their paperwork  (homework) and it always worked. It takes more time for it to get done but it gets done, the child enjoys it and they can also understand it better. Perhaps reward them when they get finished or provide a snack during their homework time. A child has a short attention span to things that are boring such as homework so offer them short breaks.
622312
Homework is to get the students to revise what they are taught at school. It is very common to partly forget what you have been taught at school by the time you reach home. If it is allowed to happen then all the hard labor that you give at your school is wasted, a good teacher would never want that, so the home work. \nBut, of course, a few bad teachers try to escape the hard work they are supposed to do to teach young people like you and give loads of home work, which is a very bad practice. But in any case, home work, helps you to become a good student, a disciplined person and a responsible one too. So, try not to get frustrated with home work and complete them.
298329
don't think of it as a way of ruining their social life. think about it, when they give you work, you also give them work as well. i mean, i don't think it's fun to check hundreds of papers and grade your performance, right?\n\nthink of it this way... the teachers are giving you homeworks and projects because they want you to learn and grow up well. they want you to become members of the society whom will contribute to the betterment of society.
498205
I think the Teachers need to do their jobs which they are paid for. The same thing happens in Canada -the Teachers send home homework on topics they haven't even taught on. Then they expect the parents to sit down and teach their kids the curriculeum. Not only is this unfair to the parents after a long day at work, it's unfair to the kids who spent all day in school and are exhausted. Kids should not have more than one hour homework in elementary school and two hours in high school and that includes study time. The teachers should be held accountable for passing the buck. Frankly I tell the teachers that if my kids cannot finish in a reasonable amount of time then they're giving too much homework.
809924
Please don't encourage lazy children by doing their homework for them.  At least force them to be less obvious with the way they structure their questions.
394597
Schools seek to prepare children to become active and productive members of the workforce.\n\nFamilies prepare children to become responsible parents and involved community members.\n\nIt's supposed to be a team effort.\n\nIdeally. Sigh.
944243
The public schools in my city need smaller classes, the teachers are worn out with all these children in one class and trying to teach and quiet half of them do in order to teach,therefore lots of time gets wasted and only 1/2 the lesson planned for that day gets taught.  Also they need books, the teens in highschool barely have homework because they can't take the books home.....I'll just leave it at there
542342
I am an undergraduate and I think my homework is fun. For some homework we get into groups and do projects. I just completed a module in which we learn how to do a good powerpoint presentation, write letters and reports.\n\nHowever if you are still in the lower level, I mean first few years of schooling, then you will learn things that you think is not useful. You always need to memorise things that you dont understand and apply them. But only in University or other Tertiary education, you will start to understand the exact meaning behind all those that you are learning and also those that you have learnt.
438446
Yeah, it goes like this.  There once was a young girl that didn't want to do her homework so she went on the net to see if someone would to it for her. Get off the internet and do your homework!
733040
There is a difference between helping someone with something and doing someone's homework.\n\nTry doing some research.
385448
I think students get too much homework.  In fact, with rare exception, I don't think students should get homework at all.  If they are required to study on there own, they should be given the time to do it during school hours (without extending the school day).\n\nAfter spending all day in school, students should not have to go home and do homework.  When do they have time to be kids?  [Weekends aren't enough.]
788488
I agree.The reason why teachers give us homework everyday is,because they want us to show them how we progressed in different subjects in school.Us teens and tweens  should stand up for our rights and become individual people.We all need to learn to stand out and say NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!
139025
Mostly, homework is given because the teacher spent too much time yelling at all the morons who keep disturbing the class. The teacher runs out of time, so gives all the stuff they were going to teach to everyone as homework. But, very often, homework is to get you to look up things on your own, like you'll have to do in the real world. Doing homework can get some of your family involved too, maybe even making it fun to learn together. In high school, I had an independant study class, where we had to choose a topic, then do a paper on it. It required keeping track of all the hours you worked on it, and where you got your information from. It helped me understand where I could get information from, not having to depend on anyone to do my own work. That's what homework does for you. It makes you able to work independantly, so that you will grow into an independant adult. We need more of that nowdays. <*)))><
68357
I do because the brain's ability to deal with so much information interferes with its ability to learn the next day. Most of the homework given is detrimental to full mental functioning. The brain needs to rest, it also needs relevant stimulation which homework never seems to provide.\n\nHowever, keep on doing it until you learn that there is no such word as 'alot'.