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.