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Here in the Philippines, giving homeworks or assignments during weekends has been one of the issues presented in local and national newspapers. I first encountered this concern when I was in elementary. As a grade schooler, I even rejoiced when I heard the news about it. Banning homeworks would be a great help for those who have lots of things to do not only in school, but also in their homes.

As I read the article about the academic success of students when making homeworks, I have realized that there are limited implications of homeworks. We may say that the learners become ready for the next topic; however, most of these students are not really able comply with the learnings completely. Students are not able to learn, but to do it just for the requirement. Instead of resting once students go home, they still have to finish these assignments before going to school the next day.

Personally, I am not a fan of doing assignments and this has been my routine ever since in elementary. Yet, I still submit my assignments just to comply with the grades needed in class. This work, for me, is taxing absolutely for those who have other sentiments and things to do aside from acads. I see the benefits of making homeworks; however, the frustration of a student piles up if the homework contains too much questions that needs to be answered and in the end, these answers are not used in classroom discussion.

If teachers are able to use these assignments wisely and properly, maybe I will do everything wholeheartedly, but recently, homeworks are just used for plus points instead of learning. I do believe that grades matter, yet as I grow old, learnings matter more.

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Not everyone are able to comply with the requirements needed in school. What I believe is that in the premises of homework, it more disables and frustrates a students for his or her work load. A 21st century learner is a multitasker indeed, but I still believe that these students still need to handle their mental health very well. Their only break most of the time is at home and once we take it away from them, we are also dealing with the fact that these teenagers are more prone to anxiety because of piled-up works. I myself witnessed a lot of my classmates and friends dealing with their anxiety because of acads. Students from different institutions have also have their different requirements and schedule. If we consider homework everyday, it is also taking away their only time for themselves.

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       How could I talk about STEM studies in relationship to the humanities without talking about myself? I am the daughter of two PhD’s, both of which are in STEM fields, and I am extraordinarily lucky to have grown up the way I did.  My parents constantly drilled into me the importance of a liberal arts education, no matter what I would end up doing. My father reminded me that despite the fact that he’s an engineer, at least half, if not more, of his work requires writing skills and the ability to communicate complicate technical and scientific information to those who may not be as informed in specific fields. My father would constantly tell me that I might have to make a decision about what I wanted to do, whether I wanted to make a lot of money, and not enjoy my job as much, or enjoy my job and not make a lot of money.  It’s a decision a lot of college students have to make, particularly with the price of higher education being as high as it is. My mother in turn would remind me how important high school was, how lucky I was to be in such a great high school. I would roll my eyes until I truly realized how lucky I was. My parents would remind me of how they moved one county over so I could have a better education because the town that they originally lived in wouldn’t pay to fix the school’s leaking roof. My school could afford computers, to fix maintenance issues, to teach AP classes and have a somewhat broad variety of classes for me to take so that I could discover what I was truly interested in.

On my fourth visit at my placement all of us played a hearing game. One person would sit on a chair blindfolded while everyone else sat on the carpet. The teacher or I (when I wasn’t blindfolded) would call on a student to go anywhere in the room they wanted and either say “Hi [person’s name who was sitting in the chair]” or shake a keychain with many keys on it. The person on the chair pointed to where they heard the noise come from. Afterwards, we talked about it.