[osayidan]

That's all lies O:
Seriously. You don't need 'homework' to know that you have to work hard later on in life. All you need is common sense. If you have an assignment that will be graded, you do it, simple as that. You don't need homework to be assigned every night just to give yourself or your parents the illusion that you're going somewhere in life. Common sense and the ability to assimilate information is what will get you anywhere, not repetitive tasking.

[liuxueqian]

Well of course it's fine to argue that homework is not a "need," but it definitely is a good way to train better working habits. Obviously you don't need homework to know that you need to work hard in life. It helps practice it. I agree that common sense and the ability to assimilate information is important.

However, homework should be done. Throughout elementary to high school, all my assignments were graded - therefore, I did my assignments. I'm just speaking from personal experience; now that I'm in university, the work I am assigned every now and then (as well as exams) would be much easier if I actually worked on supplementary problems throughout the term.

Now it seems like so many younger individuals feel that homework isn't necessary. I thought the same thing, but now I feel that it's a beneficial habit. What do you lose by doing homework?

So I agree that homework isn't needed, but I would highly recommend it.

[SuiKu]

Homework is like exercise for your brain muscle, the more you do it, the better shape you will be, and it is pretty critical to train child's brain while they are still developing. Let's not ignore the interaction with parent while helping their kids with homework, which will give the children a better mental health in the future.

Homework also give child a sense of responsibility, and ability to accomplish a mutli-level task with limited assistant from the instructor.

People may argue that there are better way to help their kids to develop their brain, but we all know that most parent will just throw their kid in front of TV. Don't think of homework as work that assigned for kids to do, think of it as work that assigned to parent to do their job.

[shadowkami]

As a freshman high school student I believe homework has an unwanted benefit. I'lll be honest with all of you, I can't stand doing homework or anything school related. But I also have to admit it does help me to pass tests. so nuff said...

[nicepianoplayer]

Originally Posted by tman555

I saw this on global.
Homework is actually useless for anyone under 6th grade, University of Ottawa researchers say. Also, a new law in Ottawa says they can't give out homework on holidays.
Crazy?

Homeworks are useless.
We do them, and than what? We are just dust in the wind...
(I am not responsible for any comments made by Jimmy's sad split personality O.O)

[kitaek27]

Practice makes perfect.
Compare highschool in America and 5th grade in Korea.

Generally got the same amount of homework. Actually, I'd say there was more pressure and studying for students in Korea with the Highschool placement testing.

YouTube - Amazing Abacus Math Video

This is why Asia will always be pumping out fancy technology. People are really too soft on their kids these days.

De-evolution much? We're going backwards.
I never took Abacus courses, but I did do some insane activities after school in 3rd grade back in Korea. Millions and millions of basic math problems to get your head rolling and calculating faster.

I didn't start learning English AT ALL until I came to America in 4th grade, and I was the spelling bee champion in 5th grade despite my one year experience.
The guys at the University of Ottawa is on crack or something, homework exists for a reason.

Like it or not, the validity of it still exists. Teachers these days tend to pass it off and turn it into busy work instead, but there are still many situations where homework can be the largest learning experience in an education.

Lets face it, none of us likes homework, but the ones that do it are usually smarter. Not always, but theres a pretty darn good correlation.

[Tarvos]

I think homework is pretty useless. It creates nothing but stress. Though it is true that it gives you the practice you need, if you pay attention in class like you're supposed to, you'll be good enough to pass the class easy. It's even more stress when you realize that homework makes up 10% of your grade for the class.

[kitaek27]

Originally Posted by Tarvos

I think homework is pretty useless. It creates nothing but stress. Though it is true that it gives you the practice you need, if you pay attention in class like you're supposed to, you'll be good enough to pass the class easy. It's even more stress when you realize that homework makes up 10% of your grade for the class.

It made up 30% of mine in most cases.
Paying attention in class doesn't work too well, especially in College where the professor only covers half the material you're being tested on.

[Bob YoMeowMeow]

also, the professors at the universities where my master's cousins went to have very thick accents
(UC Stanford)
yes teachers good or bad can have thick accents

the cat thinks the school years in Korea and Japan are longer than the U.S. and they stay longer during the day owo

[ookami_hana]

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