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=What Adults Don’t Get About Homework and School= There are so many things that adults, especially parents, don’t understand about school and homework. Parents think that school is the same as it used to be when they went to school. But there are many differences between their time and ours. School is now such an essential part of ones life. If we want to get anywhere in life school is a must. School isn’t easy we give more time to school each week then we do to anything else, then we must balance that with other activities like sports, and we get more homework each day plus test, quizzes, and projects. Everyday we must attend school for about seven hours consistently doing in class work or taking notes on something. If we aren’t doing that we would probably be taking a test or quiz. From there we are assigned homework in almost every class. Then we have to go home and do homework for at least 2 hours. Parents don’t understand that this is all such a constant stress we carry around. They are always pushing us to do better or to work harder but they really don’t get that we are doing our best. It’s almost impossible to go to school and then come home and get started on homework right away; it’s almost like a mental exhaustion. Homework is really like going to school again without the teachers and in the comfort of your home. The usual homework load could be broke down into three categories: everyday work, studying, and projects. Everyday work would be considered papers, worksheets, and book assignments. Studying would be like reviewing and going over material for any tests, quizzes, or exams. Projects would be any kind of assignment that goes over a period of time like book reports, banners, even posting. All of these things separately aren’t that bad, but once put together into one night they can really add up and take quite a while. This is another point that adults don’t get that not only is there a lot of homework but all different kinds, which can take even longer. Finally we must balance school and homework with other everyday activities or commitments. Some of those being sports, work, clubs, chores, friends or any other kind of job we must fulfill. This is probably one of the hardest things to do, balancing homework with a sports team or even a job. Sometimes we give more attention to one therefore failing to do the other and failing at our commitment. Parents really don’t understand this, many times the will think that other activities aren’t as important, which isn’t true. These things are stuff we choose to do because we like it and it gives us time to get away from all the stress and studying, so without this we would have no “fun time” or even any time to ourselves. ( A study of the impact of homework in different countries says that the pressure of homework causes friction between children and parents.) So overall parents just need to realize how much we already have on our shoulders and how much stress we have without them nagging us and giving us more stuff to do. We have to go to school and do homework everyday, get tons of assignments and projects, and then balance all of this with other activities we have going on. With all of this going on we are left with no time to ourselves. Sometimes adults need to step back and just try and notice how much we actually do everyday.

__BBC News __. February 10,2004. BBC News Education Department. March 12, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3472467.stm

P1 There are so many things that adults, especially parents, don’t understand about school and homework.

 Parents think that school is the same as it used to be when they went to school.

But there are many differences between their time and ours. School is now such an essential part of ones life.

If we want to get anywhere in life school is a must.

School isn’t easy we give more time to school each week then we do to anything else, then we must balance that with other activities like sports, and we get more homework each day plus test, quizzes, and projects.

P2 Everyday we must attend school for about seven hours consistently doing in class work or taking notes on something.

 If we aren’t doing that we would probably be taking a test or quiz.

From there we are assigned homework in almost every class.

Then we have to go home and do homework for at least 2 hours.

Parents don’t understand that this is all such a constant stress we carry around.

They are always pushing us to do better or to work harder but they really don’t get that we are doing our best.

It’s almost impossible to go to school and then come home and get started on homework right away; it’s almost like a mental exhaustion.

P3 Homework is really like going to school again without the teachers and in the comfort of your home.

The usual homework load could be broke down into three categories: everyday work, studying, and projects.

Everyday work would be considered papers, worksheets, and book assignments.

Studying would be like reviewing and going over material for any tests, quizzes, or exams.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Projects would be any kind of assignment that goes over a period of time like book reports, banners, even posting.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">All of these things separately aren’t that bad, but once put together into one night they can really add up and take quite a while.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">This is another point that adults don’t get that not only is there a lot of homework but all different kinds, which can take even longer.

P4 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Finally we must balance school and homework with other everyday activities or commitments.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Some of those being sports, work, clubs, chores, friends or any other kind of job we must fulfill.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">This is probably one of the hardest things to do, balancing homework with a sports team or even a job.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Sometimes we give more attention to one therefore failing to do the other and failing at our commitment.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Parents really don’t understand this, many times the will think that other activities aren’t as important, which isn’t true.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">These things are stuff we choose to do because we like it and it gives us time to get away from all the stress and studying, so without this we would have no “fun time” or even any time to ourselves.

P5 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">( <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">A study of the impact of homework in different countries says that the pressure of homework causes friction between children and parents.)

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">So overall parents just need to realize how much we already have on our shoulders and how much stress we have without them nagging us and giving us more stuff to do.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">We have to go to school and do homework everyday, get tons of assignments and projects, and then balance all of this with other activities we have going on.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">With all of this going on we are left with no time to ourselves.

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