Write an argumentative essay for your school newspaper either in favor of homework or against homework for students at your school. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set.

Students should be allowed to have recess. Imagine sitting at a desk for seven hours five days of the week only having around 5-10 minutes to stretch and say hello to friends. The longest break you have is lunch which lasts for half an hour and you don't get to practice for basketball tryouts, or for your cross country race coming up this Thursday. Those aren't the only reasons why children should be allowed recess, recess helps with behavioral issues and helps students focus. And children in the 21st century are exposed to electronics all of the time giving students recess will allow for children to use imaginations or be less constructed than just having P.E. everyday for their only exercise.

Here is an essay I wrote in 4th grade:

Elementary School Should be Homework-Free

By: Hershveer Singh Ahuja

Did you know that homework in elementary school makes no difference? Therefore elementary school should be homework-free because homework was invented as a punishment, leading countries have limited homework, and mostly because homework tires kids out.  Read more for the history of homework.

One reason elementary schools should be homework-free is that it was invented as a punishment. In 1905 an Italian named Roberto Nevilis invented homework to punish his students. Nevilis was a very strict teacher and was disappointed with the performance of his students. Do you really think we should be punished for something we didn’t do?            

Another reason elementary schools should be homework-free is that leading countries such as Finland have none to very little homework. 93% of Finnish students graduate every year, while in the U.S.A. only 75% graduate every year. Homework should be limited as it barely makes a difference in elementary school. Much like Finland, South Korea only has 2.9 hours of homework a week. Yet somehow this country is ranked #2 for their reading knowledge.        

Even though elementary schools should be homework-free because homework was invented as a punishment and because leading countries have limited homework, elementary schools should also be homework-free because homework tires kids out after a long day. Students have homework to complete even in their free time at home. It’s almost like school all over again, children have things to do, places to go, sports to play. Why homework?

I understand homework can be a learning experience. However homework doesn’t make a difference in elementary school, since homework was invented as a punishment, leading countries have limited homework, and mostly since homework tires kids out.

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