Homework Is A Waste Of Time

In every student’s life, work has to be done. Whether it's in school, university or even at home. Many students nowadays spend hours on end working on homework, and we know what they think about it; boring. In fact many students today claim it's useless and a waste of time, but is it? I think otherwise.

At the beginning, I too used to hate homework, I mean, who doesn't? I never used to understand why they are given in the first place. To me school was where I'm supposed to do work and home was a place of rest. This was the case in high school, I was a bright student, and homework just seemed to be a nuisance to me. Homework took a lot of my time, time that I could have spent with the family or having fun. Teachers did actually bombard student with a lot of homework, giving them more load than they can handle. This demotivated many, including me, so I didn't bother with them myself.

I have never imagined the work load that I would have had face in university. I had no time management skills at all to help me in my work, and this was the case of many of my classmates. On the contrary, my school friends who joined the same university, did not have much pressure on them, and that was not because they were smart, it because they always did their work on time. Homework could take a lot of time, which is true, but the time spent doing it can be managed. Time management is the key to success; it gives you the skill to plan ahead, making your goals achievable. When high school teachers gave us homework, it was practice for us to manage our time, preparing us for the hardships that we will face further in the