If we want students to improve memory, focus, creative thinking, test performance and even school behavior, the answer is not more homework, the answer is more sleep. Students need their rest to succeed. For example, I got home from school today at 3:15 and went to dance from 4:00-9:30, after that I ate dinner, took a shower, and now I’m still doing homework till 12:00 a.m. Homework should be optional, parents and their children together should be the ones to decide how much and how long they should be doing homework. The teachers and schools do not know the commitments families have outside of
If we want students to improve memory, focus, creative thinking, test performance and even school behavior, the answer is not more homework, the answer is more sleep. Students need their rest to succeed. For example, I got home from school today at 3:15 and went to dance from 4:00-9:30, after that I ate dinner, took a shower, and now I’m still doing homework till 12:00 a.m. Homework should be optional, parents and their children together should be the ones to decide how much and how long they should be doing homework. The teachers and schools do not know the commitments families have outside of