Do You Do Homework?

Most students do, but some simply don’t. It’s like some students have made it a personal policy not to do homework.

It’s about achievement.

I was recently updating my grade book and noticed several students who were in the very high B range but are missing homework assignments.  In my class, homework counts as 10% of the total grade. I have some students who are settling for a B when, if they just did the homework, they’d have a solid A. Why would you settle for a lower grade when a higher grade is so close?

It’s about respect.

You are expected to do your homework. Your parents, teachers and school leaders expect you to do your homework. Show them the respect they deserve by doing your part. I don’t even give much homework. In the whole of the first quarter, I have assigned exactly six pieces of homework that I collected for a grade. Six. That’s about one piece of homework per week. Is that too heavy a burden?  

It’s about ownership.

So many kids talk about how they want really good grades. They seem to be motivated by grades, and yet, some of them don’t do homework. I don’t assign work outside of school just because I want to torture you. There’s too much to teach in five 50-minute classes per week. You need to do some at home. Take ownership of your education. Take charge and give it one-hundred-percent.

It’s about responsibility.

We talk about our ROARs  - Respect, Ownership, Achievement, and Responsibility. Yet, I feel like a lot of students just say the things they know they are supposed to say. They are not taking the idea of Ownership or Achievement to heart. Take responsibility for your life - do what you’re expected to do. Part of growing up is making yourself do things you don’t want to do - like homework. Push yourself to achieve at your highest level. Be the best version of you, you can be. 

Trust me, if you can incorporate these ideas into your daily actions you will go far and be far happier going there.