Last week we started to work on persuasive writing and are given topic was - Why homework should be banned. Below is my writing.

Why too much homework can be stressful
Most kids my age get far too much homework. My class believes that “homework is stressful and causes sleep deprivation” one of the students said, so it's certain that we should talk about it.

Firstly homework is such a hated topic that teachers apparently love to give it and students hate to receive it and parents usually are confused by it. It stresses kids and parents out, kids want to play after school and run around kicking a ball not kicking a wall because they can’t figure out a math equation in their homework book. Students might want to spend time with their parents but they can't because of homework.

Some kids tend to breeze through it but for others, it may as well be a daily struggle. Some kids may not have anyone to help them with their homework because their family could be at work trying to pay for their son or daughters uniform and stationery for school. Parents get confused because they had harder homework but it's got easier and different in general most kids despise homework.

So we have 5 days of school for 40 weeks which makes a good 180 days of homework, homework and more homework that we don't need! We barely remember anything we have learnt in school so if you were to ask one of your caregivers, name one thing you remember that you completed in their homework, it's most likely they won't remember

In short, my reasons why we shouldn't have homework are it's so stressful on our little brains, it takes away time of play, sports and family bonding.

By MJ