No Homework?

It’s a No

Imagine yourself in a class where your teacher discusses a difficult topic. It’s draining your brain
to the fullest. Then a few minutes before the time ends, your teacher announces to have a quiz. All the
buzzes filled the room. You and your classmates wanted to request to postpone the quiz. But as you
raised your hand, your teacher says in a loud clear voice “We will have your quiz today, so you can have
your time spent with your family at home. Of course, I don’t want to be imprisoned and pay 50,000 for
bail” and chuckles.

There is no argument of the good intention of Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero and
Representative Alfred Vargas in proposing “No homework Policy Bill” or House Bill no. 3611 and 3883
respectively. According to the news of Inquirer.Net the two lawmakers who sponsored the bill wanted
to eliminate homework as a class requirement and limit school activities to the campus. No homework
means quality time at home. But there are pros of homework according to research of Duke University
psychology professor Haris Cooper who found evidence of a positive correlation between homework
and student achievement, meaning students who did homework performed better in school. So, if it is
the case, homework helps students to learn more of the topic. If homework will be eliminated, then
there are no follow-up learnings at home. As a student and parent as well, I agree having homework
even on weekends.

For instance, we all learn from doing our assignments since kindergarten. It also serves as
bonding moments for parents and kids. It will be a fresh start of a deeper conversation between family
members. They can learn and bond at the same time. Lawmakers are parents too, they may have this
law for a good reason. Let’s meet halfway, homework can be lessened, and time management has a
great part of this. Upon doing our speeches, we learn a lot of our chosen topic. Now, will you agree?

Speech made by:

JAYPEE S. PEREZ
BPA 2-A