I believe that students should not be getting assigned homework during their breaks, whether that is thanksgiving break, winter break or even spring break. Students who do homework for the entire rest of the school year, should be able to have that time to do whatever we enjoy doing.
These breaks are the only time off that we get during the school year, and students shouldn’t have to stress out about having work to do. Many teachers will say “only one week more until break, you can do this,” but then give us homework on friday and say it’s due the monday we get back. How are we supposed to be able to enjoy what we call “break,” when we still get assigned work.
I went around asking a few classmates if they got homework for their spring break and what their opinion on that was.
Lena Flores did get spring break homework and was not able to enjoy her break because she knew that she had work to do. She does not agree that students should be getting homework during their break.
Francisco Mendoza also received spring break homework and thinks that students shouldn’t be getting those assignments. He also mentioned that he had homework during winter break and that it really ruined his time.
Santiago Flores ,however, did not get assigned homework during spring break and he was able to enjoy that week he had off.
Not only does break homework subtract from our personal quality time, but it also takes time away from outstanding work that we might have to catch up on. It takes away the relaxing part of our break because all we can think about is that we have to finish our work.
Teachers would not like having to do work during their break because that is the only time they are given to go on trips with their family and to relax, so why are they giving us work?
A way to solve this problem would be for teachers to understand that a lot of students need this time to catch up on sleep or spend quality time with their family and friends. Others need this time for mental health breaks because they are overly stressed out. We should be getting real breaks from school, not just homework without class.