Students spend hours on homework at PHS
October 12, 2016
Students at Palatine High School have been getting lots of homework, and the students interviewed spend about three to five hours on homework each night.
“I need to balance a lot of time to get my homework done,” Rawan Bassiouni, a student at Palatine High School, said. “I have to do most of my homework at night and then in the morning too because I am so exhausted and I barely get any sleep.” The excessive homework load impacts students when it comes to sleep and emotional distress.
“When I do homework I feel like I am going to die” sophomore Samantha Imlay said. “I feel so depressed because of all the stress.”
Lots of students aren’t able to focus or put their best effort into their classroom time because they are so exhausted due to the amount of homework they’ve been getting.
“I have no motivation left,” Natalia Medina, another student at Palatine High School said. “After doing that amount of work, I have no time to do any of the activities that I like.”
“It could be problematic that I don’t know what’s going on in your other classes, but I don’t think I assign a lot of homework” Michael Comerford, a teacher at Palatine High School, said. “I don’t know if you have other homework in other classes, but homework can be valuable in some classes.”
The teachers may not be aware of the amount of homework they are giving, but some teachers, like Comerford, believe that they are setting a reasonable expectation for students. The students at Palatine high school are expected to get a lot of homework and still manage their time to get it all done.
Monserrat Morales • Nov 30, 2016 at 2:32 pm
I agree with some of the things that they mentioned like in the beggining they said students spend sometimes like three to five hours. It’s true because we get a lot of homework and it takes time to get it done, Sometimes I don’t do anything because right after school I have practice and get home like around eight or nine. Sometimes I stay up late to finish it depends on how much I get.
Sydnie Rodriguez • Nov 30, 2016 at 2:28 pm
I agree with what Sam Imlay said, homework is so stressful and there is a lot of it to do.
Galilea buenrostro • Nov 30, 2016 at 12:49 pm
I started to get lots of homework lately. I started to get homework that I can spend 2 hours on Sometimes 3. So times what I think is that the homework that I’m doing it for at times don’t need it for my future. Like history. I want to be a nurse.. And what does history have to do with it. But at some home I do need it. But having homework that takes us more than 2 hours is it really necessary?