Less homework In Our Schools.

Less homework In Our Schools.

The Issue

School, the one place that will teach you everything you need to know... but our schools can't teach us anything if we have too much homework every night to not even be able to sleep. Homework is supposed to help us, students, give a review upon what we've learned in class, and prepare us for later tests and exams, but if there is too much homework it is going to do the opposite. My schoolmates, friends, and I have undergone the struggle of lots of homework counterless of many of times maybe even daily. Every night we go to bed at around 4 in the morning and working straight when I get home from school or school sports/extracurriculars, and this started for me when I entered 6th grade. Schools claim they are giving less homework; nothing has changed, in fact, if not worse. We the students, learn nothing in class because we are sleep deprived because of the amount of homework given. We the students, need help in certain classes because we don't have the time to study for a subject because we have homework. We the students, are crying for help because there is a limit to how much we can pour our heart and soul into on our homework assignments. I go to bed every night with a ball of anxiety wrapped up in my head. Creativity, aspiration, and power are all gone because we can't even find the time to wrap our finger around homework. Let us change this. Let us bring back what real students look like.

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The Issue

School, the one place that will teach you everything you need to know... but our schools can't teach us anything if we have too much homework every night to not even be able to sleep. Homework is supposed to help us, students, give a review upon what we've learned in class, and prepare us for later tests and exams, but if there is too much homework it is going to do the opposite. My schoolmates, friends, and I have undergone the struggle of lots of homework counterless of many of times maybe even daily. Every night we go to bed at around 4 in the morning and working straight when I get home from school or school sports/extracurriculars, and this started for me when I entered 6th grade. Schools claim they are giving less homework; nothing has changed, in fact, if not worse. We the students, learn nothing in class because we are sleep deprived because of the amount of homework given. We the students, need help in certain classes because we don't have the time to study for a subject because we have homework. We the students, are crying for help because there is a limit to how much we can pour our heart and soul into on our homework assignments. I go to bed every night with a ball of anxiety wrapped up in my head. Creativity, aspiration, and power are all gone because we can't even find the time to wrap our finger around homework. Let us change this. Let us bring back what real students look like.

The Decision Makers

Pleasanton Unified School District
Pleasanton Unified School District
Pleasanton Unified School District
California Department of Education
California Department of Education
California Department of Education
PTA of Pleasanton
PTA of Pleasanton
Pleasanton PTA

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Petition created on December 8, 2018