12B Becoming More Motivated

How will less homework and shorter school days change children's mindset?

Many students will agree that they longer they are in school the less motivated they become. In high school, as we got closer to the end of the day I just got lazier with my work.  I definitely think that school days should be shorter so that students stay motivated to learn throughout the whole day.

If school days were shorter I think that students would work harder in school.  Instead of going through the motions and half-assing work students would do all their work at 100 percent.  I was in school for close to 7 hours each day in high school.  And each day I had the same schedule and the same classes every day.  After awhile of going to the same classes at the same times every day I started to get bored and started going through the motions.  If we cut school days down to like 4 or 5 hours a day I think students would be more interested and their would be a big difference in their work.

Not only do I think school days are too long but I think some teachers give too much homework.  When I got too much homework in high school I just go so stressed all the time.  Sometimes I did all my homework just to get it done.  Instead of giving a lot of homework, teachers should give work that doesn't stress out their students.  Some teachers believe in giving a lot of work to their students because they that is how they will become more successful in school.  I think giving less homework will change students mindset about school.  I also think that teachers shouldn't base their students grades on tests.  Sometimes I think teachers base students grade too much on tests and not enough on their class work and participation.  Students grades should be an average of everything they do in class and out of class.

All in all I believe that giving less homework and having shorter school days would change the way students feel about school.  If the schools days were shorter students wouldn't dread going to school everyday.  They would work hard throughout the whole day and the wouldn't just go through the motions at the end of the day.  Also, if teachers didn't pile homework on students everyday they would be less stressed.  If teachers gave less homework, students wouldn't complain about homework all the time.