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Few people hate homework more than Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth．There is a hot discussion across the country：does homework really improve school results? A growing number of educators say no．
“We always think it is worth it,”says Kohn,“and homework will improve their school results and give them good study skills, but the research(研究)shows it is just not so．No study has ever found any academic benefit(学业上的成效)of assigning(布置)homework before kids are in high school．and even in high school the case is very weak．”
But how could hours of reading, writing and solving math problems not help kids to learn? We asked tenth graders at the Galloway School, in Atlanta．
“I learn everything that I need to in class,”says 16-year-old Matt Ritchie．“And it is really unnecessary to do homework．It is just boring．”
“If I listen in class and take good notes, I usually do well on tests,”explains his classmate Paige Solomon,“So I don’t think it is helpful－if anything, it just makes me kind of fearful of going to that class．”
“I’m usually in a bad mood when I have a lot of homework,”says 16－year－old Carter Parder,“because I stay up later．And then I’m groggy the next day．”
According to Kohn, even if kids learn a little through homework, the cost is too high．Homework may kill a student’s interest in learning．If kids seem to be sinking(陷入)under a mountain of work, parents should intervene(干涉)．Most adults wouldn’t want to work eight hours a day, and then come home to hours of extra work．Kids are no different．
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