Homework

Everyone in high school seems to have a different definition of homework, but the students all feel the same emotion towards it--hate. However, most can begrudgingly admit that it can have a point. For example, no one would learn anything in math without the homework, although doing the same thing 87 times every night is a little overkill. Assignments in other classes also often have purpose, as long as the teacher is sane. But every once in a while, a teacher comes along that takes pleasure in assigning the most pointless assignments that teach nothing, and then neglects to grade half of them. So, the student has no idea what will be graded and what won't. Also, said teacher often decides to do completion grades on all of this foolish work. What does the student do? Writes down crap and learns less than they would have with less homework. The amount of homework we get is kind of ridiculous. I mean, we're at school for seven hours, and to get into college we're expected to do all kinds of extracurriculars. That leaves us with like maybe an hour of free time each night. In Italy, students go to school for four or five hours depending on their grade level. Their schools are harder than ours. And they have tons of free time. Isn't that sad?