What Is Homework?

My middle school's budget is not turning out good. I know some people that doesn't do homework and still passes the tests. I know homework is supposed to be practice for real life, but hey, school is practice for real life too. I think we shouldn't have...

Back in elementary school teachers wouldn't care. If you were absent you didn't have to do homework, you'd either make up for it later or you'd skip that lesson.. But it seems as time goes on teachers want you to do the homework no matter what. I have...

Teachers: what are (or have been) your most effective homework assignments? At a recent (high school) departmental meeting, it became clear to me that as a department we could give this more thought and consideration. We ended our meeting with an agreement...

(if you don't want to read all this skip it, but then i wont read yours) I'm just wondering what everyone thinks about it. I'm in 10th grade. What I hate about schools is how early High Schoolers have to get up for the bus, but what I hate most is Homework...

I know it's wrong but my friend has been copying off my homework for a while now (please don't scold/yell at me or anything I already know it's wrong) I got tired of it because all she would ask for on the bus was my homework. she'd call every night...

I am a freshman in high school and I am in all honors this year, and that really tough in my school. I have a bunch of homework, but my parents make me go to sleep at 9:30, computer(a main part of my schoolwork) off, lights out, in bed kind of stuff...

I have trouble with doing my homework, I find that the more I worry about doing it the more I hate school and the teachers. I need to figure out something because I get to work on my homework get somewhat through it then just lose thought and can not...

I'm just wondering because I get really paranoid when I turn in my homework. Here are some of the factors: 1. I sit in the 3rd row out of 4 and you have to pass your homework to two other students and there are no rows, you just pass the homework randomly...

Yes I think that is good for a child to have some homework,or like atleast 1 assignment from each teacher! My daughter is in 5th grade, and she came home with 8 pages of homework to do ! It was all different stuff! I mean they had like 15-20 questions...