Homework for most students can be beneficial. However, under some conditions, compelling reasons can be mustered to do away with most homework assigned to students. It is difficult to quantify the true amount of improvement to learning and education that is derived from massive amounts of homework.

    The reality is that too much homework works against learning because the amount of effort expended trying to complete the assignments can lead to mental fatigue. If too many hours are consumed, it will bring physical fatigue as well.

    On top of this, if the student failed to understand the material in the classroom, it will only lead to frustration and incomplete work being turned in for grading. Not all students have the luxury of having parents or older siblings who can serve as tutors. By the same token, many parents cannot afford to pay someone else to help with the homework.

    Even if the material is mastered by the time tests and quizzes are given, the low homework scores create a no-win situation if grades are an issue for the student. Often, low homework scores account for half of a students points in grade school and high school. Ironically, this is done to help offset test anxiety or the possibility of poorly constructed test and quiz questions. Instead of being the answer, too many times, homework adds to the problem.

    Because students beyond fourth grade have multiple teachers in many school systems, homework can multiply. Teachers rarely confer with one another about the quantity of homework being given to students. As a school day progresses, students find themselves being slowly buried class by class in a mountain of homework. From middle school through high school, it can be typical for students to end the day with 3 to 5 hours of homework daily.

    Parents tend to be unsympathetic to their own children's needs when family or parental needs are competing for the child's time. Homework may very well be shoved to the end of the priority list when company needs to be entertained or an outing is planned. In fact, it is difficult to argue with this when homework gives the appearance of punishment rather than education.

    Even teachers sometimes resent the expectation of homework. In reality, when a teacher assigns homework for the students tonight, the teacher knows that homework is coming tomorrow night for themselves. The same assignment that carves into the student's freedom also takes the same from the teacher. The same fatigue that makes the students become inefficient takes a toll on the teacher, too.

    There may be some good reasons to assign limited homework for special projects or to reinforce a difficult topic. However, it would be a good plan for schools to better coordinate the amount of homework being sent home with students nightly. Instead of spending time making sure that assignments are conveyed to parents, it would be better to make sure that the amount of homework is reasonable.

    留家庭作业，对大多数学生来说是有益的。当然在一些条件下，强制废除大量留给学生的家庭作业可以实施。对于学习和教育，大量的家庭作业很难量化真正进步的程度。

    事实证明，过多的家庭作业违反了学习本身，因为学生把大量的努力都用在了完成作业上，导致了精神疲劳，浪费了很多的时间，也带来了身体的疲劳。

    另外，如果学生在教室里不能理解课本知识，会有挫败感并且没有达标后就会被降级。不是所有的学生都有好的父母或年长的兄弟姐妹来辅导他们，出于同样原因，对于家庭作业，很多的父母不能提供帮助给他们的孩子。

    即使，通过限时测试或测验来证明学生对课本知识是否精通，在小学和中学，如果各科成绩被公布，低的家庭作业得分的学生是无法在竞争中取胜的，因为家庭作业分数占了总分数的一半。很讽刺，这本来是缓解学生考试压力的或是调解出现贫乏考试或测试可能性，取代了原有的问题，太多的时间，家庭作业，增加了新的问题。

    因为很多学校，四年级以上的学生有好几个老师，家庭作业也就成倍的增加。老师很少相互问询各自留给学生的家庭作业的多少，作为学校的发展，学生们发现他们在一节课接一节课的时间里渐渐地被埋在家庭作业的大山中，从初中到高中，花上三到五个小时来做日常的家庭作业是学生们结束一天的代表性的形式。

    当家庭或父母需要争取孩子的时间时，父母往往不去同情孩子们的需要。当公司需要纳入新人时或计划涉外时，家庭作业成绩优秀的学生，将在最终的优先权清单中被推荐。

    老师们有时也会讨厌留家庭作业，事实上，今晚老师留家庭作业给学生，对他们来说，明天晚上这些家庭作业就会交到他们手里。同样的任务带走了学生的自由，也带走了老师的自由，同样的疲劳使学生的学习变得效率低下，老师也同样。

    对特殊的科目或比较困难的科目来说，留些有限的作业可能是有好处的。当然，学校要有好的计划去更好的调整每晚留给学生的家庭作业的数量，不再浪费时间，确保留的家庭作业能够传达到学生的父母那里，这样可以更好的保证家庭作业数量的合理性。