Is It Helping Us Or Hurting Us? By Mike C

It's 3:10 and should be over. But is it really? Homework still needs to be done. Many people have their own differnt opinions on homework. And I'm going to give you mine. Does homework really help you learn or is it just a waste of our time? These are some reasons why I think homework is a waste of time and doesn't help you learn. It can be stressful, and school days are already long enough. 

Have you ever come home from a long day at school and have so much homework that you don't know where to start? Do you try to do what you can? Or, do you ended up not doing it? This has definitely happened to me! Homework is meant, to help students learn, but in the end, it can stresses kids/teens out. One main effect is too much stress gets you to sleeping problems. Which, we all know that if you don't have a good nights sleep you're not going to learn as well as you could of. I find that if homework starts giving students stress problems it is not going to help them. So we shouldn't have homework. 

I don't know if its only me but when I get home I'm glad to be home. I'm tired and the last thing I want to think about is more schoolwork. The average teen goes to school for 6-7 hours a day; basically from 9am-3pm with lunch breaks and breaks between classes. So when you get home you don't  want to do 1 hour and 30 minutes of extra schoolwork. You just want to relax watch some TV, play video games. So we have to think to ourselves if we can't teach it students all they need to know and practice in 6-7 hours days do we need to know all this information. Some students play sports after school, and just don't have time to do homework. Now I know school comes before fun but we also need to move and be active. We can't spend all day sitting in a class and expect us to do more work at home for 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

Evidently, we shouldn't have homework because it stresses kids\ teens out. School days are already long enough! Homework does not help students learn. So what do you think? Should we have homework or should teachers stop giving students it? Just please give us a break! 

Follow My Advice: VAD

Throughout our lives we've been with people who gave us all sorts of advice; telling us this would change our lives for the best. Some were wiseful advice and others a bit more random. Sadly, most of them get lost and mixed in a sea of memories. For me, only one of them stayed in my head. First of all, I thought it was funny but, slowly realized it was more than words; it was a saying that would change my life. The meaning of this advice stuck to my head: do what is best in the end. As vulgar as it may sound, it stayed anchored in my head since the day I've heared it from my previous basketball coach Anthony, "Don't s**t on your own doorstep".

You must be thinking I'm joking and that this is only a blog to make my class laugh. In reality, there is a wise meaning behind those words. Why create obstacles when you can avoid them? In the long run, will the choices you make be beneficicial or harmful? Most people think about this moment, without thinking about the repercussions. Y.O.L.O they claim, but often end up dropping out since their ideology doesn't change. Sometimes the choices are so small but can make such a big difference. Listening in class can change your whole future. As stupid can it sound, listening in class can also affect your future career choices. Dosen't it make sense? What you learn affects your grades, and grades are what cegeps and universities look at for the programs. If you have bad grades you won't be accepted in the program you'd like to be in and end up having to make a plan b.
 

Everyone should make decisions for themselves that would help them in the future. "Ne te met pas de baton dans les roues", meaning you shouldn't harm your way to sucess. As hard as it can be, long-term is much more important. Now tell me, what is the best advice you've gotten?

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