A position paper on no homework policy

Homework/assignment is defined as task given to students by the teachers intended to be

carried out at home during non-school hours. School and colleges often give assignments to
student. Sometimes they get new and unknown assignment to do. Homework is an unavoidable
fact of life for everyone. Our parents had to do it, and we had to do it. Actually making the thing
worse, many people are starting to think that it may cause more trouble than it is really worth.
The overburdening of the work load on students that may been showing negative effects in their
academic as well as their home life. While the purpose of the homework is to improve students
understanding and seem to believe that this assignment will help students in their academic
career.

This paper aims to disconfirm the positive effects of having assignments; however, this
paper will also examine the negative outcome of having homework’s in school.

The first argument is, homework is a dynamic and valuable part of education. There are
only few hours in each school day- not enough time to cover properly all the subject’s children
need to study. Setting homework extends study beyond school hours, allowing a wider and
deeper education. It also makes the best use of teachers, who can spend lesson time teaching
rather than just supervising individual work that could be done at home. Tasks such as reading,
writing essays, researching, doing maths problem, etc. are best done at home, away from the
distractions of other student.

Homework has little educational worth and adds nothing to the time spent in school.
Some schools and countries don’t bother with homework at all, and their results do not seem to
suffer from it. Studies show that homework adds nothing to standardize test scores for
primary/elementary learners.

After a busy day at school and extracurricular activities thrown into the mix, sitting down
to complete homework can seem like a monumental task, causing some learners to fell burnt out
well before they reach the tough final years in school, in some cases, homework may even be
assigned over team breaks or summer holidays. This causes severe stress for some children ,
leading to issues such as sleep.
 Some teachers use homework as a form of repression. This not helping the learners loves
the class and work on their assignments with pleasure. Instead, they are doing it out of fear, and
it reflects in the quality of their homework. Many times teachers fail to think about how much
homework their students already have when they assign a new school chore. In many cases,
students don’t get any free time for days, which negatively impacts their social life.

Other argument is homework prepares learners to work more independently, as they will
have to at college and in workplace. Everyone needs to develop skills in personal organisation,
working to deadlines, and being able to reach. If students are always a whole range of “spoon-
fed” topics at school they will never develop study skills and self-discipline for the future.

Setting homework does little to develop good study skills. It is hard to check whether the
homework students produce is really their own. Some students have always copied off others or
got their parents to help them. But today there is so much material available on the internet that
teachers can never be sure. It would be better to have a mixture of activities in the classroom
which help students to develop skills, including independent.

Assignments produces large amount of pointless work of little educational value, but
marking it ties up much of teacher’s time. This leaves teachers tired and with little time to
prepare more effective, inspiring lessons. They heavy workload also puts young graduates off
becoming teachers, and so reduces the talent pool from which schools can recruit.

Homework’s takes a lot of time up. Being young is not just about doing school work. It
should also about being physically active, exploring the environment through play, doing
creative things like music and art, and playing a part in the community. It is also important for
young people to build bonds with others, especially family and friends, but homework often
squeezes the time available for all these things.

Homework is a class issue. In school everyone is equal, but at home some people have
advantages because of their family background. Homework is one of the most common causes of
family arguments.
Conclusions:

Homework can put too much stress to students and family, it can cause decrease of
performances of students. Furthermore, homework eats up free time,- it eats up the valuable time
kids have to spend with their family, attend extracurricular activities and catch up with friends.
For older children, school work may also compete with part-time and casual work. In years 11
and 12, it can be difficult to manage homework with independent study. Homework is more
closely associated with punishment than with pleasure. So, homework should be banned.
 POSITION PAPER ON SOGIE BILL

The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Equality Bill (SOGIE) also
known as the Anti-Discrimination Bill (ADB), is a proposed legislation of the Congress of the
Philippines. It is intended to prevent various economic and public accommodation-related acts of
discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

In line with this, I am in favour of turning SOGIE Bill into a law. Since the primary focus
of the said bill is equality, they are part of our society as well. The community of LGBTQIA
does not seem to have a negative impact on the rest of society much. Therefore, protection must
also be implemented.

On the other hand, some religious people who tend to disagree with this concept is a
separate matter. However, the said community continues to wish for their understanding. All
people sin, therefore, we could not easily conclude and point that LGBTQIA individuals have
committed a grave sin. These individuals are just like us, wanting to belong in society. What has
been written in the scriptures are true homosexuality is as sin. However, such a bill does not
encourage these people to sin but to protect those people who still seemed to be confused with
their identity. It would always depend on whether the person takes delight into lustful activities
with people that they hardly know. For your body is the temple of God, therefore it is a sin
engage in such activities.

In the end, we should not condemn anyone, even though they belong to LGBTQIA
community or not. What we must do is condemn the act and not the person to show love and
support for them. No doubt God sees everything, and every injustice will not go unpunished. He
is love and firm as well.