Homework has been a big topic of debating: is it good or is it bad? I believe only quality homework or homework that you could learn from should be assigned. There is a certain amount of time that students should do their homework for. If students do it for too long they won't be doing your best only trying to finish with no effort put into it. Not all the homework that kids get assigned help them learn, so what’s the point of it?

Students can get really frustrated doing homework for a really long time. It has been proven that kids in elementary school don't benefit from homework that takes a long time. They should only be assigned for 30 to 50 minutes of homework every day. In grades kindergarten through second grade only 10 to 20 minutes, six and seven grades up to 60 minutes a day. However, high school district say that they can handle 30 minutes for every academic course they take. So the older you get the more homework you’ll be assigned.

One the other hand, homework can cause stress. If the homework is confusing you’ll probably try to write whatever you can to just finish it. The author Alfie Kohn in the book The Homework Myth wrote “Homework is all pain and no gain.” For young students it encourages cheating because they copy off each other homework. Also the more homework that gets assigned the less exciting the learning becomes.

Lastly, homework does have its good sides. It can help students get extra help on subject they struggle with. It can help them practice the information they learned in school, which helps memorizing it. Homework is more efficient for older students, so I don’t think that kids in elementary school should get lots of homework assigned. It can prepare students for time management instead of watching television all day. When learners get homework it prepares them for tests and it makes them more responsible knowing the work is due the next day.

I believe that students should only get homework if the teachers know that they will learn from like reading every day, but if they won't increase their learning, then no.  Homework can cause less family time, which is not good especially if you have a large amount of homework. Homework is just supposed to be to help students learn more and not to frustrate them.