I Declare My Independence From Homework
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In class, October 22, 1997. The almost unanimous declaration of the
two-thousand students of Glenbard West High School. We declare our
independence from any homework; we will no longer tolerate its injustice.
When in the course of scholastic events, it becomes necessary to
discontinue certain inef ....
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by students. Uncompleted homework forces many students to miss undue
amounts of school in order to finish impossible work-loads assigned by
teachers. It forces students to do repetitive work, even if they already
understand the subject matter. The concept of homework is so ingrained
into the minds of teachers that they do not see that it is even bad from
their prospective. Assigning homework means that a teacher must waste
valuable class time going over it when they could be lectur ....
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