OUTLINE
Topic
: Homework
Specific
topic : The negative side of homework for student
Purpose
: To persuade people
Type
of writing : Argumentative paragraph
Title : Are You Down or
Done with Homework?
I.
Thesis
statement
Homework
has disadvantages for students, too, such as wasting their time at home,
encouraging them to cheat, and disturbing their time to study.
II.
Body
paragraph
1.
A
lot of homework waste student’s time at home.
Ø They don’t have any time with family.
Ø They don’t have time to do the household chores.
2.
A
lot of homework encourages students to cheat.
Ø Feeling tired.
Ø There is no time to do it.
3.
Another
reason that homework has bad sides is that it disturbs student’s time to study
a different subject.
Ø The student can’t be focus.
Ø They want to develop their skill and hobby.
III.
Concluding
sentence
Are You Down or Done with Homework?
Have you ever got homework from your teacher at school? If you are students
or workers who were once at school, the answer is definitely “yes”. Homework is
very familiar in the school days. Started from elementary school, junior high
school, until senior high school, teachers give homework to students and ask
them to submit in the next session or give them a deadline. It is good for
students because the teacher hope that the students understand the subject more
thoroughly and automatically they will study at home. Homework has a good purpose
for student at first. But, how about if all teachers in class give the students
homework? As we know, students don’t just learn about one or two subjects. They
have about nine until twelve subjects in every grade. Every subject has a
different teacher who hopes a good score from the students. So, can the student
be focus on all subjects? Homework has disadvantages for students, too, such as
wasting their time at home, encouraging them to cheat, and disturbing their
time to study.
Homework has a negative sides for students. First, too much
homework makes students waste their time at home. Most students spend their
time in school for about 8 hours. So, they just have short time at home. It can
affect their family relation. When students really focus on their homework,
they don’t have anymore time with their family. If this happens again and
again, there will be miscommunication among them. We couldn’t let it happens,
because family is the main education for student. Much homework can also affect
their responsibility to do the household chores, like cleaning the house.
Female students, especially, are more responsible for such kind of work like
sweeping the floor, washing a dishes, and cooking a dish. Although students
have to be responsible for their homework, they also need to help their mother.
Without such kind of nurture, children won’t grow up independently.
Second, homework also encourages students to cheat. Students almost
spend most of their time in school to study. When they come back home, they
have been tired. They just want to relax their body. They prefer coming earlier
to school the following day to copy their friend’s homework than doing it by
themselves at home. They think it is trivial and just hope a score from their
teacher, not really thinking about their responsibility. Another thing that
encourages them to cheat is that there is no time to do that homework. Usually,
the teacher gives students homework to be submitted in the next session or the
next day. Perhaps students can finish that well. But, they don’t have just one
subject. They have more than eight subjects in which each subject has different
homework, too. So, they don’t have enough time to finish it well or perhaps
they just don’t do it at all.
Third, homework disturbs student’s time to study another subject.
Sometimes, teacher tells student that the following day they will have a test.
Automatically, students who want to get a good score in the test will study
seriously first. But they can’t spend all their time to study that subject
while they have much homework. Their time will be divided for doing homework
and studying. Their time is not long. It is possible that they can’t focus on
both of them. It also causes them to unable to learn deeply to their favorite
subject. Much homework also limits the students to improve their skill and
hobby. Take for an example, student who has interest in playing football just
have a little time on weekend if they have much homework. They can do their
hobby on weekend only, so they must forget their hobby for the sake of
homework. Hobby and skills are also important things that someone has to
improve.
In brief, homework is a good idea. But, much homework can effect
student’s daily activities especially bad effects. Giving students much
homework is not the best way to push the academic quality. Hopefully, students
will be given less homework. The other ways is the school has to alter the
schedule of the school to expect a more effective time in school. So, teachers
don’t have to give homework to students. The education system is not wrong but
we have to improve it to be better.
August 13, 2016
Ayu Koernia Malyk
