HOMEWORK is it good or bad?

July 28, 2008, 7:31 PM

i personally don't ever do homework and i'm surprised that i don't get in deep trouble for it, please don't spam and i think home work has no point as youdo work in school.

try not to do too small a post and discussion is encouraged

July 28, 2008, 7:38 PM

OMG! I do so little homework its just incredible! And i hardly ever get in trouble for it

Teacher: Did you do your homework this time joe?
Me: No sorry
Teacher: Okay bring it in tommarow

*tommarow*

Teacher: Did you bring your homework in today joe?
Me: No sorry
Teacher: Okay

-fin-

**Battle Royale: Profiles** · July 28, 2008, 7:46 PM

I really dislike homework, and the only subjects I ever found it to be somewhat useful in were subjects that required memorization or practice. Math and science are really the only subjects that would require homework. I'm not very good at math and science, and part of that is likely due to the fact that I rarely ever did homework for those subjects. Had I practiced more, I probably would have breezed through the classes.

As for the other subjects such as english and history, I never had any need to study that. I understand the idea behind homework, since it's seen as 'practice,' but I do feel that in some cases...it's just tedious work. I believe that if teachers issue homework, it should only be to practice and repeat, for a brief amount of time. I had teachers that would hand out 3-hour long assignments for one night...and I'd refuse to do it because it was just pointless busy-work, that I felt nulled the original purpose behind homework.

July 28, 2008, 7:58 PM

I tottally agree with Contra. There is some unneccesary homework that is handed out, the only piece of homework I've been given that I really do is my English coursework, which, at the end of the day, is more to my grade, though I do find it annoying, I have to bear in mind it must be done. I only find homework the slightest bit useful if there is something I am having trouble learning and it is studying that thing in particular, however, I do think it should be optional.

I do find it slightly unfair though, people are lacking in free time, but the Government come along and say "Just give them more homework" killing more of our free time. It almost feels like their trying to put us back into the dark ages.

July 28, 2008, 8:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by extreme__assassin

i personally don't ever do homework and i'm surprised that i don't get in deep trouble for it, please don't spam and i think home work has no point as youdo work in school.

Ironic.

Anyway, I didn't do any homework in Year 11, because I wasn't given any. I didn't bother much with coursework either.

July 28, 2008, 10:50 PM

I hate homework.

I do 6 hours of school a day, then when I'm home I think 'Phew, free for another day'.

*MSN sound pops up*

My Friend: Dude, have you finished that report yet?
Me: What Report?
My Friend: Well there's one for English, Maths and Geography.
Me: Fuck.

And I don't even go to a damn privet school.

July 29, 2008, 12:50 AM

Oh gosh, I was overloaded with homework during my Junior year since I took several AP and Honors classes, and you know how those are. My least favorite homework was from AP English and we had to read Moby Dick every single night so we can pass the quiz the next day. (Yeah we basically had a quiz everyday up until we finished the stupid book). Sad to say, as much as I have great respect for homeworks in general, I had no motivation to read a few chapters of Moby Dick every night and hence failed my quizzes. =[

Really though, I actually did quite enjoy doing homework. I may not have thought the same thing back then, but now looking back...the reason why I try to do my ALL my homework was not because it was great practice (sure that's also part of it) but because I really wanted to learn. And because I didn't wanna get in trouble. xD My teachers were quite strict about homeworks and made sure to embarrass you every chance they get in front of all the students.

July 29, 2008, 1:09 AM

I can't remember how I dealt with homework in elementary or middle school, but in high school I did what I could and whatever I didn't do I just asked for help and such the next day

Like said before, homework in history class wasn't really necessary. English there were some grammar exercises, but I didn't like homework related to literature we read. It was just a way for teachers to know if we did the readings or not.

I also hated when the teachers called on you and you didn't have the answer because you didn't do the question; god, so embarrassing

So far in college, homework isn't really an issue; you just do assignments and hand them in. The only thing that was taken up in the classes I've been in were really just quizzes and tests.

July 29, 2008, 2:21 AM

Well, the purpose of homework is to help you understand the stuff you're taught. For some people, they might be able to understand it, but others think that having the concept explained to you without applying it means they think they understand it. In high school, you can probably get away with this because you can memorize everything on the day before the test and still ace it. But there are certain things that doesn't apply to.

I personally think they should assign more challenging questions for math homework. Because it seems they love to assign lots of repetitive questions in math homework, but nothing that really requires you to understand what you're taught and show that you're able to apply it; and nothing really eye-opening. Which is probably why people think math is boring. They never get assigned questions that make them see how interesting and versatile math can be.