Is homework harmful or helpful?
Homework is defined as an out of class task assigned to students to help them practice and prepare for their future. It is set and traced as a tradition of having teachers assigning work and students completing it. However, the system is scrutinized when students spend average time of two to three hours a day doing homework rather than spend with their family. This has drawn utter attention from parents and schools. Since it has no link between homework and achievement, I strongly agree that homework can be detrimental to student as it can lead to frustration and exhaustion, lack of time for other activities and loss of interest in study.
Homework is a burden that can spark frustration and tears. There is some difficult homework that seems far-fetched to be done by the student. Children can be certainly disturbed and bothered with the thoughts of having punishment on the following day. Children will be extremely fatigue with their load of homework after having half day class in school. Some parents may keep on nudging their children just to remind them to complete their homework in time. Having hectic life at both school and home, children may not have a healthy growing process. It is too much to overwhelm a child who is still in the process of shaping their future.
In addition, doing homework reduces the accessibility of other activities. It contributes to the opportunity cost of other more beneficial activities such as exercise and social interaction. Children spend less time outdoors enjoying nature or a good round of sports and physical activities. Children are being physically inactive, and this can pave way for obesity and other related diseases. It may also take time away from families having fun together. This will lead to frail bond between children and their family.
Moreover, homework extinguishes children’s interest in study. Homework is just a mere chore that a typical student had to do. It does not play upon any intrinsic desire to learn things but just to force learning that can even make students hate certain subjects and learning in general. Student is not practicing smart study but barely memorizing facts and formulas without understanding the genuine meaning. Besides, the flawed thinking of teachers and school districts believing that homework correlates to academic benefit treat students as experiment. More homework is being piled on children despite the absence of its value. To no avail children do everything they are assigned, they become dispirited and apathetic towards studying.
In a nutshell, I stand at the side claiming that homework is harmful to children as in causing frustration and exhaustion, lack of time for other activities and loss of interest in study. Most of what homework is doing is driving kids away from learning. Most children dread homework, or at best see it as something to be gotten through. Thus, even if it did provide other benefits, they would have to be weighed against its likely effect on kids’ love of learning. Some naysayers may claim that less or no homework can lead to lower grades. Then lower grades were indeed a small price to pay for getting back curiosity and emotional health.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Television viewing #2
More than ninety per cent of households in developed countries own at least one television set (Sharif 1999). This confirms that the children can gain easy access to television. This draws utter attention of many psychologists and parents as extensive television viewing is detrimental to children. Argument has been further escalated by American Time Use Survey (2003) as individuals spend an average of two to three hours a day in watching television. I strongly stand with the notions claiming that television viewing brings more harm than good. Children are ignorant to the negative implications caused by extensive television viewing of which can affect development of the thinking process, aggravate academic performance and trigger health problems.
Firstly, extensive viewing of unsuitable programs can deteriorate children’s thinking process. Since children are still naïve about the world, they are likely to be mislead by the ideas and beliefs portrayed by the programs they watch. They become easily frustrated when they encounter unprecedented reality in real life. Research has further justified that those children who watch violent programs eventually become desensitized to violence (Sharif 1999). They will think that violence is a part of life and a natural way of solving problem. Children may also be stereotyped by the superficial movies which narrow down the characteristic of life to sexy, tough, good and bad (Sharif 1999).
Secondly, extensive television viewing worsens the children’s academic performance. As television programs are designed to demand undivided attention, children will be difficult to focus on things like homework, causing a lapse in school work. Study has been done, and it concludes that heavy viewers are among the lowest achievers at school (Leigh 2001). Besides, Flicking between channels searching for something of interest, children indirectly procrastinate the period scheduled for homework. This would lead to further more severe problems such as a dip in academic capability and a decrease in athleticism.
Thirdly, extensive television viewing triggers various health problems. This can be explained when families have their meals in front of the television (Rutherford 2002). The improper dining manners can dampen the digestion process and further affect our health. In addition, it cannot be denied that television can be detrimental if it is watched constantly in prolonged periods to the exclusion of other activities. Children are not being physically active as they waste hours in front of the television viewing the programs they ‘must’ see. The adverse effects on health can be worse when this sedentary activity is indulged in with snacks, causing obesity and related diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases (Rutherford 2002).
In a nutshell, I fully agree that excessive television viewing will definitely bring more harm such as affect the development of thinking process, worsen academic performance and trigger health problem. According to UK Time Use Survey (2000), not only children who are addicted to television viewing, but also full-time workers as they spend most of their free time on TV, video and radio. The crux of the problem is the self-control and self-moderation that withhold us from over viewing television. It takes very little effort to press the button and turn the television off, and what we have to do is to keep up our mind rational and press it.
Firstly, extensive viewing of unsuitable programs can deteriorate children’s thinking process. Since children are still naïve about the world, they are likely to be mislead by the ideas and beliefs portrayed by the programs they watch. They become easily frustrated when they encounter unprecedented reality in real life. Research has further justified that those children who watch violent programs eventually become desensitized to violence (Sharif 1999). They will think that violence is a part of life and a natural way of solving problem. Children may also be stereotyped by the superficial movies which narrow down the characteristic of life to sexy, tough, good and bad (Sharif 1999).
Secondly, extensive television viewing worsens the children’s academic performance. As television programs are designed to demand undivided attention, children will be difficult to focus on things like homework, causing a lapse in school work. Study has been done, and it concludes that heavy viewers are among the lowest achievers at school (Leigh 2001). Besides, Flicking between channels searching for something of interest, children indirectly procrastinate the period scheduled for homework. This would lead to further more severe problems such as a dip in academic capability and a decrease in athleticism.
Thirdly, extensive television viewing triggers various health problems. This can be explained when families have their meals in front of the television (Rutherford 2002). The improper dining manners can dampen the digestion process and further affect our health. In addition, it cannot be denied that television can be detrimental if it is watched constantly in prolonged periods to the exclusion of other activities. Children are not being physically active as they waste hours in front of the television viewing the programs they ‘must’ see. The adverse effects on health can be worse when this sedentary activity is indulged in with snacks, causing obesity and related diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases (Rutherford 2002).
In a nutshell, I fully agree that excessive television viewing will definitely bring more harm such as affect the development of thinking process, worsen academic performance and trigger health problem. According to UK Time Use Survey (2000), not only children who are addicted to television viewing, but also full-time workers as they spend most of their free time on TV, video and radio. The crux of the problem is the self-control and self-moderation that withhold us from over viewing television. It takes very little effort to press the button and turn the television off, and what we have to do is to keep up our mind rational and press it.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Television viewing #1
What are some of the negative effects of extensive television viewing? How can television viewing benefit the viewer?
More than ninety per cent of households in developed countries own at least one television set (Sharif 1999). This confirms that the children can gain easy access to television. This draws utter attention of many psychologists and parents as extensive television viewing is detrimental to children. Argument has been further escalated by American Time Use Survey (2003) as individuals spend about two to three average hours a day in watching television. I strongly stand with the notions claiming that television viewing brings more harm than good. Children are ignorant to the negative implications caused by extensive television viewing of which can affect development of the thinking process, aggravate academic performance and trigger health problems.
Firstly, extensive viewing of unsuitable programs can deteriorate children’s thinking process. Since children are still naïve about the world, they are likely to be mislead by the ideas and beliefs portrayed by the programs they watch. They become easily frustrated when they encounter unprecedented reality in real life. Research has further justified that those children who watch violent programs eventually become desensitized to violence (Sharif 1999). They will think that violence is a part of life and a natural way of solving problem. Children may also be stereotyped by the superficial movies which narrow down the characteristic of life to sexy, tough, good and bad (Sharif 1999).
Secondly, extensive television viewing worsens the children’s academic performance. As television programs are designed to demand undivided attention, children will be difficult to focus on things like homework, causing a lapse in school work. Study has been done, and it concludes that heavy viewers are among the lowest achievers at school (Leigh 2001). Besides, Flicking between channels searching for something of interest, children indirectly procrastinate the period scheduled for homework. This would lead to further more severe problems such as a dip in academic capability and a decrease in athleticism.
Thirdly, extensive television viewing triggers various health problems. This can be explained when families have their meals in front of the television (Rutherford 2002). The improper dining manners can dampen the digestion process and further affect our health. In addition, it cannot be denied that television can be detrimental if it is watched constantly in prolonged periods to the exclusion of other activities. Children are not being physically active as they waste hours in front of the television viewing the programs they ‘must’ see. The adverse effects on health can be worse when this sedentary activity is indulged in with snacks, causing obesity and related diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases (Rutherford 2002).
In a nutshell, I fully agree that excessive television viewing will definitely bring more harm such as affect the development of thinking process, worsen academic performance and trigger health problem. According to UK Time Use Survey (2000), not only children who are addicted to television viewing, but also full-time workers as they spend most of their free time on TV, video and radio. The crux of the problem is the self-control and self-moderation that withhold us from over viewing television. It takes very little effort to press the button and turn the television off, and what we have to do is to keep up our mind rational and press it.
More than ninety per cent of households in developed countries own at least one television set (Sharif 1999). This confirms that the children can gain easy access to television. This draws utter attention of many psychologists and parents as extensive television viewing is detrimental to children. Argument has been further escalated by American Time Use Survey (2003) as individuals spend about two to three average hours a day in watching television. I strongly stand with the notions claiming that television viewing brings more harm than good. Children are ignorant to the negative implications caused by extensive television viewing of which can affect development of the thinking process, aggravate academic performance and trigger health problems.
Firstly, extensive viewing of unsuitable programs can deteriorate children’s thinking process. Since children are still naïve about the world, they are likely to be mislead by the ideas and beliefs portrayed by the programs they watch. They become easily frustrated when they encounter unprecedented reality in real life. Research has further justified that those children who watch violent programs eventually become desensitized to violence (Sharif 1999). They will think that violence is a part of life and a natural way of solving problem. Children may also be stereotyped by the superficial movies which narrow down the characteristic of life to sexy, tough, good and bad (Sharif 1999).
Secondly, extensive television viewing worsens the children’s academic performance. As television programs are designed to demand undivided attention, children will be difficult to focus on things like homework, causing a lapse in school work. Study has been done, and it concludes that heavy viewers are among the lowest achievers at school (Leigh 2001). Besides, Flicking between channels searching for something of interest, children indirectly procrastinate the period scheduled for homework. This would lead to further more severe problems such as a dip in academic capability and a decrease in athleticism.
Thirdly, extensive television viewing triggers various health problems. This can be explained when families have their meals in front of the television (Rutherford 2002). The improper dining manners can dampen the digestion process and further affect our health. In addition, it cannot be denied that television can be detrimental if it is watched constantly in prolonged periods to the exclusion of other activities. Children are not being physically active as they waste hours in front of the television viewing the programs they ‘must’ see. The adverse effects on health can be worse when this sedentary activity is indulged in with snacks, causing obesity and related diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases (Rutherford 2002).
In a nutshell, I fully agree that excessive television viewing will definitely bring more harm such as affect the development of thinking process, worsen academic performance and trigger health problem. According to UK Time Use Survey (2000), not only children who are addicted to television viewing, but also full-time workers as they spend most of their free time on TV, video and radio. The crux of the problem is the self-control and self-moderation that withhold us from over viewing television. It takes very little effort to press the button and turn the television off, and what we have to do is to keep up our mind rational and press it.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Junk food # finale
Should the sale of junk food in school canteens be banned?
The term ‘junk food’ refers to any food that is perceived to be unhealthy and of low nutritional value (Smith 2005). Having junk food in school is becoming prevalent and common as junk food sale brings the most profits to the canteens. Survey on Cook High School has been revealed that the canteen earned profit on junk food sale for more than $10000 per year according to School news (2005). It has therefore fuelled the unhealthy habits of students, leading ultimately to obesity and behavioural problem. Hence, I strongly agree with the voice of banning the sale of junk foods in school canteens because it causes health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems.
Junk food is unhealthy. It is long being blamed for the increase in childhood obesity. Study has been done down on the junk food production. High level of fat, salt and sugar are actually contributing to the problem of youth weight gain (Lin 2005). Most junk foods also contain chemical additives to enhance flavor and colour to increase shelf life and attract potential customers (Smith 2005). Students are too ignorant to the artificial flavouring and colouring which may exacerbate the dental health. Besides, the nutritional value of food eaten by the children may be falling progressively because of increased availability and excessive consumption of fast food.
Moreover, behavioral problems lie vastly under the junk food consumption. According to the child psychologist, Mary Caputo (2005), high contains of chemical additives can trigger behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and collapse in concentration. Students may cause further severe problems such as an increase at each other's throats and vandalism. It is further justified by The Food Show (2005), that teachers have noticed that the removal of junk food and soft drinks from the school canteen can dramatically perk up the students’ behaviour in class. Thus, immediate ban in the sale of junk food in canteens is demanded to ameliorate students’ behavior.
In addition, junk food packaging is the major contributor to litter problems. Littering is hazardous to safety and health. Not only has it weighed down the cleaning costs, it also deteriorate the image of our communities (Smith 2005). Litter like cans, crisp packets, cartons and plastic containers are ubiquitous, thus burdening the school groundsman to spend a relatively long time to clean the ground. As a result, other maintenance projects that benefit the school are less heeded (Green 2005). Therefore, schools have to prohibit the sale of junk food in their canteens in order to trim down their little problem.
In conclusion, junk food sale in school canteens has caused major problems such as health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems. According to Australian Nutrition Journal (2004), foods eaten at home by most of the 12-14-year-old Australian children are beyond the recommended intake. This is not merely of parents' responsibility, schools is too a part of the pitfalls. Less of easy access to junk foods can always be the key of shifting the diet habits of the students. Thus, I strongly agree that the schools should ban the junk food sale in canteens for the sake of the students.
The term ‘junk food’ refers to any food that is perceived to be unhealthy and of low nutritional value (Smith 2005). Having junk food in school is becoming prevalent and common as junk food sale brings the most profits to the canteens. Survey on Cook High School has been revealed that the canteen earned profit on junk food sale for more than $10000 per year according to School news (2005). It has therefore fuelled the unhealthy habits of students, leading ultimately to obesity and behavioural problem. Hence, I strongly agree with the voice of banning the sale of junk foods in school canteens because it causes health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems.
Junk food is unhealthy. It is long being blamed for the increase in childhood obesity. Study has been done down on the junk food production. High level of fat, salt and sugar are actually contributing to the problem of youth weight gain (Lin 2005). Most junk foods also contain chemical additives to enhance flavor and colour to increase shelf life and attract potential customers (Smith 2005). Students are too ignorant to the artificial flavouring and colouring which may exacerbate the dental health. Besides, the nutritional value of food eaten by the children may be falling progressively because of increased availability and excessive consumption of fast food.
Moreover, behavioral problems lie vastly under the junk food consumption. According to the child psychologist, Mary Caputo (2005), high contains of chemical additives can trigger behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and collapse in concentration. Students may cause further severe problems such as an increase at each other's throats and vandalism. It is further justified by The Food Show (2005), that teachers have noticed that the removal of junk food and soft drinks from the school canteen can dramatically perk up the students’ behaviour in class. Thus, immediate ban in the sale of junk food in canteens is demanded to ameliorate students’ behavior.
In addition, junk food packaging is the major contributor to litter problems. Littering is hazardous to safety and health. Not only has it weighed down the cleaning costs, it also deteriorate the image of our communities (Smith 2005). Litter like cans, crisp packets, cartons and plastic containers are ubiquitous, thus burdening the school groundsman to spend a relatively long time to clean the ground. As a result, other maintenance projects that benefit the school are less heeded (Green 2005). Therefore, schools have to prohibit the sale of junk food in their canteens in order to trim down their little problem.
In conclusion, junk food sale in school canteens has caused major problems such as health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems. According to Australian Nutrition Journal (2004), foods eaten at home by most of the 12-14-year-old Australian children are beyond the recommended intake. This is not merely of parents' responsibility, schools is too a part of the pitfalls. Less of easy access to junk foods can always be the key of shifting the diet habits of the students. Thus, I strongly agree that the schools should ban the junk food sale in canteens for the sake of the students.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Junk Food #2
Should the sale of junk food in school canteens be banned?
The term ‘junk food’ refers to any food that is perceived to be unhealthy and of low nutritional value (Smith 2005). Having junk food in school is becoming prevalent and common as junk food sale brings the most profits to the canteens. Survey on Cook High School has been revealed that the canteen earned profit on junk food sale for more than $10000 per year according to School news (2005). It has therefore fuelled the unhealthy habits of students, leading ultimately to obesity and behavioural problem. Hence, I’m strongly agreed with the voice of banning the sale of junk foods in school canteens because it may cause health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems.
Junk food is unhealthy. It is long being blamed for the increase in childhood obesity. Study has been done down on the junk food production. High level of fat, salt and sugar are actually contributing to the problem of youth weight gain (Lin 2005). Most junk foods also contain chemical additives to enhance flavor and colour to increase shelf life and attract potential customers (Smith 2005). Students are too ignorant to the artificial flavouring and colouring which may exacerbate the dental health. Besides, the nutritional value of food eaten by the children may be falling progressively because of increased availability and excessive consumption of fast food.
Moreover, behavioral problems lie vastly under the junk food consumption. According to the child psychologist, Mary Caputo (2005), high contains of chemical additives can trigger behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and collapse in concentration. Students may cause further severe problems such as an increase at each other's throats and vandalism. It is further justified by The Food Show (2005), that teachers have noticed that the removal of junk food and soft drinks from the school canteen can dramatically perk up the students’ behaviour in class. Thus, immediate ban in the sale of junk food in canteens is demanded to ameliorate students’ behavior.
In addition, junk food packaging is the major contributor to litter problems. Littering is hazardous to safety and health. Not only has it weighed down the cleaning costs, it also deteriorate the image of our communities (Smith 2005). Litter like cans, crisp packets, cartons and plastic containers are ubiquitous, thus burdening the school groundsman to spend a relatively long time to clean the ground. As a result, other maintenance projects that benefit the school are less heeded (Green 2005). Therefore, schools have to prohibit the sale of junk food in their canteens in order to trim down their little problem.
In conclusion, junk food sale in school canteens has caused major problems such as health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems. According to Australian Nutrition Journal (2004), foods eaten at home by most of the 12-14-year-old Australian children are beyond the recommended intake. This is not merely of parents' responsibility, schools is too a part of the pitfalls. Less of easy access to junk foods can always be the key of shifting the diet habits of the students. Thus, I strongly agree that the schools should ban the junk food sale in canteens for the sake of the students.
The term ‘junk food’ refers to any food that is perceived to be unhealthy and of low nutritional value (Smith 2005). Having junk food in school is becoming prevalent and common as junk food sale brings the most profits to the canteens. Survey on Cook High School has been revealed that the canteen earned profit on junk food sale for more than $10000 per year according to School news (2005). It has therefore fuelled the unhealthy habits of students, leading ultimately to obesity and behavioural problem. Hence, I’m strongly agreed with the voice of banning the sale of junk foods in school canteens because it may cause health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems.
Junk food is unhealthy. It is long being blamed for the increase in childhood obesity. Study has been done down on the junk food production. High level of fat, salt and sugar are actually contributing to the problem of youth weight gain (Lin 2005). Most junk foods also contain chemical additives to enhance flavor and colour to increase shelf life and attract potential customers (Smith 2005). Students are too ignorant to the artificial flavouring and colouring which may exacerbate the dental health. Besides, the nutritional value of food eaten by the children may be falling progressively because of increased availability and excessive consumption of fast food.
Moreover, behavioral problems lie vastly under the junk food consumption. According to the child psychologist, Mary Caputo (2005), high contains of chemical additives can trigger behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and collapse in concentration. Students may cause further severe problems such as an increase at each other's throats and vandalism. It is further justified by The Food Show (2005), that teachers have noticed that the removal of junk food and soft drinks from the school canteen can dramatically perk up the students’ behaviour in class. Thus, immediate ban in the sale of junk food in canteens is demanded to ameliorate students’ behavior.
In addition, junk food packaging is the major contributor to litter problems. Littering is hazardous to safety and health. Not only has it weighed down the cleaning costs, it also deteriorate the image of our communities (Smith 2005). Litter like cans, crisp packets, cartons and plastic containers are ubiquitous, thus burdening the school groundsman to spend a relatively long time to clean the ground. As a result, other maintenance projects that benefit the school are less heeded (Green 2005). Therefore, schools have to prohibit the sale of junk food in their canteens in order to trim down their little problem.
In conclusion, junk food sale in school canteens has caused major problems such as health problem, behavioural problems and litter problems. According to Australian Nutrition Journal (2004), foods eaten at home by most of the 12-14-year-old Australian children are beyond the recommended intake. This is not merely of parents' responsibility, schools is too a part of the pitfalls. Less of easy access to junk foods can always be the key of shifting the diet habits of the students. Thus, I strongly agree that the schools should ban the junk food sale in canteens for the sake of the students.
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