Is this supposed to be the normal expectation for students? I understand students want to earn A’s and an impressive transcript so that they can get into Ivy League colleges, but to what extent should students go to get them? It shouldn’t be at the risk of not sleeping, eating or socializing because it can cause many mental and physical health issues. In addition, 53% of students also said that they lose two hours or more of sleep everyday from homework. This leads to students getting more homework to compensate for lost teaching time.īased on a survey given to approximately 60 Hebron students asking how long they spend on homework a day, 53% said that they spend one hour and 30 minutes or longer on homework. However, in AP classes, the curriculum can be rigorous, and teachers aren’t able to teach the students everything they need to know before the test. I understand that homework is given to students to help them retain daily lessons, and is meant to be beneficial. They are unable to do work one night, then that work gets doubled the next night.” “Where students wind up having more than 30 minutes is if they procrastinate or have tons of extracurricular activities. “I assign about 30 minutes of homework a night,” AP human geography teacher Kelley Ferguson said. When will we finally have some time for ourselves? On top of that, some students have to take care of their family members when they come home. The American education system has made it normal for students to go to school for eight hours, have extracurricular activities and do hours of homework afterward when it should be a time to relax from the day’s activities. Some of those same students also take AP and honors classes. Many students, such as myself, have after school activities that consist of sports, jobs, clubs and volunteering. What mattered was that my homework was done and I had my A’s. It didn’t matter to me to make those essential high school memories. It didn’t matter that my body wasn’t getting the rest it truly needed and it didn’t matter that I didn’t get any social interaction outside of school. That was the motivation I needed to feel good. I was so close to getting those two hours of sleep I knew I needed to survive the next day. I wrote my essays as my eyelids began to blink slower. Around 65% of high school students deal with severe anxiety and 52% are diagnosed with depression. Many students get overwhelmed with the amount of homework they receive, which can cause mental health issues.
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