Do We Really Need Homework?

To some students, "homework" is a word that is synonymous to "disaster". Generations of students experienced this "wonderful" experience of sitting at home, solving questions and writing essays instead of doing something more fun. But deep in their minds, most students know that although homework is irritating and nerve-racking, it is a neccessary component of learning.

I believe that homework is necessary and important. Ben Berrafato, a young fifth grader from the United States who is now getting public attention due to his arguements that homework is simply unnecessary. He even compares homework to slavery. Berrafato is sure making some serious and interesting arguments, but I still can't agree with him. I don't agree because although I think homework is irritating, I just can't ignore the fact that it's great practice, especially in the practical fields of mathematics, English, physics et cetera. I fully support the saying that "practice makes perfect". I don't think students can learn better without homework, because without homework, only the morning lessons are left and sometimes they are just not enough. Moreover, Ben is saying that homework can actually hurt our studying. I don't agree with that. I think homework can only be helpful, and I don't think it can actually hurt the studying procedure.

Saying homework is slavery is quite a foolish statement. We all know that homework isn't fun, but there's a lot of difference between "not fun" and "slavery". At the end, our teachers give us homework because we need them for practicing and understanding, not because they see us as their slaves...

To conclude, I think homework is nessecary for our learning and our education. I think that Ben Berrafato is very smart, but he can't understand the fundamental difference between "not fun" to "not important". Anyway, I can understand the hype around him - it's not that common to hear about a fifth grader that expresses himself with such confidence and knowledge.