by Carla Visocchi

Created on: January 26, 2009

Eight months of the year (minus weekends and vacations), six or more hours a day, and five days a week, children attend school in order to gain an education. Do some serious number crunching, and it is evident that the majority of a child's time is spent inside the classroom. Of course, after being in school for most of the day, the dreaded word, homework, comes into play once a child gets home. This adds hours to the already-long-enough time spent at school, causing children to despise education altogether.

In order for students to enjoy what they are learning, education should be fun, flexible and interesting. But, the curriculum does not offer this. Instead, students sit in class for six hours, and come home to more tedious schoolwork. Throughout the whole school year, students are bound by educational materials, although being granted a few breaks from being in class, but never a time out from homework.

Students should not have to be subjected to this day after day. As young people, students need to explore the outside world, and learn the many things that are not taught inside the classroom. These things usually come in the form of hobbies, and extracurricular activities. Learning hobbies and other activities is just as crucial- if not more than what is taught in school.

These hobbies develop a child's ability to do expand their creativity and/or athleticism, which cannot be done in class. Playing a sport, learning an instrument, or developing another skill is important for school-aged children. Children need to explore the possibilities in the real world, instead of always being cooped up inside a classroom, learning the curriculum.

Also, being bogged down by homework is no help to a student's social life. Regardless of the age, students must practise communication skills among family and friends. When a student is stuck in his or her room all night after school, how can he or she spend time with family and friends? It's impossible. In order to be able to have good relationships, one must be able to have time to spend. Homework does not allow this.

Homework is the root of all evil when considering the reason for children not enjoying school. It is frustrating and monotonous, especially after being in school for the most part of the day. Students should not have to be faced with homework, as it is more important for them to develop extracurricular skills.

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