Looking back on my elementary school years, I remember absolutely hating homework. To this day, homework still seems to really bother me (even in college). I am a strong believer that young students need to have their play time when they get done with working in school. For this reason, I believe that homework should be very limited in the early childhood years in elementary schools. I feel as though students from the ages of 5 to 8 have a very short attention span. Keeping them in school from 8 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon is going to be a long time for the students to pay attention and work hard. I know when I was a student, I always wanted to just relax when I got home, just as I still do. Although I do believe that sometimes homework is necessary, I also believe it should be kept to a minimum. I would say that I would give my students around 20 minutes of homework to do about 2 times a week. Students should be capable of completing this much, while still having time to do as they please.
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