Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Blog 17 - Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Today in class we wrote an argumentative paragraph!

Should homework be reduced?

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  1. Meant for study, easy practise for tests and work to test your knowledge, homework should not be reduced. According to topmarks.co/uk, “Homework set prior to a lesson can aid understanding later in class. Homework also provides opportunities for reinforcement of work,”
    Most may say that homework does not count as necessary improvement, yet an experiment made by Duke University between the years of 1987, and 2003, shows that homework does have a positive effect on students mostly between the grades of 7-12. "With only rare exception, the relationship between the amount of homework students do and their achievement outcomes was found to be positive and statistically significant," Homework has proven to be a significant source of aid to students across the globe and reducing it shows no sign of help to students. Might I remind you that children who actually feel like achieving and having high educational success, need work and reminders such as homework.
    P.S Please keep in mind this an opinion and I should not be lashed out at or judged for this. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and thoughts. Thank you!

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    2. matthieu that was a very rude comment that is Jordans opinion even if you dont agree with it that is not being a good digital citizen

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    3. GOOD JOB JORDAN!! just ignore Mathiew Davies you did perfect!

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    6. Great job Jordan! Don't listen to the are very intelligent and although I didn't really agree with your opinion before I read your blog, you brought up some really good points and educated answers!!!

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    7. Great blog Jordan!! You have amazing points, and you made me think maybe homework shouldn't be reduced

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    8. Your very right that everyone has the right to there own opinion! Haters are just going to hate great blog

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    9. Wow great blog Jordan, just ignore Davis, you can have your own opinion even if other people don't agree with it.

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    10. Good job nice blog!

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  2. Homework should be reduced because every time I get home I am either doing my homework or non-stop studying!! It is not fair because I want some time to be a child and watch TV, but I can’t do that because I have a total 10 pages of work and 25 pgs of studying!! I do sports like soccer and I have to show up to practice late because of my homework. When I am on the bus I hear the older kids and some of the Sec 1’s like me saying “I have soooo much homework”!! We should do something about this because my brain is always fried when I go to bed!!
    #Notfair!!

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    1. i agree that you should have time to be a child but i still think homework is good.

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    2. Here's the thing, when someone says "I want homework to be reduced!" it doesn't mean that they think homework is bad for you it just means that they want less homework, not any at all!...But no homework would be, how do I say this...AMAZING!

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    3. I am probably that person that says I have so much homework

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  3. I agree with your brain being fried, especially for someone like me who has activities every night of the week.

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    1. i totally agree with you because like you i am allways just on time because of homework

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    2. Yes. Actities and all gets in the way. Homework should not be completely banished though. Great blog!

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  4. Think about it would you like to have to do more work after a long 6 to 8 hours I know I wouldn't. Studies show that kids learn more in a school environment. It is proven that if a child has no homework they learn more the next day and they are happier. When someone has homework or has to study it creates stress, if they bring that stress home its is unpleasant for the family and friends surrounding that child. Therefore homework should be reduced for the well being of the child and his or her pupils.

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    1. Great blog! I Totally agree with what you're saying!

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  5. I think homework has to reduce homework. I do think also good for you, but at the same time I think that teacher's over do things by giving you 3 hour almost 4hours of homework depending on your speed. Teacher's like Mr. Katz(cough cough the loner), Mme Belloy, Ms Fades, etc... Do know that homework isn't good for you and these teachers give you almost only 15-30 minutes of homework if you focus. But on the other hand If you do to much homework your brain will get mushy. If your brains turns mushy you can't learn the education you need because it will just go out of your brain.

    So in my opinion Jordan, Logan, Matthieu, and the rest of the class are all right about weather to reduce homework or not. If you don't agree with me witch I know people out there(cough cough teachers) then it your opinion so just don't judge my work. Oh I forgot Mr.Katz is also a teacher who understands us kids

    Thank you for reading,
    Yu Hua Jason Yang

    ######## REDUCE! HOMEWORK! PLEASE! WE! KIDS! BEG! YOU! PLEASE!
    :) ;]

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  7. Do you want our generation of kids to succeed in life?! In 2010, the Alberta's Teachers association has said and i quote “Most studies involving high school students suggest that students who do homework achieve a higher grade”. If kids are given enough homework to help them practice what they are learning in school it helps them overall. But the ATA stated that “Homework for elementary students should be limited to 30 minutes” but Harris Cooper (The chairman of physiology at the Duke university) Stated that “Homework should be limited to ten minutes per grade level” Grade 1: 10mins. Grade 2: 20 minutes and so on.

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  8. Do you kids want more homework??? NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
    Do you kids want less homework??? YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Then you should elect me as school principal so that I can GIVE you more free time, order teachers not to give homework and make school actual fun unlike it is right now... It's ''A PRISON'' or ''TORTURE CHAMBERS'' Quote students. Yu hua quotes: I hate Mr. Katz because he is racist to asians.'' People hate school so it's enough. They don't need homework to top it off. A lot of teachers give loads of homework and kids get stressed out too much and too often. Samuel Davies quotes: ''My teacher is often racist to asians.'' I don't like homework either, all the work should be done in class.

    My name is John Cena and I approve this message.

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    1. The jury will definitely approve you cause aggression works(Sarcastic)

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  9. These days, students of all ages have homework, but why is there homework anyways? Some teachers may argue that all students need to do homework because there is not enough time to do the actual work at school. If that is the case, then why are we at school for 6-8 hours a day? In elementary, the children get tons of homework when they didn’t even work on this subject! Once you become a college student, you can get so overwhelmed with homework from teachers that it can cause depression etc. . Some students can be trapped inside for hours trying to get a good grade on project that was given yesterday and is due today. Yes, all students have homework, but what is the point of having homework? To make sure that we understand the subject better? Well, then what’s the point of having teachers? To help the students understand, right? Or are they just people the school system hires, to babysit 20 students?

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    1. I strongly agree. Maybe we get all the work teachers don't feel like teaching us in class...

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  10. Everyday kids go home tired and excited to finally relax, but they can’t because they have too much homework. Why should kids have to work all day, and then go home and work even more? Kids in all grades, even in kindergarten have so much homework. Kids need time to play, and be kids. When kids have after school activities for an hour the will then go home, eat dinner and be up extremely late because they are doing homework. From what I see, most kids doing homework are rushing to get homework done, not even paying attention to what they are doing, so why bother doing so much work when you don’t even know what you’re doing? Kids go to school to learn, and they go home to relax. Homework causes stress, anger and many more. If you sit back and think about this for a minute, you’ll realise that this is not fair to kids of all ages. REDUCE OUR HOMEWORK.

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  11. Homework, the word that causes dread in millions of students across the globe, and the word that I say is a waste of time! If there’s too much homework given, then people won’t have as much sleep as they’re supposed to, and sleep is needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle! On debate.org, many people have good reasons that homework is too time consuming: “Homework has been admitted to have caused extreme anxiety to the great majority of students. There should be restrictions to the massive pile of homework people put on our desks everyday.” (Anonymous) According to Brookings Institution, we spend around 6 hours every week doing homework, 24 hours a month. That equals to an entire day made of nothing but doing homework! So my final result for this debate is that teachers give too much homework! People need their free time, and homework is nothing but a vacuum sucking all our free time down the tubes.

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  12. With shorter class hours, high school teachers are giving extra class work to be done at home with students being overwhelmed with work. Homework causes extreme stress in about 40% of students. Students are given better grades when homework is not given in large amounts and are happier to be in school without the stress of these assignments. Children are meant to enjoy playing and facing challenges they may come across while playing to build life skills and not to deal with stress that has been handpicked for them. Homework should be reduced to help kids be successful in life with the right childhood experience and for the best of their future, homework should be greatly reduced.

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    1. great blog! I loved the way you explained that kids must be kids

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  13. Think about it would you like to go home and have hours of homework to do after a long tiring day of school and hard work? Well I wouldn’t. Somehow the teachers disagree. I don’t think 3 hours of math homework out of 6 subjects is acceptable! Kids need to be free to be kids after school. Kids should not have to drag school home. I agree that the teachers should give a bit of homework, but only an hour for ALL 6 subjects. Teachers need to reconsider the amount of homework based on this argument! #weneedmorerights

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    1. I still think that we should have no homework. Your right that we shouldn't have to bring school home. Great blog!

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    2. I think your right about the amount of homework that we are getting is too much.

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  14. Kids are complaining! Kids are crying! Kids are stressed! We need to stop this. Today, I will try to stop homework so no one can suffer from this monster.
    Homework should be banned because it is hurting kids. They get anxiety problems from doing not just a lot of homework, but even a bit of homework. Homework should also be banned because the teachers have to waste all of their time making useless pages of homework. The teachers always go through long days(especially if there is Mathieu Davies in the class) and don’t have the energy to do it. It just isn’t fair! My last reason Why homework should be banned is because not only the kids and teachers have to keep up with it, but our own parents who go to work all day. Even if they stay at home, they have to clean up the house and prepare meals.
    In the wise words of Heather Broos she states, “If the kids haven’t learned the concepts by the time they leave the classroom… the homework is pointless.” As you can see homework should be banned because it gives kids anxiety problems, makes it more work for the teachers and lastly, makes more work for the parents. I think we should stand together against this. Let’s put a stop to this three headed monster!

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    1. I didn't have any time to work on it at home so it might not be the best.

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  15. Kids have lives you know, all we do is work, work, work, work and just as we think we’re done for the day...MORE WORK! A website called factual facts took the words right out of my mouth saying “Too much homework can cause stress, depression and lower grades, studies suggest”. I sometimes get so stressed because I am constantly having to keep up with my homework and test and extra activities (because I have a life). It gets really tiring and discouraging and makes me not want to go to school. I don’t think i get THAT much homework that my eyes are popping out of my eye sockets, but there are some nights where I get a lot . I definitely think that homework should be reduced, but we should still get some because it does help.

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  16. Because of all the projects, presentations, tests, quizzes, paper homework and computer homework, it should be reduced. Kids should be able to do whatever they’re parents will let them do after the school hours such as sports, after school clubs, family get togethers and just hanging out with friends. Based off of my experiences, I was absent for the last 2 periods of the day a few weeks ago and I got the homework the next day from those 2 periods. I calculated how many hours of homework I had to do that night and it ended up being 4-5 hours. I missed a family get-together for my grandfather’s birthday whom I wasn’t going to see for 1 year. That is just 1 of the reasons why homework should be reduced.

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  17. It`s my first year in high school and I`m not used to getting so much homework. I`m not sure if it`s because I`m in the IB program or if it`s just high school but I think it`s a lot and it should be reduced a little especially like on days like today. The last thing I want to do is homework on days like today when I`m not feeling well. All I really want to do when I get home is go straight to bed and sleep until the next day.

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  18. Over the studies shown in education finland has one of the highest success rates of students according to the documentary film named where to invade next.Their scholars know seven languages and their homework have a period of 10 minutes according to the students themselves per day. I wish that our nation can adopt it as well as the surrounding countries.
    In studies showing significant hours of homework can reduce overall intelligence and develop mental issues including stress related issues.

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  19. Everyday I go home and start my homework, I only come out of my room 3 hours later after finally finishing it! Kids should be kids after school. We work all day like adults, after school kids should be kids! We should go to the park, or go play games, not do more work! Then we get punished for being a kid! This is not ok. Studies show that less homework equals less stress that equals to more family bonding time.

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  20. Argument 1 -Julia Heroux-


    Homework is Pointless did you know that the school with the highest grades is in the finland's there trick is to eliminate homework completely. Once children get home from school they want to relax not do more work. Kids should be able to not have to worry about school work at home. Based of my experiences once you get home from school you don't have enough time to spend with family. Homework should only be assigned to those that haven't finished their work in class. The thing that bugs me the most about homework is when teachers give it to you without explaining it to you it drives me insane and takes me more time to work on it and less time to study and relax.

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  21. Stress, depression and lower grades is what homework does to you,stated Factual Facts. We go to school from 7:55 to 2:25. That is 5 hrs and 30 min and we still get homework after. I don’t know about anyone else but that sounds crazy that we have 5 hrs and 30 min and they still have to give us homework. Other than doing homework I can be enjoying my time off school by playing outside or spending time with my parents. It takes me forever to do my homework and it’s really annoying to do. That is why homework should be reduced.






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  22. Based off of my experiences, I know that homework doesn’t help anyone. Homework should be reduced, because there is no reason for a student to be nervous and stressed out at home. We have over six hours of school every weekday to be doing class work. At home, we should be doing things WE like doing. We should relax and not have to worry about getting a detention because we forgot to do our history work. Teachers say, homework helps you study your work at home, but I disagree with this. When you don’t understand something at home, you can’t ask the teachers for help. What usually ends up happening is that you don’t end up doing the work, and when you tell the teacher the next day that you didn’t understand it, you get in trouble. Kids should be free to have fun at home, and get to do what they want. That’s why homework should be reduced.

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  23. Because kids are young and energetic we cannot force them in there basement doing homework all night for about four days a week. Kids should be able to go outside and play for at least 30 minutes minimum and not have to stress over homework. Every day after school I am always stressing over homework or a text that must study for. This ruins my afternoon because homework takes over my free time after school leaving me with no time for hockey or to hang out with my friends. A solution to this problem is to give us time to do are home work in class instead of piling it on us to do after school.

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  24. Homework leads to stress and stress isn't good for you so I think that homework should be reduced. Kids should not have to stay up all night trying to finish tons of homework for the next day. Teachers could give a little homework but a little homework from each subject is a lot to do! To much homework makes you stressed and that isn't good for your health. Once my brother was up all night panicking about how he didn't get to finish his homework. So I believe that homework should be reduced.

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