<p>Prompt: Many teachers are reconsidering how they score homework. They believe that if homework is meant as practice for students, then it should not be graded. This, teachers say, will allow students to practice and learn freely without the pressure of getting graded down for making mistakes on knowledge they have hardly had a chance to learn. Students would still receive feedback, but not grades. Other teachers, however, have commented that homework is a responsibility of students, and that grades on it help make sure students do it; plus their scores can be compared to track their progress. In your opinion, should teachers stop grading homework?</p>
<pre><code> There has been a debate whether homework should or shouldnt be graded. Many schools do and dont grade homework and every teacher is different. I believe homework shouldnt be graded. It shouldnt be graded because it doesnt access student mastery in a course, many universities professors dont grade homework, and it violates the freedom and students are pressurized.
Even though grading homework encourages students to be responsible and it helps with determining a students score in class, it doesnt help students one bit and many students feel pressurized and dont get the knowledge they should be getting in class. Teachers waste time grading and that time wasted can be spent coming up with interactive lesson activities or spending time with family.
To start off the topic, homework shouldnt be graded because students dont understand what their learning. Many students fail to understand what they are learning at times and grading homework just makes things worse. Students who cant seek any help are the unfortunate ones because they will end up doing badly on the assignment. In Chicago, students dont have proper resources to help understand their subject and end up failing class which accounts for the low education values in Chicago. Also, when homework is for a grade, students end up doing homework for the heck of it or cheat and ask others for the answers. For example, a girl in my class didnt do the homework and the next day, she asked a friend for the answers and ended up failing the assignment because she got caught cheating.
In addition to learning effectively, universities dont consider the idea of graded homework. Professors say that homework is an opportunity to do better in class and pass tests and quizzes; professors dont care if you did it or not. In The New York Times, the article stated that students who dont do their homework end up doing poor on tests and in class as a whole. Also, professors have better things to do in life than to grade poor effort homework assignments and other assignments.
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<p>Subsequently, grading homework violates students freedom and students become pressurized. Teachers should understand that its a kids right whether or not to do the homework. Many students dont have the ability to finish every homework assignment during the school year and they shouldnt be punished. Students may have clubs, sporting events, family events, religious events etc. Also, when students get homework, they are pressurized because they have a lot to do, have sports or clubs, and may have other events. Students dont want to fail class because of their occupied time. When students are pressurized, they may have health issues. For instance, one night, I had a lot of homework and I had a major headache because of the stress and ended up rushing on the homework assignments and going to bed and I got Bs and Cs on all the assignments. So, the idea of grading is not worth the time.</p>
<pre><code> Overall, grading homework should be allowed in many primary and secondary schools. Students dont learn effectively, universities dont accept the idea, and students dont have the freedom and end up feeling pressurized. Schools should take this in consideration and ban the right to grade homework.
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