Is homework taking up to much time?

 

Many students complain about having too much homework and not having enough time to do anything that they want to do, but we might not be wrong. Studies have proven that teens may be getting too much homework per night, taking away from time to be with family, friends, or focusing on our jobs outside of school.

According to US News, the average high school student has up to 3.5 hours of homework each night, which adds up to 17.5 hours of homework each week. That is 3.5 hours being taken away from being with your family. CNN states, “Fights and conflicts over homework were 200% more likely in families where parents did not have at least a college degree, according to the study.”

High school students should not have to have this many hours of homework each night. We already go to school for almost 8 hours a day, pursued by after school activities and practices.

A major problem, according to Dr. Craig Canapari (Yale Pediatric Sleep Instructor), is that students are becoming very sleep deprived. Most students have 2-3 hours of homework each night. Teens are supposed to get an average of 8 hours of sleep each night, but following after school activities and eating dinner, we don’t get to start until around 8 p.m..

I’m not writing this story because i don’t want to any work, but because I feel like teens are getting too much pressure put on them, causing stress, sleep deprivation, and depression. We already spend 7-8 hours in school each day, so why do we need to have 2-3 more hours of it when instead we could be spending that time with family?