Homework causes stress, obesity, lack of sleep, and pollution according to this document. The authors argue that homework is unnecessary, as the key concepts should be taught in class. It cites research showing no long-term benefits to excessive homework and that kids' mental focus declines after 1.5 hours of homework. The document concludes that less homework assigned, more in-class time, and study halls would help kids be healthier and less stressed.

1. HomeworkBy Luke W. and Cole K.

2. SlaveryThere is a name for working without getting paid. It’s called slaverySo if kids are forced to do homework, they should get paidAdults have their way of making money, so why cant kids have their way of making money?

3. ObesityDoctors are always proving that American kids are to fat, and a major reason why they are is because they are sitting inside doing 4 hours of homework, instead of running around and getting fresh air and playing sports.

4. EnergyThink of how many trees we cut down a day for paper.Pollution could be reduced if we cut down less trees, mostly for homework paper.

5. StressMuch of why stress happens for kids is if they play a very time consuming sport, like baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, and football and they have enough to worry about already without homeworkSo another 3 hours of homework on an away game day makes you want to yell at the teachers

6. Sleep The number 1 reason why American kids do not get enough sleep is because they are staying up until 11:00 every night doing homeworkIf there was lesshomework, then kids could get enough exercise and they would be able to get in bed really early and get a good night sleep without worrying.

7. SchoolEverybody has to go to school to get an education There is definitely a need for school, or you would be 30 years old and not know how to do multiplication and divisionSo you need to have an education to be a good personBut…..

8. Bad teachingHomework is just proof of bad teaching, because if we had no homework, the teacher would teach the material in class.So if kids have to do homework, its proof that teachers weren’t good enough to teach the material in class.

9. Study HallsIf by now you still think that homework is useful, then look at study hallsKids should have less classes and more study hallsStudy halls help a little bit, but not much Half of each class you should probably have some time to get work done

10. Every kids’ pointSo why are we writing this power point? I am not saying kids should sit around playing modern warfare 2 all dayI am saying that homework causes every kid to screamI know we do on stressful nights

11. The only upsideThe only thing OK about homework is that there are short term retention improvements but no long-term proven benefits. So what teachers should probably do is only give homework on quiz or test weeks, NOT randomly

12. Less HomeworkThere should be a law that you will go to jail if you give more than 1 hour of homework to slow workers

13. ResearchWe did some research on reliable sources and it said that the more homework that’s assigned, the grumpier kids getThese sources said that kids don’t get anything out of homework if they get more than an hour and a half of homework because their brain isn’t functioning and either they don’t understand something or face book is tempting them

14. OverallIf you don’t believe us or think this is bogus, here are the sources sitedhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100908.html http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/homework.htm