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Just yesterday I was complaining about my niece homework. Imagining their teacher telling them to multiply the denominator of fractions to get their L.C.M, I mostly go through her assignment whenever she is done ,I don't inspect before she do but until she is done with it, that is how I got to complain about her teachers most times. It's either I find fault in the teacher calculations,Grammer or even annoyed they don't work to control her handwriting and they just mark it like that.
I taught for more than 5 years and I have experience alot of students, fast Learners, middle and slow learners. There are fast learner that once I explain with example they had grabbed it, middle learners will still be struggling while the slow learners will need you as a teacher to call them one after the other to your desk and continue explaining more again
Now, the question is should homework be cancelled for students??
It is called homework bcos it has to be done at home outside the school premises. Home work is one of the essential tools for students,the advantaged is a lot ,trust me . It has a lot of benefits, some are :
Homework are given to students to make them go through the work they have been taught in class that day,by doing the exercise they might get to understand more than what they understood, they would have to go through the examples made by their teachers once again to solve the homework. Repeating and practicing improve their ability on remembering the information. Something you work on many times will be hard to get off your memory. Some homework are even given to them to make them research and have a little idea about a new topic they are about to learn, this method also make them have questions prepared for the teacher in the class.
Doing their homework at home makes a way for parents to know how well their children is doing in their academics. It makes them notice their children performance. Like I said earlier , I let my niece be done with her homework before I inspect so as to be able to know what she is capable of doing herself. The only problem I think people have and it's not a problem is that , some parents complain about not being available to help out on their children's homework. Reason it is not a problem is that , homework for children should be something they can do themselves, normally it is the continuation of what they have been taught, so it shouldn't be a something they can't do without a helping hand.
Giving home work to students makes them unfree to be playful. Trust me even if you give them choking lessons ,they still find a way to play. So, saying a child should not do homework bcos studies is too choking is not a right thing to do,it is choking them with studies to prevent them from being too playful is the right thing to do.
It also help the teacher to know if he or she can move to a next topic or not. Let's say half of the class scire a very low mark, then the teacher knows that his or her work isn't successful yet.
It will do more harm than good if home work where to be cancelled for students.