The Termination of Homework

Well, as a student all I can say to that idea is, "please, do get rid of it!"

Students hate homework, it takes away from their free time-- their time to unwind. Again, this is a point that the author of my book brought up, and I must say, I have to agree, it's a wonderful idea! We go to school for just about as long as most adults work, and we need the same time in the evening to relax and do our own thing without the hours of homework put on us by our 6 different teachers (none of which seem to understand that the other classes are loading us down with homework just as hard as they are)....
Most students have after school activities (be it work related or school related) that keep them busy until maybe 7 or later (I know when I work during the week, I'm usually not home until 9-9:30PM). As soon as the students get home, they have to hit the books. This doesn't seem right to me.

All right, so we realize that there's a problem with homework overload, right? How do we fix it? It seems to be a circular pattern. Increase the length of the school day to integrate some time to serve as a study hall, where students should be able to get their assignments done. This leads me back to my old blog post about extending the school day. The more I think about it, the more benefits I see in a longer school day.