Summer homework is up for debate
October 9, 2019
Morton East teachers don’t think summer homework should be required because they believe students should free their minds and be stress-free over the summer months.
A survey was given to 100 Morton East students — 79 students out of 100 said they did not do their homework if they got any. According to experts, they say there may be a real downside for young kids who are pushed to do more homework than the “10 minutes per grade” standard. In the report the no-homework policy has taken the stress out of their afternoons and evening also, it’s been easier for their children to participate in afterschool activities especially during summer. It may be beneficial but at times homework during the summer isn’t a good idea since students won’t be able to do what they want during the summer. That’s why summer is usually for students to get their mind off homework and not think of anything related to school.
“They should have fun during their summers,” athletic office administrator Cynthia O’byle said.
Morton East students think the same.
“I feel like summer homework helps you, it keeps your brain active and your learning,” Teacher Ms. Cortez said.
Morton East teachers share a similar standpoint.
“Summer homework teaches you responsibility,”Sophomore Ayolinn Torres said.
Morton East teacher agreed, but also clarifies that summer is to relax and enjoy your time out of school.
“You should enjoy summer,” Security Veronica Hernandez said.
Morton East students agree towards this opinion.
“They shouldn’t give us homework, so they won’t stress us out,” Omar German said, “They already give us homework at school,”
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Adriana Sanchez • Dec 12, 2019 at 1:37 pm
I agree with not having homework during the summer because it is a time when students have an opportunity to relax and be stress free and they won’t have to worry about doing homework.
Haydee Flores • Oct 14, 2019 at 9:47 pm
I agree with not having any homework over the summer , this article was great and i liked the fact you asked not just students but teachers too.
Melony Jara • Oct 10, 2019 at 6:33 pm
I like how in this article they use opinions of different people in the building and add it in the article. It support the argument that the title is stating.
Jessica Contreras • Oct 10, 2019 at 6:18 pm
I like this article because it shows statistics and expert opinions about the summer homework and whether it is a good idea or a bad idea. Me personally, I would prefer to have the summer to myself, because I’m sure a lot of us want to spend time with our friends and family, rather than worry about a due date on summer homework. I personally didn’t do any summer homework that was given to me, because I didn’t understand it, and I didn’t want to worry about it, so I never bothered to do it. I think the summer should be stress free for all of us, we should worry about work once the school year starts, after we’ve all had our fun.
Guillermo Arellano • Oct 10, 2019 at 2:52 pm
Good article but need more help in transitions after their quotes
Nicolas Estrada • Oct 10, 2019 at 2:29 pm
great article and these students need more transitions for the quotes for to prove your point.
Ruben Vargas • Oct 10, 2019 at 2:27 pm
I liked how they included both direct and indirect quotes, but I feel they could’ve transitioned them a little more smoother between one another.
Nelson Cano • Oct 10, 2019 at 2:00 pm
I found out that many students don’t do their homework during the summer because it’s their break time it’s the time where they can be free from homework. The article needed better transitions but overall is a good article.
Joel Gallegos • Oct 10, 2019 at 2:00 pm
I found out that giving work to students during their break should not be done since it can possibly stress them out. Students already got enough homework and I think they deserve a break. Everything was good but what I think the article needed was better transition.
Dayanna Gonzalez • Oct 10, 2019 at 1:57 pm
There should be a better transition between the athletic office administrator and Ms. Cortez’s quote. This transition should connect the prior quote to the one that is going to follow it. Maybe try having a transition that explains how they have opposing views on summer homework.
Yamilette Ixta • Oct 10, 2019 at 1:38 pm
The article was good but could’ve explained the quotes a little more, Overall it was not bad.
Fernando Salinas • Oct 10, 2019 at 1:31 pm
As i was reading the article I will say that the article had a good amount of facts to backup the statement. I would just say to work more on the transitions.
Luis Mota • Oct 10, 2019 at 10:15 am
Great article but try to use more transitions after a quote
Christian Castillo • Oct 10, 2019 at 10:13 am
What i like about this article is that they had their information backed up by asking teachers students etc. how they felt about giving students homework over the summer. But overall i believe students shouldn’t get homework over the summer its a waste of paper.
Lauro Gonzalez • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:45 am
I enjoyed reading the article which had information to learn from. I agree that the end with a quote was smart, but also think that maybe the connections between quotes could’ve been polished a little nicer
Lexany Lara • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:39 am
I like this article because I agree we should be getting homework over the summer. Over the summer no one is thinking about doing their homework and basically no one does it so then its just a waste of paper. Including our teachers from the following year don’t even collect it or ask about it. I think its a waste of paper and time to give homework over the summer because they know no one is going to do it.
Becca • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:29 am
Cute picture
Michelle Soliz • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:06 am
The article overall is an eyeopener for many teachers, students, and maybe even the board. There was a lot of direct quotes which is good, it gives emphasis to the main point in the article. The only thing that has to be worked on is the transitions between the quotes, whether it be direct or indirect quotes.
Rafael Solis • Oct 9, 2019 at 1:50 pm
What i like about this article is the end quote, used correctly, but what they need to improve on is to seperate into different little paragraphs as the LQTQ format
Leslie Quiñonez • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:23 am
What I like about this article is that they ended their article with a quote , how a article should end. They should work on not adding courtesy titles. Only use them when there’s two persons with the same name.