... worry about. These are the years when we should be having fun and hanging out with friends. Not be stuck inside doing work, that already happens for nearly seven hours at school! Less or no homework could help us relax more, and maybe our high stress rates would go down. I know I've got enough to ... in class. And we always learn something new and interesting. So why have us go home and waste two or three more hours doing work when we just spent seven hours doing it! Homework is very time consuming. And wasting time on extra work isn't even logical. We work hard and learn all day in scho...

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... but also, social life and extracurricular activities. Source A is an excerpt from the author of "The Homework Myth". It is believed that there is no evidence that homework benefits students below high school years. Standardized test should not be a useful measure, and for elementary school kids more homework is not associated with doing better in school. There are studies that show a slight relationship between ... homework and test scores. There is no study that has confirmed that homework benefits people. More homework for kids also causes more stress, less time for activites, and not...

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... to everyone throughout his or her lifetime. In college, you tend to have more time on your hands and the last thing on one's mind is homework. But I learned some tricks once for concentrating on homework. I never used them in high school but I tend to use them more since I have been attending college. The first trick is: keep your desk clean. It ... you can see something that you like to do. The next trick is to write down what you have to do for homework on separate little notes. Also write down the time you started doing that piece of homework and the time you think you will be finish...

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... to everyone throughout his or her lifetime. In college, you tend to have more time on your hands and the last thing on one's mind is homework. But I learned some tricks once for concentrating on homework. I never used them in high school but I tend to use them more since I have been attending college. The first trick is: keep your desk clean. It ... you can see something that you like to do. The next trick is to write down what you have to do for homework on separate little notes. Also write down the time you started doing that piece of homework and the time you think you will be finish...

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Learning by Doing Learning is a skill of gaining knowledge to be used in ones everyday life. As a senior in college, I have learned many lessons on learning. If I had worked more outside the classroom, I ... explained that learning never ends. I am now able to relate the knowledge in my everyday life. Now that I am in college and face many obstacles, I am able to understand why homework is important. My last lesson was not being ready for the CAAP exam. Laziness and lack of English skills from my previous colleges were my down falls. I feel that this ... ...

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... like to discuss with the teacher. Because Mr. Gonzalez teaches a bilingual class, many of the work sheets that go home with the student as homework are in Spanish. Mr. Gonzalez understands that most of the parents only speak Spanish or their dominant language is Spanish. By sending home Spanish work ... sheets, the parents are able to help their child if they are having trouble completing their homework. I asked Mr. Gonzalez how he communicates with the parents and he said he had multiple ways. If it were a serious issue or a ... that he didn't get much help to do his homework after sch...

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... after school to study and grades are a good thing to monitor and to do. Going into high school I always did my homework. All through grade school and the awful middle school I was doing my homework striving for straight A's. When I was a freshman and decided to join my high school's color guard for the marching band my ... be worth more and one would most likely to study the information more if there were only tests and not both. Grades and homework go hand in hand, so doing your homework and turning it in on time are very important to get good grades. I now understand why my parents w...

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... . For example, some students go walk around in the streets and malls after school, when they should be doing homework. Another example, many people today likes to chat on the internet and do homework at the same time; which is not having order in their lives. Doing these things will distract them and makes the person less concentrating on their work. I always do things ... takes only thirty minutes. I think myself needs order the most in all of these virtues because Im always doing things that shouldnt be taking me long with a long time, because I get distracted easily. While doing homew...

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... because majority of it doesn't get graded doesn't mean it doesn't help you. Homework is given for you to find out and understand the subject you are learning so you can pass your tests." - David Hollie. Even through highschool I have manage to get good grades just from doing my homework and I would do bad on the tests still because I wasn't really paying ... attention to what I was doing I would just look up the answers. But in college it's not that easy those answers are for the teacher to see in ... with one of your friends complaining about how there isn't anything to do when you ca...

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... has already put a toll on me because I have so many meetings to attend. Most start late and cause me to be up late doing homework. I procrastinate all week up until the day before an assignment is due because I'm so involved in other things. Being in this college ... were one day and only in class assignments. Opposed to college everything has usually been on the computer and we have overnights to complete homework. Although there's a difference between high school and college there's even more of a difference with the surroundings your in and the peers ... that relate to you and your i...

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... of time, but think of it this way, if ones calls in and if homework needs to get done then they can still make up their homework. The amount of time that one spends study or doing homework usually determines their grade in college. The average student at a four year college spends ... about three to four hours doing homework and or studying for tests. Their reading material is much more ... difficult than a student that attends a community college. The average student is supposed to spend around two hours doing homework and reading each night, but almost of the material that is assigne...

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... strong emphasis on reading and writing. Both elementary and lower secondary school, group students according to ability. Elementary students must do projects or homework during their breaks. To enter high school, students at the age of fourteen years old must take an examination. Secondary school students enroll ... children spend a lot more of time doing homework in comparison to United States students. Students in Japan are given homework or projects during vacation. Parents especially the mother often help their children with homework. If additional help or if their child is not doi...

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... expect to find the same disruption with music as is apparent with speech" (Archuleta). Many students complain about other people talking as a disruption while doing homework or another task. If music is similar to talking, then it would cause as much, if not more, of a distraction. Music is used as ... a study tool for many students because it blocks out the noise of other people. However, by doing so, you are just replacing one noise with another equally distracting noise. Students who listen to music while trying to study can be counterproductive and get ... music, while still not the ...

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... hanging out with friends, etc. And when college is mentioned the first things that come to the same person's mind are going to clubs, a lot of homework, lectures, exams, etc. Then when that person is asked to state how college and high school are similar they could have a problem with being able ... and distant and a short term goal is more simple. High school students set minor goals all the time. Some examples are passing a test, completing a homework assignment early, or even getting a chapter read before eating dinner. These goals may seem small and even though no one has achieved g...

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... 2:30pm. If you are fortunate enough you would then be able to go home and relax, maybe take a nap or have a snack and then begin your homework or studying. But let's say you were in a sport. That would start right after school, and you probably wouldn't get home until about 5 or 6:00 ... That would mean no hanging out with my friends, no sleepovers, not anything. I was done, period paragraph. College is a completely different story when it comes to classes, homework, studying, parents, and even weekends. First of all some people don't even have classes 5 days a week, mostly Mondays throu...

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... hours to study. Students who work sometimes find themselves with not much time to study or do homework. For example, at work, students find themselves worrying about schoolwork instead of what they are doing, and in turn students end up making errors. Students who worry about their schoolwork during work end ... ends up wearing him or herself down to where they can barely do the job right. Employers will then see that the student is not doing the job right so the employer fires the student. At some jobs, employers require that an employee notify them one week or two in advance ... well. "...

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... ask a friend for the answers of the exam because they were too tired to study. Many students are so tired that they do not care about school or homework. They care about money, so they can survive, or they want to buy something that they want. Students waste time and money for school, because they do ... in high school is the most common habit for those students who still keep doing it. Most students who cheated in high school are lazy because they would not waste their time doing homework or study. Many students were not caught, so they keep doing it until they get caught. Students, who...

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... any reason at all. The three main reasons why students don't do well in school are, not doing homework/class work, they don't study enough, and there peers. Kids these days don't make time to do anything, especially there homework and class work. They don't take the time wisely to do any of it anymore. A ... back, if a student didn't do their work, the student would get into trouble. Now days everything is different. The students don't get into trouble when there homework or class work isn't done. I don't think that's fair at all. But who am I to say. Students only do the work that they...

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... of seven period days. These rumors have students singing the praises of four block days because they have more time in class to ask questions, do homework, and opportunities to double-up or take more electives. Each day, students spend approximately ninety minutes in each block. Educators have plenty of time ... educators. Less classes and more time in class also allows a student to finish most, if not all, of his or her homework in class. This greatly reduces the amount of homework a student has, therefore reducing the number of books he or she must carry home each night. Many students ...

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... responsibility for your own actions. The hate that grows from within for all those times you received phone calls and had "better things to do," than doing your homework. I understand, I felt these feelings of the mind shutting off. I've felt the embarrassment of being singled out by a teacher in class, and ... , where your cheeks turn rosy and the brow upon your head consumes with perspiration and drips like a leaky faucet. All because you didn't do your homework. I must admit, the first two years of high school were hell for me. They were two of the most difficult years I have gone th...

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... . As college provides a higher level of education, the amount of work you have to do at home also increases. In high school, students get a more general education and time spent doing homework is less. That's not to say that students don't have work in high school but it does mean the workload is a lot smaller. Throughout my high school years I would spend ... mornings doing homework during reading period. Now that I"m in college I have at least two hours of homework each night. There is almost always an exam to study for and note cards are not allowed. An excessive workload is sometimes...

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... take drugs or dress a certain way. Another major problem is time management, or having time to do everything one wants to do. With school, homework, and extracurricular activities, it seems almost impossible to accomplish everyday tasks that one must do and still have free time. Finally, teens are always dealing ... teens are also facing the challenge of time management. First of all, in today's world, having to fit in school, homework, friends, extracurricular activities, clubs and church is extremely difficult for most. This makes it hard for one to focus on important tasks, like ... ...

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... high school student's working philosophy. Why does something now when it can be done later? Every single day, masses of students gather in the school library during brunch and lunch doing none other than last-minute homework. However, is this really an effective way to work? Just like every other student, I am also guilty of overly procrastinating ... homework assignments and projects. Teenagers these days. All they want to do is have fun before doing anything else. Of course, this leads to the procrastination of assignments until the very last minute. High school students especially be...

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... among junior girls, as stress can cause hair loss.'" (Robbins 2). Julie is not alone; high school junior Nora Huynh, was devastated when she did not get a 4.0 GPA. Nora is doing college level work at 16 but the pressure is taking a toll. She is tired, increasingly irritated with her siblings and often suffers headaches (Neighmond). Another 16 year old, Colleen Frainey ... of academic stress, there is a range of specific things that can put more stress on students than other activities. The stressors, or sources of the stress, could be anything from homework to tests. Standardized tests ...

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... That is also relating to how we manage our time. However, I will create a daily plan, such using the break between classes that finishing the homework or doing the research for the paper. In the article "20 Quick Tips For Better Time Management," by Celestine Chua, "The plan gives you ... with it because if we already have a plan, we will never miss any task of college. I believe that most of the students like to finish the homework until the last minute, like me. Under this circumstance, we cannot be sure that the quality of assignments. Also, we lose the chance to check it ... works...

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