I think that schools should get rid of all homework. According to the cvc it is recommended you get at least 8-10 hours of sleep. Most people wake up at 6am or earlier to get to school at 7:30-8:00. So this means to get the healthy amount of sleep you need to go to bed at 10 pm. School ends at 2:20 and on average students get home from 2:45-3:30. For example we will assume you get home at 3 pm. This leaves you with 7 hours after school before you go to bed. In my experience and most likely many others homework takes almost 2 HOURS. This immediately leaves you with 5 hours left to do other things. But most people have responsibilities. For example they might have to take care of their siblings or pets or they may even have a job. They also have chores too. This leaves students with so little time to themselves where they can enjoy themselves. This expectation is just extremely unrealistic or a teenager. What I think should be done is make homework optional. The point of homework is extra practice at work, but not everyone needs it. I think they should make homework optional. This will make it so kids can enjoy their life without being overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and can just have time for themselves. It also keeps the option to have extra work if you're struggling but without forcing you to do it.

https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/about_sleep/how_much_sleep.html

As mentioned in an article by HealthLine, researchers found that spending too much time on homework meant that students were not meeting their developmental needs or cultivating other critical life skills. Students were more likely to forgo activities, stop seeing friends or family, and not participate in hobbies. I feel this statement is completely true, there are some days I have so much homework that I am unable to just sit back, relax and do what I want to do. I feel that if teachers did not give out homework that kids would actually somewhat like school. When there’s no homework there is not really anything to stress about. This is why I believe that homework should be eliminated from all schools.

History has shown that repeated actions in short bursts is more effective in helping students to memorize a topic than spending hours at a time doing one thing and never looking at it again. 

Everyone has felt the pain of getting home late and still having to do homework. Teenagers need sleep because they are growing kids turning into adults. I have felt the pain and sadness of having to wake up early even though I could've slept so much more. There have been so many days that I have shown up to school and didn’t want to be there just because I didn’t get enough sleep. I am a high school student. If the school should listen to anyone it's one of their own students. Stanford.edu states “sleep deprivation increases the likelihood of teens having poor grades, drowsy-driving accidents, anxiety, depression, and more.” I feel so sad some days just because I can’t sleep. We as a student body need to come together and make schools not give us homework.

Dear Principle, according to Sunshine Learning Miami giving students extra assignments can lead them to having unhealthy levels of stress. Having homework is giving these poor children and teens ``headaches, exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss and stomach problems” and they are having a roughly hard time balancing their life. Which can overwhelm them. I know from my experience and many of my friends that homework gives us unwanted stress. We get so worked up that we get tired and feel like giving up and crying.  I strongly believe that we shouldn’t have homework and if so then something that won’t make us feel stuipd or make us feel like we are under a lot of pressure. In the article it explains that they require when students get home they should give their brains a break and get their minds off of school. They need to also experience things outside of school and not feel like they’re locked up and alone. These types of things can make students feel buried. I feel as if we ignore this topic because I bet a lot of people know about this like teachers, staff, and principle. However, they can care less because they have their own opinions on things, so all I and other students can do is just to keep trying. 

Did you know that curfew is proven to be ineffective for keeping teenages out of trouble according to https://whyy.org/articles/curfews-dont-keep-kids-out-of-trouble/.

I personally think that there is no reason for curfew because if you are out and your parents know where you are and safe then there should be no reason for it. If your parents give you a curfew they are not following the first amendment according to NYRA. In detroit in 1976 when the curfew law was put in place it didn't help with the crime of youths it actually went up. When the law was put in place the crime of youth dropped 7 percent during curfew hours but increased 13 percent during midday hours. In today's society I understand why people want curfews for their kids but I feel that if you are not walking or riding a bike while it's dark out and you are safe I feel that you should be good. When minors are getting in trouble at night and committing crimes people just think that a curfew will help that but just because there is a curfew doesn't mean crime will just disappear. In the 1990s there was a huge spike in curfew crime. Crimes like 🤬 muder and assult where at a sky high of 56 percent. Although curfew makes parents and loved ones feel safe about what their kid is doing and when they are going, that doesn't stop all the crime that is going on in the cities and towns of america. Nowadays you can get apps like life 360 and others so that you can know where your kid is at all times and when they leave a place and when they arrive. In conclusion i don't think that curfew is a bad thing but i think that it shouldn't be forced on all people i think that if you commit a crime and  you get caught like probation i think that you should also be set a curfew by a judge depending on what you did and when you did. 

Homework is a problem 

If you ask anyone if they like homework, 99.999999999999% will say no. Even teachers who used to be students definitely did not appreciate homework. So why do we have homework? And is it a good thing? Well short answer, no homework sucks, and also its existence is flawed. An example of this is from this website wonderopolis.org it says,” Homework creates a bridge between school and home. Parents rarely get to spend much time with you while you're at school. Homework allows them to keep up with what you're doing in your classes on a daily basis.” Yes, I agree homework creates a bridge between school and home, but not in a good way. I have been going to school for a long time, in fact, my whole life, and I can tell you one thing whenever I come home my parents don’t ask me about my homework, they ask me about my day and what I learned. To be honest I feel most of the time they got annoyed at my homework especially when I was little and did not understand things. Having them constantly help me if I did not get something on the homework is a big time waster especially when they have the stuff to do. I guess that’s just one of a million responsibilities they have as a parent but just to let you know they aren’t teachers their parents. So now that we know that homework existence is flawed, let me tell you why it sucks. First off the list is immeasurable but here are some facts about why homework is bad for health. For example, in mysunshinelearning.com it says, “Many students wrote that homework causes them to sleep less than they should and leads to “headaches, exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss, and stomach problems” as well as a lack of balance in their lives. Most experienced distress and/or lacked time to engage in important life tasks outside of school. Please principal, remove homework. 

     Now I want you to think about what can go through so much a teens head and how they try to push themselves to do the bare minimum and how you guys expect us to do projects on time when we have other stuff to worry about. Do you think it's only some kids or do you think we all go through it? According to states people have said both depression and anxiety tend to be higher in older children and teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17. But many of those kids aren't strong enough to go through it alone. This is why I urge you to give me atleast a couple of days to finish the project.

Better sleep council studies show that highschool students spend way too much time doing homework. Even if school reduced the homework students would have more time to pursue what they really want to do instead of hw. Last night I was up until 2 in the morning doing my homework that left me with only 3 ½ hours of sleep.according to the better sleep council. ¨The recommended amount of sleep that a teenager should get is 8 to 10 hrs.¨ When I was up last night I was on the verge of falling asleep and I was so drained but I knew I had to get it done so I pushed through it.  I know from experience that too much hw can cause loss of sleep and in turn you may have worse grades in school. Studies show that more than half of the kids in a school don't get enough sleep because of homework. Sleep is not the only thing that homework affects according to the better sleep council, “75% of all the kids at a school tests and homework is their biggest worry.¨