Dear Mrs [TEACHER]
How much homework is too much? As much as I have enjoyed my high school experience thus far, my attention is always drawn to the constant confliction between student and teacher, a prying issue that I feel deserves resolution- homework. Yes, I understand that homework is an essential aspect of the preparation for assignments, a key feature of acing examinations, and a productive way of learning what hasn’t been taught in class, and I do agree that the setting of homework is not the problematic factor that has compelled me to speak out. The quantity of homework is what has caused me some trouble. The steady stream of homework has almost trans-mutated into a constant barrage of worksheets and online activities, and I plead that you listen to my opinion, for it is the voice of many in agreement with the fusillade!
I both speak for myself and others when I say that homework often gives me no choice than to devote each weekday afternoon to school and little else. If you were to take in consideration the overwhelming, persistent-stress maddening load of homework, on average, we as students already receive; you too would be overwhelmed in this, a most insufferable cycle. The difficulty of attempting to appreciate a stereotypically mellow Sunday when you have at least four hours-worth of homework to contemplate over or complete is staggering. Imagine this- the average student gathers at least thirty minutes worth of homework for each core subject twice every week, and, dependant on the option taken, may be given an additional three pieces of work-intensive homework which, in total, could reach three or four hours furthermore. In case you hadn’t already worked that out, that is a maximum of 540 minutes- an accumulation of 9 hours! Unbelievable when you look at the statistics, right? If I were to return home at the earliest of 4:30 after school, equally distributing 9 hours of, effectively, material that could have been taught in class though is neglected due to a teacher’s laziness, I would, on average, still be working until 6 if I want to scrape my work to a standard grade.
“No, I have a huge assignment on Monday :/”, a phrase that I am dutifully aware of- high school is considered one, if not the most, important encouragement for the flourishing both academically and socially of the average teenage girl/bot. There is an indispensable importance of finding the time to converse with colleagues to keep a student sane! So when I text my friend to see if she would like to go with me to see a movie, you could imagine and understand my frustration with the immortal response aforementioned. When you assign abundant amounts of homework, not only does it shorten my ability to search for actual happiness, it also influences my social expertise, something I will become dependent on in the dreaded ‘real world’. For my social sake, please cease the incessant bombardment of homework!
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Your sincerely,
[My NAME]
