Teachers also talk about time management but don’t seem to understand how little time we have. We go home to siblings, pets, and parents who are distracting and loud, want our attention, and often don’t understand how much work we need to do. What I am not sure they realize is that many of the reasons it is difficult for us to focus at home are out of our control. Since the start of middle school teachers have given the advice that we should put our cell phones away while doing schoolwork and warn us about technology distracting us from homework. Homework is also often the main reason that students are not getting enough sleep and then have a more difficult time focusing the next day in class and finding the energy to do well at sports practice. This stress also impacts our mood and can make it difficult to sleep because we are worried. Teachers say they are giving homework to help us learn, but when we feel this kind of stress it lowers our performance on the homework and school in general. I know my teachers care about their students, but I am not sure they always understand the impact of assigning homework on students and what it is really like for kids my age when they get home from school.īeing a middle school kid is stressful, and when we have hours of homework it adds lots of stress. As an 8th grade student, I think it would be helpful for you to hear a kid’s perspective and advice about homework.
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