discussion
There is a lot of discussion as to whether children should be given homework or not. Some people claim that children do enough work in school already. They also argue that children have hobbies that they want to do after school, such as sports or music. A further point they make is that a lot of homework is pointless and doesn’t help the child learn at all. However there are also strong arguments against this point of view. Parents and teachers argue that it is important to find out whether children can work on their own without support from the teacher. They say that the evening is a good time for children to sit down and think about what they have learned in school. Furthermore they claim that the school day is too short to get anything done that needs doing and it makes sense to send home tasks like independent reading or further writing tasks that don’t need teacher support. On balance I think that some homework is a good idea but that it should only be given at the weekend when ch