By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic

At James Logan High School, a school with a population of more than four thousand students, it seems like the one thing that they can agree on is the value and necessity of homework. Many students are able to agree that homework contains many fewer pros than cons, for a variety of reasons.

Twelfth grader Ian Phillips said “I believe homework is a waste of time because students aren’t forced to try as hard as they possibly can. Students see homework as a task rather than a learning opportunity and gain nothing from it.”



Phillips is not alone in defining homework as merely just another task for students. If it weren’t for homework, a large amount of students would most likely not bother doing any sort of school related work at home.

Ashneel Kumar agrees. He said, “If there is school related work to be done, it should be done at school.”

One student in particular, Andrew Berger, had a quite harsh reaction toward homework, but not toward the content. “Homework is from teachers that don’t teach during the day and make you bring it home and teach yourself,” he said.

On the contrary, there are students who prefer to view homework in a much more positive light. Some students actually do not mind doing homework as long as there is some aspect of interest for them.

This applies to eleventh grader Brian Dinh, who said, “I like doing homework that has some relation to my past so that I can learn about my heritage.”

Another student in this group, Christian Manlutac, said, “I like doing math homework because it’s like solving a puzzle.”

Other students prefer to view homework as a useful tool. “Homework is good because it helps refresh your memory on the content we learn.”

Whatever their views, students receive homework on an almost daily basis. Of ten students that were asked, seven agreed that homework is presented to them much more as an unnecessary task, rather than a useful tool in assisting them in making academic achievements.

Although most students do agree that homework is an unnecessary burden, one does have to wonder how productive and efficient a school could be without it.