Homework: How much is too much?

When a student gets a lot of homework, it can have a negative impact on their life.

You might think homework is a nuisance, and affects your grade; but did you know that it can also affect your health? On average teachers assign about 3.5 hours a homework each week. This doesn’t include projects and last-minute assignments. As much as this can affect a student's social life, it can also have a negative affect on health and stress levels.

According to a study done by Stanford School of Education, less than one percent of students said that homework wasn’t a stressor in their life. For most teens, homework is the biggest source of their stress. This is even more of a problem because teachers and other adults may not understand the struggle because they don’t believe that it is comparable to their own stress.

Students grades may increase doing their homework, but their health may decline. Examples of negative health effects that homework is the source of include; lack of sleep, stomach problems, and headaches. Too much stress can even cause depression, a severe mental health condition that causes a persistent feeling of sadness.

Too much homework can also affect people's hobbies, and relationships with other people. When a person spends most of their time doing homework, they don’t have time to fit something else in, such as developing or maintaining relationships and/or hobbies. This can affect a persons ability to be well-rounded. It can even affect a person's mood.

In general, when a student gets a large amount of homework, it can have a negative impact on their lives. It causes the most stress in teen's lives. It also can cause various health symptoms, including depression. It can even affect students' relationship with other people.

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