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antonia:friendship

Owen James

In the passage my Antonia her and Jim have similar relationships because they both like to do the same exact thing. Such as planting crops and running through the corn fields. In ways she wished she could become a guy.

            Jim was working there with one of the far families for a while. They both like seeing electrical and thunder and lightning storms. Sometimes they sneak out onto the roof and watch as the sky lights up as it was day. Jim loves it when she acts like herself because he thinks that she is way cooler. I would say that people are way cooler when they act like themselves because they aren’t showing off and being fake. In this story it pretty much touches on the fact that people have to act the way they usually do. They also try to make a girl from a farm that loves to do guy things, as well as act like one and want to be one.

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antonia:friendship

Owen James

In the passage my Antonia her and Jim have similar relationships because they both like to do the same exact thing. Such as planting crops and running through the corn fields. In ways she wished she could become a guy.

            Jim was working there with one of the far families for a while. They both like seeing electrical and thunder and lightning storms. Sometimes they sneak out onto the roof and watch as the sky lights up as it was day.

            Jim loves it when she acts like herself because he thinks that she is way cooler. I would say that people are way cooler when they act like themselves because they aren’t showing off and being fake.

            In this story it pretty much touches on the fact that people have to act the way they usually do. They also try to make a girl from a farm that loves to do guy things, as well as act like one and want to be one.

No Homework argument

     There are many reasons we shouldn't have any more homework. The First, reason we shouldn't have any more homework is it is way to much added together all the subjects such as English, Math, social studies, science, etc. Second, sometimes the homework requires a long time to do. For those students who have extra ciricular activities after school won't be able to finish it. Duke university professer Harris cooper who is one of the nations best known researchers said that "students get no acidemic benift from homework". He also said that "high school students are wasting there time doining homework". Also the Amirican Child Health Association said that "homework and child labor as leading killers of children who contracted with tuberculosis and heart disease. These are only some reasons why we shouldn't have any more homework.

Owen James                                                               10/30/07/

        No homework policy

The “no homework policy” for school children is something that people debate about.  They argue whether or not there should be homework.  Some people think that homework is a waste of time and that school kids do not need the extra work because they already do enough work in class. On the other hand people say that homework is a big help to some students and that it is not a waste of time because it can help you do better on tests and class work.
Personally, I don’t like homework!  But, I am willing to do it if I think they can prove to me that it really is beneficial.  When I get home from school, I’m tired and my brain is just not working!  My mom calls from work and asks the usual question, “did you start your homework”?  By the time she gets home, she expects it done and ready to be looked over.  It isn’t always done, and that’s when the arguing begins.  We can’t even have a peaceful dinner because she is so upset if my homework isn’t done.  Don’t you think families have enough stress in life without arguing about homework?  Friday night is such a great night not only because there is no school the next day but because there is no homework due either.
But what if homework really is beneficial? 
So, after looking at many articles on the benefits of homework, I found that, other than improving reading skills, kids might not benefit from homework.
A comprehensive review by the nation's top homework scholar, Duke University's Harris Cooper, concluded that homework does not measurably improve academic achievement for kids in grade school.  He found a small benefit for middle school kids but also found that homework assignments over 1.5 hours did more harm than good.
Even though many studies show that too much homework has no benefit, it seems parents pressure the schools to give homework, and lots of it. 
I guess the debate will continue and a happy compromise will come about.  Maybe a little homework is a good thing but definitely not on the weekend when families get to spend time together and not argue about “is your homework done yet”?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100908.html      

NO HW Debate

    After coming home from my football game at 7:00 I have to eat, and practice both the drums and piano for 40 minutes each. Then I have some Homework from every single subject! The HW takes about two hours to do. I go to bed at 11:15. I have to wake up at 6:00 to eat, pickup my friend and then go to school. At school I am trying not to fall asleep in class and am probably going to get a very bad, below average score because I had to much homework!
    Then, when you are sick, you have to make up the work you didn't do because you were sick. Most of what HW is, is a repeat of what  you have already done in  class. A lot of people don't like school but are required  to go to school for 7 hours for 180 days. Then after you do that, you have to do homework. And you have to do homework for 10 years. At the minimum, 1800 have been merely wasted in your life. That equals out to about  a half a year of life. That is why a good portion of the U.S. think homework is a big waste.
  Most average middle school students are only supposed to have a maximum of 75 (an hour and 15 min.). If this limit is passed then it bad not only physically for the body but mentally because the student will hate school more than he/she already does.
    Finally, if you are going to be a Social Studies teacher, why take an extra 4 years of high school math &  science. Just take SS and English. And if you are going to be a Science teacher, then you only have to take Science and Math. Not the 4 years of high school English and Social Studies. And my last point is that in the 1830's, child labor laws were made. This means that the children were pulled out of work to go to school. That was made because they thought it was good for the children. Now you have to go to school for 7 hours and come home and do HW for 1 hour all for no money. That is Child Labor.