In many countries, children spend long hours on homework. Some people think less homework can reduce student's stress and give them a chance to develop other skills. What is your opinion about this?
People have been deeply divided over the homework issue for a long time. On one hand there are the proponents of homework who talk of its benefits and efficacy (effectiveness), and on the other hand we have some individuals, who would like schools to adopt a no homework policy for students. The given statement, however, raises a concern about too much homework and says that homework should be light and non-stressful. This essay completely agrees with the given notion.
On the one hand homework gives the chance for a student to learn lessons in a more comfortable environment. It helps to clarify the leanings made during the school day. It is an extension of class work that allows students to achieve mastery of the content or skills to be learned. It reduces time for TV and video games and promotes good study habits. It teaches self-discipline and time management and above all. it lets parents see what their children are doing at school.
However, when the children are overburdened with homework, all the advantages of homework seem to fade away and the dark side becomes prominent. Too much homework reduces family time. Most parents have to work full time in order to support their family today. When they come home, they want to spend time with their children, but children are too busy in homework. It also prevents students from helping parents in household chores.
Moreover, students need time to relax, play and pursue sports and hobbies. Too much homework can make students too tired after a long day at school. It may also keep them up too late at night. What is more, homework is often meaningless busywork, which does not promote real learning. Therefore, care must be taken to ensure that homework is relevant and linked to vital learning objectives at all times. It must be designed to deepen students’ understanding, and facilitate mastery of the material to be learned. Teachers should not overburden students with homework. There should always be reasonable homework timetables or schedules and homework should be age appropriate. It can range from one hour or a little less per night in the lower school, to three hours or a little more per night in the upper school.
To sum up, homework should be there, as it has many benefits, but it should be within reasonable limits and should promote real learning.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 283, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...of the content or skills to be learned. It reduces time for TV and video games and...
^^
Line 3, column 354, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...o games and promotes good study habits. It teaches self-discipline and time manage...
^^
Line 3, column 416, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...line and time management and above all. it lets parents see what their children ar...
^^
Line 5, column 211, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled as one.
Suggestion: fulltime
... family time. Most parents have to work full time in order to support their family today....
^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 660, Rule ID: SHOULD_BE_DO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'aged'?
Suggestion: aged
...les or schedules and homework should be age appropriate. It can range from one hour...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, to sum up, what is more, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 10.4138276553 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 41.998997996 119% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1953.0 1615.20841683 121% => OK
No of words: 397.0 315.596192385 126% => OK
Chars per words: 4.91939546599 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46372701284 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63104717808 2.80592935109 94% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 176.041082164 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549118387909 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 601.2 506.74238477 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 16.0721442886 156% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 20.2975951904 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.6866526681 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.12 106.682146367 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.88 20.7667163134 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.84 7.06120827912 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.01903807615 100% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 3.4128256513 293% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.286136015929 0.244688304435 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0747893598133 0.084324248473 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0484464988259 0.0667982634062 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146477476429 0.151304729494 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0477864797553 0.056905535591 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 13.0946893788 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 50.2224549098 129% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.3001002004 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.96 12.4159519038 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.58950901804 92% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 78.4519038076 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.1190380762 79% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.7795591182 74% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 283, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...of the content or skills to be learned. It reduces time for TV and video games and...
^^
Line 3, column 354, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...o games and promotes good study habits. It teaches self-discipline and time manage...
^^
Line 3, column 416, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...line and time management and above all. it lets parents see what their children ar...
^^
Line 5, column 211, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled as one.
Suggestion: fulltime
... family time. Most parents have to work full time in order to support their family today....
^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 660, Rule ID: SHOULD_BE_DO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'aged'?
Suggestion: aged
...les or schedules and homework should be age appropriate. It can range from one hour...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, to sum up, what is more, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 10.4138276553 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 41.998997996 119% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1953.0 1615.20841683 121% => OK
No of words: 397.0 315.596192385 126% => OK
Chars per words: 4.91939546599 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46372701284 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63104717808 2.80592935109 94% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 176.041082164 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549118387909 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 601.2 506.74238477 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 16.0721442886 156% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 20.2975951904 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.6866526681 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.12 106.682146367 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.88 20.7667163134 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.84 7.06120827912 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.01903807615 100% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 3.4128256513 293% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.286136015929 0.244688304435 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0747893598133 0.084324248473 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0484464988259 0.0667982634062 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146477476429 0.151304729494 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0477864797553 0.056905535591 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 13.0946893788 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 50.2224549098 129% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.3001002004 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.96 12.4159519038 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.58950901804 92% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 78.4519038076 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.1190380762 79% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.7795591182 74% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.