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04-14-2009
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I'm in my last year of Secondary school. At this point, We don't really learn anything. We just put what we have learnt to practice. Homework is therefore futile at my level, but we have so much coursework and revision to do, it might as well be homework. True enough, teachers tend to stop giving homework or at least give it less towards the end and I think it's fairly important.
But in lower years, or even higher where you start learning new things, it is important that you carry it on after school/college/whatever. They could perhaps give a little less homework as it is our free time, but I think homework is important nonetheless. 
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#32
04-18-2009
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Here's somewhat my idea of a balanced day
8 hours of fun 8 hours of work 8 hours of rest we do about 8 hours of work in school. Homework could upset this balance, and I don't think one would be happy about that... except if the person liked to work more, that's understandable. I would rather voluntarily do homework than make it mandatory. Maybe just me.
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04-18-2009
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I agree with homework to an extent, but when it gets to the point that all it's doing is putting endless stress on the student, it needs to be cut back a little.
And I disagree strongly with receiving punishment for not completing it (I know, discipline, blah, it's still crap).
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#35
04-25-2009
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Homework is needed to keep information constantly in your brain and to keep your brain constantly working. It gets breaks from time to time but the more you read or focus on something the better retained it is inside your head.
Unless you have a photographic mind then your one of the lucky ones.
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05-11-2009
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but back to the homework thing, I believe handing out homework on the weekend is just plain unfair. I mean, we're working our but off 5 (mabye more or less depending on the school.) days a week already so we should be able to sit back and relax for a couple days once in a while. Now, if a person failed to finish an assignment during the week then since they were probobaly goofing off homework over the weekend would be fair to give to that person. However giving an assignment to work on during the weekend for the whole class I think is pushing it.
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05-11-2009
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How long do most of you spend doing homework? I've been out of school for a few years, but I don't remember having much homework at all, let alone an assignment that took longer than 20 minutes to complete. Aside from the occasional essay or term paper, time spent doing homework was pretty negligible.
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05-11-2009
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My, sister worked two jobs and did a Uni course at same time, having about 3-4 hours sleep a night, it called life deal with it Seriously some of you are talking like we get a hard deal, we're bloody lucky and need to remember that, and this homework isn't just about teaching you the info mate, it is about teaching you to look after yourself, -Self learning -Time management ....etc and with your work ethic mate, even if you are as smart as you say you are, you won't get far, as life is hard at times, instead of moaning about it, think about how your still lucky and then do what can to deal with it problem (sometimes that takes effort)
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05-12-2009
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I don't like homework, but I believe we should do it.
Especially seeing all the idiots in my class that have probably never touched a pencil in their lives. -_-" If we don't know how to do it without some one showing us every step, we're going to have a hard life. The only homework I don't understand doing is book reports.
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05-17-2009
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In our school, we are supposed to be given a minimum of half an hour of homework for each subject per week. I don't think this is nessecary.
Completion homework is fine, sometimes you just can't finish an essay/project in classtime. Before tests, we are usually given sheets of sample questions and summaries, and it's our own choice whether we do it or not. I like this idea, because it's a good set-up for college/uni and means taking some responsibility, rather being forced into assignments and having your name logged if you don't do them. In my Graphic Communication class we have an interesting system. If you don't hand in three homeworks, you won't recieve any more during the course of the year. Of course some people just go "Woot, no homework!" but I suppose it gets them out of practise. I think pupils who are obviously struggling in class should be given more homework to help them get up to speed. However, we work seven hours five days a week, and for people with busy home lives, people attending a lot of clubs, people working, and people with sleep deprivation half an hour of homework per class each week is pushing it. We need free time to keep us sane. And beauty sleep. Social lives are important too. Wow, I had more to say about that than I thought I did.
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05-17-2009
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I think homework is in theory an excellent idea. Not only does it give the teachers an idea of how well you are doing in class it helps the student know whether or not they are struggling with a certain aspect of the course. Like here in Wales we're meant to do an average of 2 hours work a night (sadists see) . But it's getting the ones that don't work to do it that is the problem.
In theory though can't fault it.
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