Should homework be banned?
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- Most homework that teachers give don't help a student grow in any way
- Most of them are Copy and Paste from textbook or from the notes that teacher has shared in the class. They are more like Labour work where you only have to do what you are told and you cannot use your brain.
- So because there's no research or creativity involved in the homework given by teachers they should be ommited.
- I strongly believe that from the age of 13 to the age of 25 a student should live away from family and should focus on studies (ज्ञान प्राप्ति) , this was case in ancient India when students had to follow Bramhacharya for a certain period.
- But time has changed and students are living with their families. So giving these non-creative, copy and paste homework is just killing their times wbich they can use to explore themselves and spend their time with their family.
- Recently government of India has also brought some limitations on homework. For about 2 to 3 hours of homework per week. Source: India Tv News
- This will help childrens explore other fields outside of academic and help them improve their personality.
- I added above a point that homework should be research based that help student grow. But many students don't know "How to do research?"
- Teachers also fail to provide support and guidance to them and punish them by beating them, removing them from classroom, or asking them to do sit-ups (upto 100) I have done situps when I was in school for same reason.
- So here instead of supporting teachers are punishing them and this is killing students moral and interests in studies because now they will study because they have fear and have lost their interest and enthusiasm.
- This will eventually make student hate studies as a whole or the subject with which he had to face this incident.
- They don't get support from parents because they are busy or have no idea about the topic. And friends also cannot help because they are in same phase.
- Don't just give Copy and Paste homework
- There should be some research and creativity involved.
- Teachers should provide proper guidance. so student doesn't get lost.
- Stop punishing in cruel ways if a student fails to do homework instead ask them what help do they need.
- Schools, Teachers and Parents should also promote students passion or what he loves doing if it's ethical and appropriate.
Abhaysingh puts forth a few argument criticizing the present state of homeworks in India as he is a student. The thing is: He never argued against the entirety, the construct, the concept of homeworks, he just argued against the present execution. Not only that, he says in many places that "homework should..." and similar phrases, which suggests that homeworks are argued to be something that can be improved if not abolished. Abhaysingh's argument was indeed well-constructed (and much easier to read), it just didn't do what it is meant to do: prove that homeworks should be abolished.
Zing_book on the other hand, picks up these flaws in the argument and points out that Pro's suggestions can indeed be used as improvements to the concept of homeworks. He gives constructive arguments based on common sense and collection of sources(such as Youtube and BBC), such as it improves time management skills, presentation skills, etc; and points out that conditions Pro has mentioned is specific to India and could be different in other places and time. Pro never proved that India is a good set to consider the topic which likely encompasses much wider. Con states this and renders Pro's prior arguments defenseless.
Not only that, Abhaysingh only uses empirical/anectodal evidence to prove his point, while only using an Indian TV source without saying why it is bad(at least the source didn't say, and the weigh it brings isn't a lot because it is a subpoint to a not-well-rounded argument). On the other hand, Pro uses many sources such as BBC and Youtube, which is not much, but more than Pro's efforts.
Pro's arguments were VERY legible and clear, whereas Con's is a bit harder to decipher for not separating paragraphs, missing punctuations at some locations, and some grammar issues such as "There are other downsides of homework are apparent to everyone".
Both parties forfeited one round while behaving fairly civil in the rounds they did not forfeit.
Verdict: Args and Sources to Con, S&G to Pro, Conduct ties. Con wins in my opinion.
Oh no its ok😁
I am sorry, as I was not able to participate in round 2 as tomorrow are my exams and was studying for that. I am really sorry.