why can students not have homework?
913105
Often, repetition will aid in retention of the material. Homework is given to cement the concepts learned during class. It's like practice....we become proficient with practice, ask and pro sports team!
228716
While in class, the teacher teaches you the the contents of a course. If homework were not assigned, how would you get the practice you need to hone the skills you need to successfully pass the course. I was in school once myself, and none of us like homework. If we were given the option of doing homework, or not doing homework, then NO HOMEWORK would be done by 95% of students, and the number of duds walking the earth would be astronomical.
364679
That’s precisely it, lack of computer and internet access. Besides that, the illiteracy index in developing countries or third world countries is very high. The schools are poorly equipped, no computers or only one or two are installed therefore the pupils don’t even know how to use them. Imagine the minimum salary being $48 per month as it is in Mozambique (once 5th poorest country in the world) to an adult who has a family of up to 12 children (they don’t know and don’t have easy access to contraceptives). These people (98% of the population) have no buying power so they will never own a computer and will never be able to pay to use a computer in an internet café.
612180
Shouldn't you be doing homework at school? Your parents are not paying them for nothing.
455505
I am a grown man,but I remember homework,and I agree that it is not right.The education system is paid to teach our children and kids are required to spend,eight full hours a day of their lives in school.Five days a week,and three quarters of the year.Their time at home should be their FREE time.Tottally unconnected with school and schoolwork.If eight hours a day isn`t enough to teach them,then something is wrong with the system.
94459
yes. it's called "why don't you do the homework yourself since there is the internet and you obviously know how to use it since you wrote this question".
49126
I'm for it... there are so many reasons. One, to reinforce. Two, for one to learn to work alone and with others(a parent, tutor or friend). Three, it really does prepare you for the real world when you will have to do homework ALL the time. WHat car to buy, what insurance to get, what bank to deal with, etc.
17674
To make sure the students learn...like spelling "weekends" correctly :) j/k\n\nIt also helps with training the student in time management. When you're in college...the teachers aren't going to care if you do your homework or not. You're going to be on your own. It's good practice for the "real world". Later on there will be projects that need to be completed and will require weekend work.
633893
First ask your teacher, if he/she doesn't have time then see if there's some kind of "learning center" or homework help place at your school.  Also, older students could help, or get "community service" hours by helping you out for free.  Worst comes to worst, try to place an add in your local paper, or a bulletin at school.
248586
I think the parents can assist in the homework but let the child try to do it first so you can see what they know and where they need help. If you do all the work your child will not learn. I would think work done at school would reflect who did the work you or  the child. No one said the child has to get everything perfect the first time. They learn from the mistakes.
555924
How about you give us the why you don't want to do your homework yourself?????
843598
maybe that shows u need more spelling homework hehe\n\nanyway.. i'm sure homework can be done, its just a matter of learning how to manage your time properly.
1154857
Don't let the answers about NO homework over vacation upset you. Give your students an assignment: a journal, a scrapbook, a reading list, a "what I did on my summer vacation" essay, an art project, a practical project -- like a lemonade stand -- to report on when they get back to class. They can relax and have fun as well as learn and report about the world around them. It will be interesting to see what they come up with when they all get back to school.
799175
I am a straight-A-student and for me it's great! If I forget about something, don't know how to do homework or so, teachers always try to help me and there are nearly no consequences of it. They just know I work hard and it's not because of laziness.\nThere are also some cons, though. Sometimes I've got enough of being the first one, HAVING to be the first one. When I say I haven't prepared something just because I don't care, my classmates can't believe in it. It's so strange for them... And, among all, I'm treated like an encyclopaedia. Most of people can't see that I'm a living person, not a machine.
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.
380306
There are lots of lazy people here. They would rather that you do their work for them. Also, I see lots of kids who are trying to avoid doing their homework, writing a paper or reading a book by asking other people for answers. I refuse to help those people. I'm not an enabler.
833581
Some schools are underfunded and overwhelmed. The teacher may not be very qualified and has too many kids in one class to be able to handle all of them. If the kid in this class has parents who work three jobs and don't have time to help them learn to read, they can end up not learning. The teacher may be so busy and frazzled that they don't notice the one kid that is faking it. Also, if the child lives under the conditions outlined above and has a learning disability, it is going to be ten times more difficult because no one is paying enough attention to spot the problem. They may just label the child "stupid" or "disruptive."