There are many reasons why I believe homework should be reduced, I am 13 and currently receive on average 10 items of homework per week, I suffer with depression and anxiety.  Having this amount of homework seriously affects my mental health on a daily basis.  Here are a few of the reasons I think homework at my High School should be reduced.

The first reason that children should not be given too much homework is that they need time to relax and take their minds off work. The pressure of having to complete homework every night is quite daunting for most of us and we need time to refresh our minds and bodies.

Secondly, it reduces the amount of time that we could be spending with our families. Family time is especially important to a growing child and without it social problems can crop up and a family unit can be compromised by a lack of time being spent together.

Thirdly, homework can cause conflict between us and parents when our parents wants us to do our homework but meets resistance because we are reluctant to attempt an overwhelming task.

Too much homework can encourage cheating because sometimes we end up copying off one another in an attempt to finish all of our assignments in time. Which then ends up with us being rewarded for cheating which doesn't benefit us at all.

A lot of teachers don't often have the time to mark papers as they are too busy with designing lesson plans and consulting teaching resources in order to just manage lessons. So by the time students are getting their papers back, the class has moved on to a new topic; that's if we even find out how we did with our homework at all!

Homework often comes first before spending time with friends, attending after school activities or hobbies outside of school, many have to chose between these activities or school.

And finally and I believe to be the most important reason is that young people with mental health problems, suffer significantly higher stress and anxiety levels with an increase in homework.

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