My own Modest Proposal

In order to appease the grievances (more like whiney pleas)  of our political leaders, I have devised my own modest proposal to further equality in this world. Ask a liberal on the street what they see as the gravest social injustice, and they will, without hesitance, describe the "unequal playing field" perpetrated economically and beyond.I have devised a plan in order to cure society of this plague perpetually. 

Look around. If there are no people around you, go outside, look at people on the internet (school appropriate) or invite some friends over. What is the first thing you notice about this person? They have all of their limbs. Four limbs, all to one person -- when there are people out there who weren't born so lucky. How our society could ever be so discriminatory I don't pretend to understand. All I know is that we must act now, in order to alleviate this injustice and regain social order. 

The solution to this problem is clear: in order to level the playing field, we must deprive those lucky bastards with 4 limbs of one of their extra ones by physically extracting it, and transplanting it onto those who could never earn their own limbs. To create a better, and more equal world, this playing field must be leveled. After all, that's what justice is all about, right? Everyone being exactly the same... Having the same resources, opportunities, and certainly number of body parts. 

So citizens, the next time you look down at yourself and see your four limbs, please -- don't discard the immense guilt you feel, knowing that you are depriving your fellow citizen of the same experience. 

i don't know what a soylent green is.

Lately, there has been alot of fuss about the homeless and poor. Some say that it's their own fault that their poor; that they are all a bunch of druggies and drunks and that we need to cut federal support from them because there are more important things to spend money on. Others say that we aren't helping enough, that they are all still humans and we as fellow people need to support them through tough times. What everyone fails to see is that there is a much easier solution: make everyone homeless. That way, there is no distinguishing between the homeless and the privileged--no one will have a house. Not only will this be a huge boon to the equality movement that everyone is talking about, but it will also appease those who don't want federal funding to go towards the homeless; if everyone is homeless, then there wont be that class distinction anymore and so we can't have a federal program for it. Who's with me?

homework

Homework is awful. I hate doing it. In fact, I dont know why they call it homework...most of the time I get it done at school, the morning that it's due. It's cool though, cause I get to school at approximately 7:15; I have alot of time to spare. I think that homework could be a good thing, in moderation. It helps to reinforce what we learned in class that day, and gives us a chance to put those ideas to practice. However, most teachers don't understand that we don't need that much practice; almost all of them end up over doing it, and by alot, too. I get so bored doing it that sometimes I just want to shoot myself in the face. And it's never fun either; why can't teachers assign tight stuff to do as homework instead of just doing problems out of the book? Last year Jaquith had us do a project where we broke social norms. I had a great time doing it, plus I got to eat at a variety of fast food restaurants. I wish more homework assignments were like that one.

HW that's probably late. Sorry if it is.

Actually, I'm very thankful for homework. If you think about it, homework is a HUGE chunk of your grade. Without it, your entire grade for a class would be dominated by tests. I, for one, wouldn't like that. I, personally, greatly appreciate the fact that teachers obligingly give us an easy chunk of our grade to simply do something that is extremelly repetitive. and that's if you actually decide to do it. and if you don't, you can always copy it. so yeah. I'm pro-homework. Suck it up and live with it.

I Haaate Homework

Homework is the devils burden placed upon students by teachers. It's like we haven't had enough punishment so we might as well add two to three hours of work outside of school to do. Personally i think homework is a waste of time, and for the most part i don't get a lot out of it. You see my philosiphy is home is not school so, for the most part, anything assigned at school should be done at school. Now, i will do big papers or anything of that nature at home, but the vast majority of my work is done the day it is due at school just for the sole purpose that i dont care about how i do on homework, just how i perofrm during crunch time ontests and major projects. And i think that's how it should be, afterall there is a reason that a lot of the time in college you have a couple papers a semester and then take a final for the class. So as far i see it homework is quite frankly stupid...sorry for if anyone was hurt by what i said but its the truth i only speak it.

Homework - The bane of all students

For most of us students, homework is that nagging itch in the back of your head after you return from school. It hangs over your head and becomes increasingly worse until finally you just want to tear your skin off. When you finally do give in to the itch, it takes HOURS to make it go away, and by the time it's gone it has effectively ruined all your joy for the evening.

The whole concept annoys me. You get up between six and seven in the morning, drag yourself out the door and reluctantly board your transportation to school. Then, you sit through seven hours of education, and as enlightening and fulfilling as it is, it's boring. Then you board your transportation home, throw open the door, and plop down on the couch. It would be fine if that was the end of it, but your teachers have bagged up some school for you to bring home.

After completing the minimal two hours of extra work, you have spent at least nine hours on homework. That's over one third of your day, and an hour more than your average nine-to-five job. I thought we were supposed to be adults-in-training; why would we spend more time working than they do? It just doesn't make much sense.

Assignment: A Modest Proposal + Soylent Green = end to world hunger

In the Swiftian Vein of extreme measures to make a point, you’ll need to pick a problem and write a satire that proposes a solution—so basically, you need to make your own modest proposal.

Homework....ughh

Homework. We all dread the word and even the mention of it can cause us to be in a bad mood.

At least thats how it is for me. I think the fundamental idea behind homework is a good one. Students go home and reinforce what they have learned in class. However, the extremes it sometimes reaches can be a bit, well, extreme. Six classes a day can lead to homework for six classes in a day. Throw in extracurricular activities, dinner, and chores or anything else you might have to do once the school day ends, and you've got a day with limited free time, if any. So I said the basic idea isn't bad, and it isn't. But, it should be limited to the definition I gave: reinforcing what is learned in class. Students shouldnt have to teach themselves concepts at home on their own; that's what school is for.
I think one of the things wrong with classes is some teachers feel like they have to give homework. I think it should only be used to expound upon what is learned in class and shouldn't be given everyday.
If teachers think students need more work on a concept, they can give out "optional homework"--for those of us who want or need to review the concepts. Sometimes, I find myself becoming frustrated because homework does nothing to help me learn. True, most of the time it does help me learn, but on those busy days, having to do (seemingly) pointless assignments can make me mad. Homework that is done purely for learning, and not just for a grade will yield more benefit (if it gets done). And it won't be like pointless work, because the more practice you get in, the better you'll do on tests.
I don't know; maybe thats an odd view of homework, but I still think it has merits. I still do all my homework, but I find myself asking why I need to do some things more and more. I think our system needs to be changed.

Homework?

Homework, more commonly known to many of us as something that we do the morning it's due, or the class before it's due, or in the 5 minutes before your class starts. This is somewhat of a problem I believe, and it's all due to differences in opinion on what homework is, and how it should be used. Personally homework should be a tool to reinforce subjects. The main subject that uses homework this way is definitely math. With all the different methods and equations you need some out of class time to get them down. Some classes on the other hand do not need the random busy work that some teachers feel obligated to hand out. Our English class, as you know, doesn't have much homework. Mr. Logsdon does a great job in handing out homework that actually has a purpose, often times it is reading. He uses the in class time to give us things that help, like practice AP tests, and many discussions on rhetorical structure, something that will help.

Though I can't overlook the fact that many teachers skimp on homework just because they hate to grade. Shame on you lazy teacher, sometimes I need the reinforcement of a good assignment, be it mentally or in the grade book. As much as many of us detest doing homework, we all must admit that the pad in the grade book is something that we all benefit from. Doing our homework, and by doing I mean actually spending some time on it, is an easy way to keep our grades at a good level, and to help with the occasional slip on a test. Not doing homework because it's a "waste of time" or you "have something better to do" is no excuse.

Overall though, homework can be many things. It can be a hassle, or an extra grade. It just depends on who you are, and what the homework is. I for example love math homework, but then again I find it easy so I wait and do it before school starts, but hard homework I do the night before. I believe that if you budget your time right, you turn "homework" into just normal "work" to do whenever.

Why is homework manditory?

In order to define homework, i decided i would have to find out why we have homework. Homework is meant for us to practice and retain what we have learned in school...

I will admit that if one does their homework it does help them to learn, but a lot of people are already smart enough to learn the material taught in class without doing homework. For example, let's say a math teacher teaches a class how to use the quadratic equation. Half of the class understands the lecture and half doesn't, but they BOTH are required to do forty questions for homework! The half that already understands the question without having to do them will spend at least an hour doing unproductive work. No what about the half that doesn't understand?

I'm sure that almost everyone has copied homework either because they didn't understand it or because they just didn't want to. A lot of the time the people that don't understand the homework will copy the work of a student that does know how to do it or will make up some work so they can receive a completion grade. The smarter students are being punished with homework that they already understand while the students that need help are copying. So what should we do about this?

Homework should NOT NOT NOT be manditory because it can be very repetitive. Most kids either half ass, don't do, or copy their homework for a completion grade anyways. (in the case of academy AP history, ALL homework was a completion grade which in a way encouraged us to not try our hardest) So why should a large portion of our grade be based on homework? Teachers don't like spending time after school to grade it and i know that students loathe doing it. It's a lose lose situation for everyone and thousands of trees are cut down and made in to paper for homework.

Homework: A manditory ineffective environment destroying attempt to get students to retain information.

Homework

There are three fundamentally different types of homework that are assigned by teachers, all for different purposes and intended consequences- the work that only takes up time, the work that teachers assign to create the illusion that they are serious about their subject, and finally, the rare assignments that are given to actually help you learn the information. The latter of this list is usually difficult, and forces you to discover information on your own to reinforce what is being taught, but too often, this work is covered in a suffocating pile of the other types. If a student understands what is being taught, why should they be required to do the same as someone else who is struggling with the same concepts. We should be given more responsibility to prepare ourselves for the tests and quizzes, knowing that if we choose to slack off, it will show during the exams. Homework should be optional.

Homework

Homework gives students something to complain about, when you can't talk about anything else. Because life is boring for most people, they choose to talk about things they can insult to make themselves feel better. For example:

"So... what did you do yesterday?"

"Nothing much"

"Ugh. We had so much homework in [insert class]..."

"I know right?"

*rants about class*

"Yeah, and we never learn."

Thus, you begin to create a friendship through hate.

Homework also is an excuse for people to act like rebels, because rebellious behavior is what's in these days. People start bragging about how they finished their homework in the last minute. For example:

"Did you finish that homework?"

"I totally did it last hour."

Then when the person who did it last hour gets a better grade, the other person gets jealous, and starts to rebel too. Then they get a better grade. It's a win-win situation.

Finally, homework, mainly long-term ones, allow students to get so annoyed almost to the point of killing themselves. Because suicide is also very cool-not really. For example:

"Did you do that project?"

"no... when is that due?"

"Today."

"FML..."

So, obviously homework is really fun to do, because it lets you connect with other people, act awesome, and kill yourself.

Quick Comments...

Matt (name coined by Ms. H) did a fairly good job of this. A little critical, but not sadistic. Connor's = Matt's + Words that most dictionaries wouldn't know (e.g. exhaustion, taxes, chaos, swath, wake, it, etc.). I have to say that so far, my favorite has been Kevin's. I will openly admit that. Brett's was also pretty good. but I just noticed that it says he did it at 10 in the morning, but the actual post time says 7:17 AM. Haha. ChrisT. wow. I totally just realized that i mis-interpreted the first sentence of your post. I thought it was saying that the entire concept of the blog assignments were BS. I only just now realized that you meant that your post, specifically, was BS. That was close.

Homework

As much as I hate the concept of homework, it's the necessary recitation of information to help us retain what we learned early that day. But while it's necessary, it's over used and seems to become busy work so many nights of the week.
My brother screams daily while sitting at the kitchen counter, 'Why do we go to school? who even came up with homework? It's so stupid!' And then we try to explain, it's just part of school and it helps you reinforce the things you learned today. He continues to mumble to himself, still furious, but he has some credibility to his nightly tantrums. He is swarmed with so much homework, as many of the students today are, and already knows how to do it but is forced to do it in fear of dropping grades.
Why when we understand a concept after 5 questions, must we do 25? I think teachers need to understand that we have other classes and other things we want to be apart of. By no means teachers, don't stop giving us homework, i don't think I wouldn't have learned half the stuff if I didn't do it at home, but understand that if every teacher gives us 25 problems, that may not seem a lot, but multiply that by 6 classes and that's 150 problems, 120 of which we probably are so bored with that we start screaming inside just like my brother does every night.
So no, homework is not pointless, no matter how much you hate it, but it's use and importance has been exploited and use against students. 'Why can't we just allready know everything!' my brother is screaming in the other room.

Homework

Unfortunately the definition of homework for me is one that even defines this blog posting, total BS. So much homework we do is utterly worthless. I am not just talking about "busy work". Even teachers who have vowed never to give this fabled "busy work" give assignments that either students aren't willing to do, or just don;t care enough about to put any work into it. I see that instead of an apostrophe last sentence I used a semi colon but I'm not going to fix it. I also needed a comma somewhere in the sentence I just wrote, but its just not worth thinking baout. This attitude prevails ofr much of the homework I do, to an extreme in some classes. Conversely, though, I am amazed at the amount of time and energy some people put into this stuff, for decidedly little results. I understand someone wanting to learn but I still wonder why people complain in Mr. Holloways class because they "didn't have enough time." Of course you had enough time you just chose to write legible sentences. This looks long enough...this sums up my attitude towards a lot of the homework we do, though not all of ut

I really shouldn't be doing this at 10 in the morning...

Homework was a good idea in the beginning, meant to help students retain the material taught to them earlier that day. But at this point it has been exploited to where it has become busy work and is being considered by the U.N. as a form of cruel and unusual punishment. (Let’s hope measure 236.9 passes!)
In the beginning of homework, there were only 3 subjects of larnin’: reading riting, and ‘rithmetic. But then, for some reason, most often blamed on the Socialists!!, the amount of subjects increased 50-fold, resulting in such classes as TV/Radio and AP Gibberish. Students now take 6 classes, all with completely different teachers, almost all of whom get together to brag about how much homework they assigned last week and what their plans are for next week. The other teachers get jealous and start homework wars with each other, the victor being whoever tortures their students the most. They also seem to plan to give large amounts of homework one day, then none the next. It’s a conspiracy!
Wednesday is my worst day for homework. On any given Wednesday, I get crushed by Spanish, Physics, math, and Chemistry. The strange thing is that I do as little homework at home as possible. I spend more time thinking about when I can do last night’s homework in school (seminar, library, under my desk in math, lunch) than actually doing my homework when I’m supposed to.
All in all, the once acceptable view of homework has been clouded forever into busy work and an obscenity by the very ones who created it.

Homework

Homework.....hmmm. Its whats assigned to you in excess by each of your teachers believing that they are, in fact, your only teacher. It keeps you up into the wee hours the night, or if you're in the academy to the wee hours of 1st hour. Homework is a useful tool that is agreed upon by both teachers and parents to keep you in the house on weekends as much as possible. Although homework enables you to retain information and prepare you for a test in the future, it also drives us nuts with its magnitude. Homework is the reason why squirrels are losing their homes in the forest. The paper which it is printed on is coming from wood from a tree from a forest that is being cut down as we speak where a squirrel once lived and now doesn't. Homework contributes to 87.6% of the recycling bin's volume after it has been graded. Homework is a friend of Ticonderoga. Studies have proven that as homework increases, Ticonderoga pencils are selling out the roof. Homework is not fun bottomline.

Homework

Hmm, homework. It is a slightly touchy topic and is a typically evasive conundrum. I will try my best to explain it in the following. I believe it is an appropriate definition that can used and understood by any high-schooler.

Homework (n.): Originated as a forced method of sleep deprivation during the Middle Ages. Details are sparse due to the fact that those who engage in homework are much too busy doing it to explain it; the word homework comes from hom and workos in Greek which literally translate as “death by insomnia”.

Ex: “What happened? You look terrible! Bags under your eyes and rotting flesh!”

“It was because of my homework.”

Homework is not found among older languages such as Latin thus illustrating the terrifying nature of the concept; great excuse for procrastination.

Ex: “I spent all night doing that homework!”

“Was it that hard?”

“No, I was eating a sandwich but then I decided to play Call of Duty. It was so comfortable there in front of the t.v. that I fell asleep.”

Homework? I'd rather do housework.

What is homework? Homework is all that is, homework is all that ever was and ever will be. Homework is what comes out when you pour your cereal in the morning, homework is that muddled exhaustion in your head when you walk into the crowded lunchroom, homework is lurking even in the spoons you use when you eat your soup for dinner. Homework caused the war in Vietnam, homework is raising our taxes, homework is behind global warming, homework is what holds together the universe, keeping everything as we know it from decaying into chaos and disorder, leaving a swath of destruction in its deadly wake. Homework is you.

But let's face it, homework isn't actually much.

Okay, sometimes homework is useful for reinforcing concepts. I mean, it's not hard, but a little extra practice on how to integrate by substitution probably wouldn't hurt. But in truth, the majority of homework is nothing other than the b-word that teachers hate to hear - b_sy work. (After all, it would just be plain crude to say such a low word in a quasi-public forum, would it not?)

I hate to say it, Mr. Logsdon, but we've had a few assignments like that in your class. However, we all know that the king of pointless assignments is our favorite AP World curmudgeon, a certain Rick K. Holloway. Assignments consisting of over 300 vocabulary words, due at the end of the hour, are nothing other than work to be assignment to occupy students' attention (I'm trying hard not to say that b-word, Mr. L).

If homework is to lose some of its stigma with students, don't you agree that teachers should only assign it if there is something substantive, relevant, and important to be gained from its completion? As it stands now, there are too many problems with homework for it to really help students; as a result, most of us view it with considerable scorn. I love the paradox, though, of writing about the ineffectiveness of homework as a homework assignment.

Matthew R. Powell on Homework

Homework is the leftovers from that day's casserole. Homework is what you don't want to do, your teacher doesn't want to grade, but your dog wants to eat. Homework is what you do at school 5-30 minutes before it is due. Homework is the gum that your teacher finds on the sidewalk and makes you eat if you don't want points deducted. Homework gives you something to complain about in the time between when it was assigned and when it is due. Sunday night was created to give you time to do your weekend homework. Homework keeps lumberjacks in business by destroying thousands of acres of beautiful Canadian forests. Homework is chores that you have to do that don't get you $15 dollars at the end of the week. Homework is what you worry about and don't do until the last minute. Homework was created to keep you from smoking, drinking, and gambling until you're the right age. Homework is meant to prepare you for the real world, where your knowledge of definite integrals and didactic sentences could be critical to your well-being. Homework tries to engage your brain at a time when your body is telling you to eat a hot pocket and pass out in front of the TV. Homework is what is assigned by your teachers to make sure that you don't get the good sleep that your teachers advise you get.

Assignment: May I have a Definition Please?

Dictionary Definitions are helpful but rarely fun, that is unless your 13 years old and you just have to look up all the dirty words you know just so you can legitimately “say” them or see them in print. I want your definition of “HOMEWORK.” It should be fun it should be creative, it should be sarcastic—but it’d better not be cruel and I’d better not find that you plagiarized it from urbandictionary.com. Let er rip.

my boy Louis Sachar This is a pretty late i know so my apologies

This is going to be my sad attempt to equal the big guy himself Mr. Louis Sachar author of the phenomenal book turned movie "Holes". He writes in a style that usually always has a bad event happen, but in the end things workout. He does so with phrases of emphasis, hyperboels and what not, and then he puts more emphasis through the use fo powerful verbs. So here goes nothing

So okay my life officially sucks, i literally am the definition of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The other day i am walking through the hallways of our great hc, and decide that i need to go to the bathroom, and i make the turn into the orange hallway. i step into the corridor of our wonderfully dreadful bathrooms at Hc. when i get in there guess what the first thing that happens is? The god forsaken roar of the smoke alarm starts going off, and as a result i hear the whomping impression of Mr. Little's giant self walking into the bathroom. He comes in and looks around and sicne i was the only person in there at the moment, he pierces me with his stare and asks me if i had any idea why that happened. i replied with a stern no and he gave me another glance and then moved on, thankfully realizing that in no way would i ever be so stupid as to use a tobacco product at school.