Teaching them how to be responsible

TEACHERS and parents and of course many students were caught surprised to a proposal of a lawmaker making the efforts of teachers and educators in giving assignments or homeworks to their students criminally liable as they say. The proposed legislation is all but a crippling blow to the purpose of letting the children go to school and be developed into a more productive persons when they grow old.

Such bill when enacted into a law will not only supress the authority of the teachers to teach their students to do tasks given to them but will also kill the essence of doing assignments and will only teach irresponsibleness.

According to Charles Beckham, homework is an essential part of an academic life every student is compelled to have a committed relationship with. Beckham stated the seven benefits that students get in doing their homeworks.

The students will have a good understanding of the subject matter and will have the opportunity to have a good grasp of it as he will do the necessary research for his homework. Doing homework teaches the student proper time management realizing that organizing time schedules for each tasked is very essential to finish a job. Completing homework instill tithe minds of the students how to be independent as he will rely on his own in doing researches and needed compilations.

Homeworks enhance and improve the student's skills of problem solving as he or she will be challenged to find remedies and ways to do the assignments with available materials and must-find sources for such. Students will be taught how to prioritize things, they will see the need to finish more important things first before going to do another set of things.

Giving homeworks to students will teach them to plans and put them into practice as they will have the sense of responsibility to have such so as to avoid wastes of time. And lastly, homeworks will teach students to concentrate and focus on what they are doing even if they are outside the classroom and the school.

In an article written for the website homework guru, some of the many benefits of homeworks is also helping teachers to evaluate how their students perform particularly in doing tasks being given to them and how they comprehend with the subject matter even at home. The biggest benefit is teaching the students to be responsible, that they will bring it throughout their lives.