The role of homework in students’ life | Natia Tsetskhladze | TEDxYouth@TbilisiGreenSchool

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Resumen

TLDRThe speaker explores the complex role of homework in students' lives, acknowledging its potential to cause stress and burnout while also serving as a tool for developing essential life skills. They reflect on the historical context of homework, its impact on students' daily routines, and the need for balance between academic responsibilities and personal time. The speaker advocates for a reasonable amount of homework that allows students to learn and grow without sacrificing their well-being and enjoyment of their teenage years, ultimately believing that this balance will lead to future success and present happiness.

Para llevar

  • 📚 Homework has historical roots as a punishment.
  • ⏰ Students often face 2-4 hours of homework daily.
  • 😩 Excessive homework can lead to stress and burnout.
  • 💪 Homework teaches valuable skills like time management.
  • 🎯 A reasonable amount of homework is essential for learning.
  • 🛌 Teens need adequate sleep for health and concentration.
  • 🎉 Balance between homework and personal time is crucial.
  • 🤔 The speaker reflects on their own homework challenges.
  • 🌱 Learning to manage responsibilities prepares for adulthood.
  • 😊 Enjoying teenage years is important alongside academic duties.

Cronología

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    The speaker discusses the dual nature of homework in students' lives, highlighting its negative aspects such as stress and time constraints, while also acknowledging its potential benefits in teaching time management and responsibility. They reflect on the historical context of homework and its evolution from a punishment to a common practice, emphasizing the challenges students face in balancing schoolwork with extracurricular activities and personal time. The speaker's personal experiences illustrate the struggle between academic demands and the desire for a fulfilling teenage life, ultimately advocating for a balanced approach to homework that allows for both learning and leisure.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What is the historical origin of homework?

    Homework was first introduced by Italian Professor Roberto Neill as a punishment for misbehaving students.

  • How much homework do students typically have?

    Students often have an average of 2 to 4 hours of homework each day.

  • What are the negative effects of excessive homework?

    Excessive homework can lead to stress, burnout, and disrupted sleep schedules.

  • What skills can homework help develop?

    Homework can help develop time management, responsibility, and a strong work ethic.

  • What is the speaker's opinion on the amount of homework?

    The speaker believes that a reasonable amount of homework is necessary for learning essential skills while allowing time for personal activities.

  • How does the speaker feel about their own homework experience?

    The speaker sometimes feels overwhelmed and unmotivated but recognizes the importance of homework for their future.

  • What is the ideal balance of homework according to the speaker?

    The ideal balance is a small, reasonable amount of homework that allows for both learning and personal enjoyment.

  • What does the speaker suggest about teenage life and homework?

    The speaker suggests that teenagers should enjoy their lives while still learning valuable skills through homework.

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  • 00:00:09
    hello everyone today I want to talk
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    about the role of homework in students
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    Life School life can be stressful fun
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    exhausting interesting and boring at the
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    same time what makes this experience
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    feel like all the negative adjectives I
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    mentioned above well there are several
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    things and one of them is homework the
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    word students don't really like because
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    we autom ially associated with hours of
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    useless work we have to do every day
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    let's dig a little deeper into that
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    hours of work yes but useless I wouldn't
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    say so I'll explain why soon first of
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    all did you know that homework wasn't
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    even supposed to be a common part of a
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    student life it was first given by an
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    Italian Professor Roberto nilis and he
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    used it as a punishment for his bad
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    behaved students fast forward to now we
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    have to come home after a t iring school
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    day and suddenly remember we still have
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    an average 2 to 4 hours of work to do
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    now imagine your day if you also had an
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    extracurricular activity like sport
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    theater art and so on some students are
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    very invested in them and have busy
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    schedules it is very hard for them to
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    find several free hours every night this
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    causes stress burnout and mess uping
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    schedules all this happens while given
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    the fact that teens should get at least
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    8 hours of sleep every night as it
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    affects their concentration motivation
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    and most importantly health and yet I
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    don't remember the last time I got 8
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    hours of sleep on a school day like is
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    it even a thing now also just knowing
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    that you have to do the same thing every
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    day go to school and come back home just
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    to do more school work there just sounds
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    so repetitive and depressing so what can
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    actually be good about homework when you
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    can say that without it students would
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    have more time for extracurricular
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    activities family friends and
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    entertainment generally as a result
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    their life would be less stressful and
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    more enjoyable as it should be when
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    you're still a teenager that's it right
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    but as Thomas Jefferson once said there
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    are two sides to every story to be
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    honest it took me quite a while this is
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    the second side of the story here I've
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    often wondered what if I came home and
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    had nothing to do would that really
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    solve all my problems that's how it
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    feels like sometimes and that's what I
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    thought until my mom told me something
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    that I always tried to remind myself
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    when I feel un motivated I was
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    complaining about the amount of homework
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    I had as usual when she told me that
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    this was my only job at the moment and I
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    had to enjoy it not complain about it
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    that's when I realized something look at
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    it this way the main reason we go to
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    school is to prepare for real life the
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    life that starts at after we finish our
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    studies and that life isn't going to be
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    as simple as the one we are living right
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    now we are going to have so many
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    different prominent responsibilities so
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    I have to slowly get used to it my point
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    is without our one main responsibility
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    at the moment which is homework how
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    would we suddenly deal with 10 more it's
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    like writing a pop quiz before a big
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    test a minor responsibility until the
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    major ones come so it may not always be
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    the knowledge that we can consume but
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    having to do homework from an early age
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    teaches you things like time management
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    which is a crucial skill and is the key
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    to achieve your goals and the power of
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    hard work and dedication doesn't it feel
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    amazing after your ACA test knowing that
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    you worked for it by doing this you're
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    proving to yourself that you can do it
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    you can be productive when you know you
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    need to no matter how tired you are or
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    how unmotivated you feel if you get that
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    idea inside your head it will help you
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    develop an undefeatable mindset you
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    learning to control yourself like that
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    while still being the teenager is the
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    tool that will guarantee you'll have a
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    successful life and become a successful
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    adult as a straight A student people
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    often wonder how I keep up with
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    everything since I'm usually well
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    prepared for every subject or did assume
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    that all I do is study well no I've had
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    days when I came home I did nothing for
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    hours because I just couldn't bring
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    myself to
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    I was tired and felt unmotivated and
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    then I started stressing about it
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    because I would still do the work late
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    at night I'm a severe perfectionist when
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    it comes to my studies so I just
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    couldn't leave it that always makes my
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    situation more
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    complicated so I did realize that I was
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    being a bit over dramatic after my mom's
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    words but not fully the fact that I
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    sometimes have to go to bed really late
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    because of the crazy amount of work I
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    need to get done in different subjects
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    still exists and sometimes I just want
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    to come home and watch a movie without
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    feeling guilty about it as simple as it
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    is but that's life and that's how it's
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    going to be right we're going to have to
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    do things that we don't feel like doing
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    quite often but I'm telling you that it
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    shouldn't always be like that I said
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    that we should develop strong mindsets
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    and learn valuable things from an early
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    age I didn't say we should sleep 4 hours
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    and yes I should have time to watch a
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    movie Sometimes go out with my friends
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    or do something fun something I want to
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    do that's why I think that it would be
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    best if schools gave us a small and
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    reasonable one of homework to make sure
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    we still learn all the essential and
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    beneficial skills for adulthood while
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    still having time to Simply live and
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    enjoy your teenage years I believe that
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    with the right amount of homework stents
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    will be successful in the future and
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    happy in the present thank
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    you
Etiquetas
  • homework
  • students
  • stress
  • time management
  • responsibility
  • teenagers
  • education
  • balance
  • life skills
  • well-being