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1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Does homework really work?

by: Leslie Crawford | Updated: December 12, 2023

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You know the drill. It’s 10:15 p.m., and the cardboard-and-toothpick Golden Gate Bridge is collapsing. The pages of polynomials have been abandoned. The paper on the Battle of Waterloo seems to have frozen in time with Napoleon lingering eternally over his breakfast at Le Caillou. Then come the tears and tantrums — while we parents wonder, Does the gain merit all this pain? Is this just too much homework?

However the drama unfolds night after night, year after year, most parents hold on to the hope that homework (after soccer games, dinner, flute practice, and, oh yes, that childhood pastime of yore known as playing) advances their children academically.

But what does homework really do for kids? Is the forest’s worth of book reports and math and spelling sheets the average American student completes in their 12 years of primary schooling making a difference? Or is it just busywork?

Homework haterz

Whether or not homework helps, or even hurts, depends on who you ask. If you ask my 12-year-old son, Sam, he’ll say, “Homework doesn’t help anything. It makes kids stressed-out and tired and makes them hate school more.”

Nothing more than common kid bellyaching?

Maybe, but in the fractious field of homework studies, it’s worth noting that Sam’s sentiments nicely synopsize one side of the ivory tower debate. Books like The End of Homework , The Homework Myth , and The Case Against Homework the film Race to Nowhere , and the anguished parent essay “ My Daughter’s Homework is Killing Me ” make the case that homework, by taking away precious family time and putting kids under unneeded pressure, is an ineffective way to help children become better learners and thinkers.

One Canadian couple took their homework apostasy all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. After arguing that there was no evidence that it improved academic performance, they won a ruling that exempted their two children from all homework.

So what’s the real relationship between homework and academic achievement?

How much is too much?

To answer this question, researchers have been doing their homework on homework, conducting and examining hundreds of studies. Chris Drew Ph.D., founder and editor at The Helpful Professor recently compiled multiple statistics revealing the folly of today’s after-school busy work. Does any of the data he listed below ring true for you?

• 45 percent of parents think homework is too easy for their child, primarily because it is geared to the lowest standard under the Common Core State Standards .

• 74 percent of students say homework is a source of stress , defined as headaches, exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss, and stomach problems.

• Students in high-performing high schools spend an average of 3.1 hours a night on homework , even though 1 to 2 hours is the optimal duration, according to a peer-reviewed study .

Not included in the list above is the fact many kids have to abandon activities they love — like sports and clubs — because homework deprives them of the needed time to enjoy themselves with other pursuits.

Conversely, The Helpful Professor does list a few pros of homework, noting it teaches discipline and time management, and helps parents know what’s being taught in the class.

The oft-bandied rule on homework quantity — 10 minutes a night per grade (starting from between 10 to 20 minutes in first grade) — is listed on the National Education Association’s website and the National Parent Teacher Association’s website , but few schools follow this rule.

Do you think your child is doing excessive homework? Harris Cooper Ph.D., author of a meta-study on homework , recommends talking with the teacher. “Often there is a miscommunication about the goals of homework assignments,” he says. “What appears to be problematic for kids, why they are doing an assignment, can be cleared up with a conversation.” Also, Cooper suggests taking a careful look at how your child is doing the assignments. It may seem like they’re taking two hours, but maybe your child is wandering off frequently to get a snack or getting distracted.

Less is often more

If your child is dutifully doing their work but still burning the midnight oil, it’s worth intervening to make sure your child gets enough sleep. A 2012 study of 535 high school students found that proper sleep may be far more essential to brain and body development.

For elementary school-age children, Cooper’s research at Duke University shows there is no measurable academic advantage to homework. For middle-schoolers, Cooper found there is a direct correlation between homework and achievement if assignments last between one to two hours per night. After two hours, however, achievement doesn’t improve. For high schoolers, Cooper’s research suggests that two hours per night is optimal. If teens have more than two hours of homework a night, their academic success flatlines. But less is not better. The average high school student doing homework outperformed 69 percent of the students in a class with no homework.

Many schools are starting to act on this research. A Florida superintendent abolished homework in her 42,000 student district, replacing it with 20 minutes of nightly reading. She attributed her decision to “ solid research about what works best in improving academic achievement in students .”

More family time

A 2020 survey by Crayola Experience reports 82 percent of children complain they don’t have enough quality time with their parents. Homework deserves much of the blame. “Kids should have a chance to just be kids and do things they enjoy, particularly after spending six hours a day in school,” says Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth . “It’s absurd to insist that children must be engaged in constructive activities right up until their heads hit the pillow.”

By far, the best replacement for homework — for both parents and children — is bonding, relaxing time together.

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• Go upstairs and do your homework.
• For your homework, please do exercise 3 on page 24.
• When I finish my homework, can I watch TV?
• Get on with your homework.
• She was trying to duck out of doing her homework.

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Definition of homework noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• I always do my homework on the bus.
• physics/geography/French, etc. homework
• I still haven't done my geography homework.
• How much homework do you get?
• for homework I have to write up the notes for homework.
• (especially North American English) I have to finish this homework assignment .
• acquire/​get/​lack (an) education/​training/ (British English) (some) qualifications
• receive/​provide somebody with training/​tuition
• develop/​design/​plan a curriculum/ (especially British English) course/ (North American English) program/​syllabus
• give/​go to/​attend a class/​lesson/​lecture/​seminar
• hold/​run/​conduct a class/​seminar/​workshop
• sign up for/​take a course/​classes/​lessons
• go to/​start preschool/​kindergarten/​nursery school
• be in (North American English) the first, second, etc. grade/ (British English) year 1, 2. etc. (at school)
• study/​take/​drop history/​chemistry/​German, etc.
• (British English) leave/​finish/​drop out of/ (North American English) quit school
• (North American English) graduate high school/​college
• be the victim/​target of bullying
• (British English) play truant from/ (both British English, informal) bunk off/​skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
• (both especially North American English) skip/​cut class/​school
• (British English) cheat in/ (North American English) cheat on an exam/​a test
• get/​be given a detention (for doing something)
• be expelled from/​be suspended from school
• do your homework/ (British English) revision/​a project on something
• work on/​write/​do/​submit an essay/​a dissertation/​a thesis/​an assignment/ (North American English) a paper
• finish/​complete your dissertation/​thesis/​studies/​coursework
• hand in/ (North American English) turn in your homework/​essay/​assignment/​paper
• study/​prepare/ (British English) revise/ (North American English) review/ (North American English, informal) cram for a test/​an exam
• take/ (both British English) do/​sit a test/​an exam
• (especially British English) mark/ (especially North American English) grade homework/​a test
• (British English) do well in/ (North American English) do well on/ (especially North American English, informal) ace a test/​an exam
• pass/​fail/ (especially North American English, informal) flunk a test/​an exam/​a class/​a course/​a subject
• apply to/​get into/​go to/​start college/ (British English) university
• leave/​graduate from law school/​college/ (British English) university (with a degree in computer science)
• study for/​take/ (British English) do/​complete a law degree/​a degree in physics
• (both North American English) major/​minor in biology/​philosophy
• earn/​receive/​be awarded/​get/​have/​hold a master’s degree/​a bachelor’s degree/​a PhD in economics
• Have you finished your homework?
• Have you done your physics homework yet?
• I was helping my sister with her maths homework.
• The homework assignments are worth 10% of the final grade.
• I have some homework to do on the Civil War.
• I want you to hand in this homework on Friday.
• The science teacher always gives a lot of homework.
• They get a lot of homework in English.
• They get masses of homework at secondary school.
• We had to write out one of the exercises for homework.
• for homework
• homework  on

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• You could tell that he had really done his homework (= found out all he needed to know) .

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• schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom ( distinguished from classwork ).
• a single assignment of such schoolwork: Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.
• paid work done at home , as piecework.

to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.

/ ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk /

• school work done out of lessons, esp at home
• any preparatory study
• work done at home for pay

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Yow started her homework and saw Frese had gone 35-22 with two winning seasons at Ball State, which hadn’t had a winning record in its previous nine seasons.

Do some homework before investing in a diamond, and that lifelong commitment.

Another poster included an image of their losses over what appeared to be online math homework.

As we countdown to Inauguration Day, I've been doing my homework—and looking to the past for inspiration.

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She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.

And we encourage parent-student “contracts,” for class attendance, homework submission and even extra-curriculum activities.

Adicéam did his homework, spending 50 days collecting pieces, many with unexpected stories behind them.

Much of this homework is done by a very bad light and the boy's eyes suffer much.

For homework we have prepared alphabets where the letters are printed in type-writing order.

His parents were always getting angry with him for losing his clothes, or his toys, or his homework.

Only at the time when he was going to Beauregard School, with his homework.

And once a week or twice a week she was sending her homework or something to him.

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Does Homework Really Help Students Learn?

A conversation with a Wheelock researcher, a BU student, and a fourth-grade teacher

“Quality homework is engaging and relevant to kids’ lives,” says Wheelock’s Janine Bempechat. “It gives them autonomy and engages them in the community and with their families. In some subjects, like math, worksheets can be very helpful. It has to do with the value of practicing over and over.” Photo by iStock/Glenn Cook Photography

Do your homework.

If only it were that simple.

Educators have debated the merits of homework since the late 19th century. In recent years, amid concerns of some parents and teachers that children are being stressed out by too much homework, things have only gotten more fraught.

“Homework is complicated,” says developmental psychologist Janine Bempechat, a Wheelock College of Education & Human Development clinical professor. The author of the essay “ The Case for (Quality) Homework—Why It Improves Learning and How Parents Can Help ” in the winter 2019 issue of Education Next , Bempechat has studied how the debate about homework is influencing teacher preparation, parent and student beliefs about learning, and school policies.

She worries especially about socioeconomically disadvantaged students from low-performing schools who, according to research by Bempechat and others, get little or no homework.

BU Today  sat down with Bempechat and Erin Bruce (Wheelock’17,’18), a new fourth-grade teacher at a suburban Boston school, and future teacher freshman Emma Ardizzone (Wheelock) to talk about what quality homework looks like, how it can help children learn, and how schools can equip teachers to design it, evaluate it, and facilitate parents’ role in it.

BU Today: Parents and educators who are against homework in elementary school say there is no research definitively linking it to academic performance for kids in the early grades. You’ve said that they’re missing the point.

Bempechat : I think teachers assign homework in elementary school as a way to help kids develop skills they’ll need when they’re older—to begin to instill a sense of responsibility and to learn planning and organizational skills. That’s what I think is the greatest value of homework—in cultivating beliefs about learning and skills associated with academic success. If we greatly reduce or eliminate homework in elementary school, we deprive kids and parents of opportunities to instill these important learning habits and skills.

We do know that beginning in late middle school, and continuing through high school, there is a strong and positive correlation between homework completion and academic success.

That’s what I think is the greatest value of homework—in cultivating beliefs about learning and skills associated with academic success.

You talk about the importance of quality homework. What is that?

Quality homework is engaging and relevant to kids’ lives. It gives them autonomy and engages them in the community and with their families. In some subjects, like math, worksheets can be very helpful. It has to do with the value of practicing over and over.

What are your concerns about homework and low-income children?

The argument that some people make—that homework “punishes the poor” because lower-income parents may not be as well-equipped as affluent parents to help their children with homework—is very troubling to me. There are no parents who don’t care about their children’s learning. Parents don’t actually have to help with homework completion in order for kids to do well. They can help in other ways—by helping children organize a study space, providing snacks, being there as a support, helping children work in groups with siblings or friends.

Isn’t the discussion about getting rid of homework happening mostly in affluent communities?

Yes, and the stories we hear of kids being stressed out from too much homework—four or five hours of homework a night—are real. That’s problematic for physical and mental health and overall well-being. But the research shows that higher-income students get a lot more homework than lower-income kids.

Teachers may not have as high expectations for lower-income children. Schools should bear responsibility for providing supports for kids to be able to get their homework done—after-school clubs, community support, peer group support. It does kids a disservice when our expectations are lower for them.

The conversation around homework is to some extent a social class and social justice issue. If we eliminate homework for all children because affluent children have too much, we’re really doing a disservice to low-income children. They need the challenge, and every student can rise to the challenge with enough supports in place.

What did you learn by studying how education schools are preparing future teachers to handle homework?

My colleague, Margarita Jimenez-Silva, at the University of California, Davis, School of Education, and I interviewed faculty members at education schools, as well as supervising teachers, to find out how students are being prepared. And it seemed that they weren’t. There didn’t seem to be any readings on the research, or conversations on what high-quality homework is and how to design it.

Erin, what kind of training did you get in handling homework?

Bruce : I had phenomenal professors at Wheelock, but homework just didn’t come up. I did lots of student teaching. I’ve been in classrooms where the teachers didn’t assign any homework, and I’ve been in rooms where they assigned hours of homework a night. But I never even considered homework as something that was my decision. I just thought it was something I’d pull out of a book and it’d be done.

I started giving homework on the first night of school this year. My first assignment was to go home and draw a picture of the room where you do your homework. I want to know if it’s at a table and if there are chairs around it and if mom’s cooking dinner while you’re doing homework.

The second night I asked them to talk to a grown-up about how are you going to be able to get your homework done during the week. The kids really enjoyed it. There’s a running joke that I’m teaching life skills.

Friday nights, I read all my kids’ responses to me on their homework from the week and it’s wonderful. They pour their hearts out. It’s like we’re having a conversation on my couch Friday night.

It matters to know that the teacher cares about you and that what you think matters to the teacher. Homework is a vehicle to connect home and school…for parents to know teachers are welcoming to them and their families.

Bempechat : I can’t imagine that most new teachers would have the intuition Erin had in designing homework the way she did.

Ardizzone : Conversations with kids about homework, feeling you’re being listened to—that’s such a big part of wanting to do homework….I grew up in Westchester County. It was a pretty demanding school district. My junior year English teacher—I loved her—she would give us feedback, have meetings with all of us. She’d say, “If you have any questions, if you have anything you want to talk about, you can talk to me, here are my office hours.” It felt like she actually cared.

Bempechat : It matters to know that the teacher cares about you and that what you think matters to the teacher. Homework is a vehicle to connect home and school…for parents to know teachers are welcoming to them and their families.

Ardizzone : But can’t it lead to parents being overbearing and too involved in their children’s lives as students?

Bempechat : There’s good help and there’s bad help. The bad help is what you’re describing—when parents hover inappropriately, when they micromanage, when they see their children confused and struggling and tell them what to do.

Good help is when parents recognize there’s a struggle going on and instead ask informative questions: “Where do you think you went wrong?” They give hints, or pointers, rather than saying, “You missed this,” or “You didn’t read that.”

Bruce : I hope something comes of this. I hope BU or Wheelock can think of some way to make this a more pressing issue. As a first-year teacher, it was not something I even thought about on the first day of school—until a kid raised his hand and said, “Do we have homework?” It would have been wonderful if I’d had a plan from day one.

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There are 81 comments on Does Homework Really Help Students Learn?

Insightful! The values about homework in elementary schools are well aligned with my intuition as a parent.

when i finish my work i do my homework and i sometimes forget what to do because i did not get enough sleep

same omg it does not help me it is stressful and if I have it in more than one class I hate it.

Same I think my parent wants to help me but, she doesn’t care if I get bad grades so I just try my best and my grades are great.

I think that last question about Good help from parents is not know to all parents, we do as our parents did or how we best think it can be done, so maybe coaching parents or giving them resources on how to help with homework would be very beneficial for the parent on how to help and for the teacher to have consistency and improve homework results, and of course for the child. I do see how homework helps reaffirm the knowledge obtained in the classroom, I also have the ability to see progress and it is a time I share with my kids

The answer to the headline question is a no-brainer – a more pressing problem is why there is a difference in how students from different cultures succeed. Perfect example is the student population at BU – why is there a majority population of Asian students and only about 3% black students at BU? In fact at some universities there are law suits by Asians to stop discrimination and quotas against admitting Asian students because the real truth is that as a group they are demonstrating better qualifications for admittance, while at the same time there are quotas and reduced requirements for black students to boost their portion of the student population because as a group they do more poorly in meeting admissions standards – and it is not about the Benjamins. The real problem is that in our PC society no one has the gazuntas to explore this issue as it may reveal that all people are not created equal after all. Or is it just environmental cultural differences??????

I get you have a concern about the issue but that is not even what the point of this article is about. If you have an issue please take this to the site we have and only post your opinion about the actual topic

This is not at all what the article is talking about.

This literally has nothing to do with the article brought up. You should really take your opinions somewhere else before you speak about something that doesn’t make sense.

we have the same name

so they have the same name what of it?

lol you tell her

totally agree

What does that have to do with homework, that is not what the article talks about AT ALL.

Yes, I think homework plays an important role in the development of student life. Through homework, students have to face challenges on a daily basis and they try to solve them quickly.I am an intense online tutor at 24x7homeworkhelp and I give homework to my students at that level in which they handle it easily.

More than two-thirds of students said they used alcohol and drugs, primarily marijuana, to cope with stress.

You know what’s funny? I got this assignment to write an argument for homework about homework and this article was really helpful and understandable, and I also agree with this article’s point of view.

I also got the same task as you! I was looking for some good resources and I found this! I really found this article useful and easy to understand, just like you! ^^

i think that homework is the best thing that a child can have on the school because it help them with their thinking and memory.

I am a child myself and i think homework is a terrific pass time because i can’t play video games during the week. It also helps me set goals.

Homework is not harmful ,but it will if there is too much

I feel like, from a minors point of view that we shouldn’t get homework. Not only is the homework stressful, but it takes us away from relaxing and being social. For example, me and my friends was supposed to hang at the mall last week but we had to postpone it since we all had some sort of work to do. Our minds shouldn’t be focused on finishing an assignment that in realty, doesn’t matter. I completely understand that we should have homework. I have to write a paper on the unimportance of homework so thanks.

homework isn’t that bad

Are you a student? if not then i don’t really think you know how much and how severe todays homework really is

i am a student and i do not enjoy homework because i practice my sport 4 out of the five days we have school for 4 hours and that’s not even counting the commute time or the fact i still have to shower and eat dinner when i get home. its draining!

i totally agree with you. these people are such boomers

why just why

they do make a really good point, i think that there should be a limit though. hours and hours of homework can be really stressful, and the extra work isn’t making a difference to our learning, but i do believe homework should be optional and extra credit. that would make it for students to not have the leaning stress of a assignment and if you have a low grade you you can catch up.

Studies show that homework improves student achievement in terms of improved grades, test results, and the likelihood to attend college. Research published in the High School Journal indicates that students who spent between 31 and 90 minutes each day on homework “scored about 40 points higher on the SAT-Mathematics subtest than their peers, who reported spending no time on homework each day, on average.” On both standardized tests and grades, students in classes that were assigned homework outperformed 69% of students who didn’t have homework. A majority of studies on homework’s impact – 64% in one meta-study and 72% in another – showed that take home assignments were effective at improving academic achievement. Research by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) concluded that increased homework led to better GPAs and higher probability of college attendance for high school boys. In fact, boys who attended college did more than three hours of additional homework per week in high school.

So how are your measuring student achievement? That’s the real question. The argument that doing homework is simply a tool for teaching responsibility isn’t enough for me. We can teach responsibility in a number of ways. Also the poor argument that parents don’t need to help with homework, and that students can do it on their own, is wishful thinking at best. It completely ignores neurodiverse students. Students in poverty aren’t magically going to find a space to do homework, a friend’s or siblings to help them do it, and snacks to eat. I feel like the author of this piece has never set foot in a classroom of students.

THIS. This article is pathetic coming from a university. So intellectually dishonest, refusing to address the havoc of capitalism and poverty plays on academic success in life. How can they in one sentence use poor kids in an argument and never once address that poor children have access to damn near 0 of the resources affluent kids have? Draw me a picture and let’s talk about feelings lmao what a joke is that gonna put food in their belly so they can have the calories to burn in order to use their brain to study? What about quiet their 7 other siblings that they share a single bedroom with for hours? Is it gonna force the single mom to magically be at home and at work at the same time to cook food while you study and be there to throw an encouraging word?

Also the “parents don’t need to be a parent and be able to guide their kid at all academically they just need to exist in the next room” is wild. Its one thing if a parent straight up is not equipped but to say kids can just figured it out is…. wow coming from an educator What’s next the teacher doesn’t need to teach cause the kid can just follow the packet and figure it out?

Well then get a tutor right? Oh wait you are poor only affluent kids can afford a tutor for their hours of homework a day were they on average have none of the worries a poor child does. Does this address that poor children are more likely to also suffer abuse and mental illness? Like mentioned what about kids that can’t learn or comprehend the forced standardized way? Just let em fail? These children regularly are not in “special education”(some of those are a joke in their own and full of neglect and abuse) programs cause most aren’t even acknowledged as having disabilities or disorders.

But yes all and all those pesky poor kids just aren’t being worked hard enough lol pretty sure poor children’s existence just in childhood is more work, stress, and responsibility alone than an affluent child’s entire life cycle. Love they never once talked about the quality of education in the classroom being so bad between the poor and affluent it can qualify as segregation, just basically blamed poor people for being lazy, good job capitalism for failing us once again!

why the hell?

you should feel bad for saying this, this article can be helpful for people who has to write a essay about it

This is more of a political rant than it is about homework

I know a teacher who has told his students their homework is to find something they are interested in, pursue it and then come share what they learn. The student responses are quite compelling. One girl taught herself German so she could talk to her grandfather. One boy did a research project on Nelson Mandela because the teacher had mentioned him in class. Another boy, a both on the autism spectrum, fixed his family’s computer. The list goes on. This is fourth grade. I think students are highly motivated to learn, when we step aside and encourage them.

The whole point of homework is to give the students a chance to use the material that they have been presented with in class. If they never have the opportunity to use that information, and discover that it is actually useful, it will be in one ear and out the other. As a science teacher, it is critical that the students are challenged to use the material they have been presented with, which gives them the opportunity to actually think about it rather than regurgitate “facts”. Well designed homework forces the student to think conceptually, as opposed to regurgitation, which is never a pretty sight

Wonderful discussion. and yes, homework helps in learning and building skills in students.

not true it just causes kids to stress

Homework can be both beneficial and unuseful, if you will. There are students who are gifted in all subjects in school and ones with disabilities. Why should the students who are gifted get the lucky break, whereas the people who have disabilities suffer? The people who were born with this “gift” go through school with ease whereas people with disabilities struggle with the work given to them. I speak from experience because I am one of those students: the ones with disabilities. Homework doesn’t benefit “us”, it only tears us down and put us in an abyss of confusion and stress and hopelessness because we can’t learn as fast as others. Or we can’t handle the amount of work given whereas the gifted students go through it with ease. It just brings us down and makes us feel lost; because no mater what, it feels like we are destined to fail. It feels like we weren’t “cut out” for success.

homework does help

here is the thing though, if a child is shoved in the face with a whole ton of homework that isn’t really even considered homework it is assignments, it’s not helpful. the teacher should make homework more of a fun learning experience rather than something that is dreaded

This article was wonderful, I am going to ask my teachers about extra, or at all giving homework.

I agree. Especially when you have homework before an exam. Which is distasteful as you’ll need that time to study. It doesn’t make any sense, nor does us doing homework really matters as It’s just facts thrown at us.

Homework is too severe and is just too much for students, schools need to decrease the amount of homework. When teachers assign homework they forget that the students have other classes that give them the same amount of homework each day. Students need to work on social skills and life skills.

I disagree.

Beyond achievement, proponents of homework argue that it can have many other beneficial effects. They claim it can help students develop good study habits so they are ready to grow as their cognitive capacities mature. It can help students recognize that learning can occur at home as well as at school. Homework can foster independent learning and responsible character traits. And it can give parents an opportunity to see what’s going on at school and let them express positive attitudes toward achievement.

Homework is helpful because homework helps us by teaching us how to learn a specific topic.

As a student myself, I can say that I have almost never gotten the full 9 hours of recommended sleep time, because of homework. (Now I’m writing an essay on it in the middle of the night D=)

I am a 10 year old kid doing a report about “Is homework good or bad” for homework before i was going to do homework is bad but the sources from this site changed my mind!

Homeowkr is god for stusenrs

I agree with hunter because homework can be so stressful especially with this whole covid thing no one has time for homework and every one just wants to get back to there normal lives it is especially stressful when you go on a 2 week vaca 3 weeks into the new school year and and then less then a week after you come back from the vaca you are out for over a month because of covid and you have no way to get the assignment done and turned in

As great as homework is said to be in the is article, I feel like the viewpoint of the students was left out. Every where I go on the internet researching about this topic it almost always has interviews from teachers, professors, and the like. However isn’t that a little biased? Of course teachers are going to be for homework, they’re not the ones that have to stay up past midnight completing the homework from not just one class, but all of them. I just feel like this site is one-sided and you should include what the students of today think of spending four hours every night completing 6-8 classes worth of work.

Are we talking about homework or practice? Those are two very different things and can result in different outcomes.

Homework is a graded assignment. I do not know of research showing the benefits of graded assignments going home.

Practice; however, can be extremely beneficial, especially if there is some sort of feedback (not a grade but feedback). That feedback can come from the teacher, another student or even an automated grading program.

As a former band director, I assigned daily practice. I never once thought it would be appropriate for me to require the students to turn in a recording of their practice for me to grade. Instead, I had in-class assignments/assessments that were graded and directly related to the practice assigned.

I would really like to read articles on “homework” that truly distinguish between the two.

oof i feel bad good luck!

thank you guys for the artical because I have to finish an assingment. yes i did cite it but just thanks

thx for the article guys.

Homework is good

I think homework is helpful AND harmful. Sometimes u can’t get sleep bc of homework but it helps u practice for school too so idk.

I agree with this Article. And does anyone know when this was published. I would like to know.

It was published FEb 19, 2019.

Studies have shown that homework improved student achievement in terms of improved grades, test results, and the likelihood to attend college.

i think homework can help kids but at the same time not help kids

This article is so out of touch with majority of homes it would be laughable if it wasn’t so incredibly sad.

There is no value to homework all it does is add stress to already stressed homes. Parents or adults magically having the time or energy to shepherd kids through homework is dome sort of 1950’s fantasy.

What lala land do these teachers live in?

Homework gives noting to the kid

Homework is Bad

homework is bad.

why do kids even have homework?

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Any assignment you're expected to complete after school and bring back to class the next day is called homework . Many students make up excuses for not having their homework done. The "My dog ate my homework " excuse doesn't work so well in the digital age.

High school students typically have a lot of homework most days, and often that's true for younger students as well. In college, an increasing amount of school work is done outside of class, as homework (even if you do it in the library, a cafe, or a dorm). Homework originally referred to any work done at home, including cooking and cleaning. The first example of the "school work" meaning dates from the late 1880s.

• noun preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) synonyms: prep , preparation see more see less type of: school assignment , schoolwork a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher

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What does the noun homework mean?

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun homework . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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British english, u.s. english, where does the noun homework come from.

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The earliest known use of the noun homework is in the mid 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for homework is from 1653, in the writing of Edmund Chillenden, parliamentarian army officer and General Baptist leader.

homework is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: home n. 1 , work n.

Nearby entries

• homeward-bounder, n. 1837–
• homeward-bound pennant, n. 1853–
• homewardly, adv. 1797–
• homewards, adv. & adj. Old English–
• homeware, n. 1782–
• home waters, n. 1838–
• home wear, n. 1836–
• home-whining, n. a1657
• home wind, n. 1732–
• home-woe, n. 1838–
• homework, n. 1653–
• homework club, n. 1900–
• homework diary, n. 1973–
• homeworker, n. 1843–
• homeworking, n. 1844–
• home-working, adj. 1850–
• home worship, n. 1849–
• homewort, n. Old English–
• home-wreck, n. 1845–
• home-wrecker, n. 1878–
• home-wrecking, n. 1878–

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What’s the Purpose of Homework?

• Homework teaches students responsibility.
• Homework gives students an opportunity to practice and refine their skills.
• We give homework because our parents demand it.
• Our community equates homework with rigor.
• Homework is a rite of passage.
• design quality homework tasks;
• differentiate homework tasks;
• move from grading to checking;
• decriminalize the grading of homework;
• use completion strategies; and
• establish homework support programs.
• Always ask, “What learning will result from this homework assignment?” The goal of your instruction should be to design homework that results in meaningful learning.
• Assign homework to help students deepen their understanding of content, practice skills in order to become faster or more proficient, or learn new content on a surface level.
• Check that students are able to perform required skills and tasks independently before asking them to complete homework assignments.
• When students return home, is there a safe and quite place for them to do their homework? I have talked to teachers who tell me they know for certain the home environments of their students are chaotic at best. Is it likely a student will be able to complete homework in such an environment? Is it possible for students to go to an after school program, possibly at the YMCA or a Boys and Girls Club. Assigning homework to students when you know the likelihood of them being able to complete the assignment through little fault of their own doesn’t seem fair to the learner.
• Consider parents and guardians to be your allies when it comes to homework. Understand their constraints, and, when home circumstances present challenges, consider alternative approaches to support students as they complete homework assignments (e.g., before-or after-school programs, additional parent outreach).

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Does 'Homework' Spelled Backwards Mean 'Child Abuse' in Latin?

Thousands of languages have existed throughout the history of humanity. there is no evidence the word "krowemoh" ever belonged to any of them., alex kasprak, published jan. 31, 2021.

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The claim that the word "homework" spelled backwards translates to "child abuse" in Latin has been a feature of the internet since at least March 2013 . In January 2021, a Reddit thread brought the assertion renewed interest .

The claim is false. The word "krowemoh" does not exist in the Latin language. In fact, not even the character "W" existed in Latin, whose alphabet contained 23 characters . Latin, the language of the Roman Empire and the Catholic Church, had largely died out by the 6th century AD — replaced by regional dialects that would ultimately become the Romance languages of Europe.

A form of the character W was first used around the 7th century AD, because the Latin alphabet did not have a character to represent the sound /w/ spoken in Germanic and old English languages. As a solution, writers began using "uu" (or "vv" as u and v referred to the same character in the classical Latin alphabet) to represent the sound /w/. The character we now know as "W" did not see widespread use until the 1500s , well after Latin-speaking humans were creating new words in that language.

All of this is to say that "krowemoh" is not a word and it certainly does not mean "child abuse" in Latin or any other language we are aware of.

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Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class.

If we look internationally, homework is assigned in every country that participated in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012.

Across the participating countries, 15-year-old students reported spending almost five hours per week doing homework in 2012. Australian students spent six hours per week on average on homework. Students in Singapore spent seven hours on homework, and in Shanghai, China they did homework for about 14 hours per week on average.

Read more: Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading

Shanghai and Singapore routinely score higher than Australia in the PISA maths, science and reading tests. But homework could just be one of the factors leading to higher results. In Finland, which also scores higher than Australia, students spent less than three hours on homework per week.

So, what’s the purpose of homework and what does the evidence say about whether it fulfils its purpose?

Why do teachers set homework?

Each school in Australia has its own homework policy developed in consultation with teachers and parents or caregivers, under the guiding principles of state or regional education departments.

For instance, according to the New South Wales homework policy “… tasks should be assigned by teachers with a specific, explicit learning purpose”.

Homework in NSW should also be “purposeful and designed to meet specific learning goals”, and “built on knowledge, skills and understanding developed in class”. But there is limited, if any, guidance on how often homework should be set.

Research based on teacher interviews shows they set homework for a range of reasons. These include to:

establish and improve communication between parents and children about learning

help children be more responsible, confident and disciplined

practise or review material from class

determine children’s understanding of the lesson and/or skills

introduce new material to be presented in class

provide students with opportunities to apply and integrate skills to new situations or interest areas

get students to use their own skills to create work.

So, does homework achieve what teachers intend it to?

Do we know if it ‘works’?

Studies on homework are frequently quite general, and don’t consider specific types of homework tasks. So it isn’t easy to measure how effective homework could be, or to compare studies.

But there are several things we can say.

First, it’s better if every student gets the kind of homework task that benefits them personally, such as one that helps them answer questions they had, or understand a problem they couldn’t quite grasp in class. This promotes students’ confidence and control of their own learning.

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Giving students repetitive tasks may not have much value . For instance, calculating the answer to 120 similar algorithms, such as adding two different numbers 120 times may make the student think maths is irrelevant and boring. In this case, children are not being encouraged to find solutions but simply applying a formula they learnt in school.

In primary schools, homework that aims to improve children’s confidence and learning discipline can be beneficial. For example, children can be asked to practise giving a presentation on a topic of their interest. This could help build their competence in speaking in front of a class.

Homework can also highlight equity issues. It can be particularly burdensome for socioeconomically disadvantaged students who may not have a space, the resources or as much time due to family and work commitments. Their parents may also not feel capable of supporting them or have their own work commitments.

According to the PISA studies mentioned earlier, socioeconomically disadvantaged 15 year olds spend nearly three hours less on homework each week than their advantaged peers.

Read more: 'I was astonished at how quickly they made gains': online tutoring helps struggling students catch up

What kind of homework is best?

Homework can be engaging and contribute to learning if it is more than just a sheet of maths or list of spelling words not linked to class learning. From summarising various studies’ findings, “good” homework should be:

personalised to each child rather than the same for all students in the class. This is more likely to make a difference to a child’s learning and performance

achievable, so the child can complete it independently, building skills in managing their time and behaviour

aligned to the learning in the classroom.

If you aren’t happy with the homework your child is given then approach the school. If your child is having difficulty with doing the homework, the teacher needs to know. It shouldn’t be burdensome for you or your children.

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Definitions for homework ˈhoʊmˌwɜrk home·work, this dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word homework ., princeton's wordnet rate this definition: 3.8 / 4 votes.

homework, prep, preparation noun

preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

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• homework noun

Paid work done at home, especially piecework.

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Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.

You must do your homework before you can watch television.

Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research.

The speaker had certainly done his homework before delivering the lecture.

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Homework is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the classroom. Common homework assignments may include required reading, a writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, information to be reviewed before a test, or other skills to be practiced. The effects of homework are debated. Generally speaking, homework does not improve academic performance among young children. Homework may improve academic skills among older students, especially lower-achieving students. However, homework also creates stress for students and parents, and reduces the amount of time that students can spend in other activities.

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Homework refers to tasks or assignments given to students by their teachers that are expected to be completed outside of regular school hours. These assignments are usually related to the topics being taught in class and serve to reinforce learning, practice new skills, and prepare students for upcoming lessons or assessments. Homework can take various forms such as reading, writing, problem-solving, researching, or completing exercises. It is designed to encourage independent study, time management, and responsibility in students.

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Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Common homework assignments may include a quantity or period of reading to be performed, writing or typing to be completed, problems to be solved, a school project to be built, or other skills to be practiced.

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How to pronounce homework?

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The numerical value of homework in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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The numerical value of homework in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of homework in a Sentence

Instead of saying, 'the dog ate my homework , it's someone else's fault,' once it became clear, he's taking the lead now, it does point out that we have a 20th century regulatory system on a 21st century world. Someone needs to change how we go about Washington's role in this so there's more accountability and more transparency.

Melanie Young :

People really need to do their homework . Don't be a bleeding heart, you have to use your head.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez :

I think the president was unprepared. I don't think he did his homework . ... There was no plan, is this a campaign stop or a State of the Union?

Lee Zeldin :

My 16-year-old daughters, Mikayla and Arianna, were at our house doing homework , while my wife, Diana, and I were in the car, having just departed the Bronx Columbus Day Parade in Morris Park.

Francis Byrd :

I think companies are starting to conduct a type of self-examination when they receive a phone call or letter from an activist, where companies are doing their homework , they will say, 'maybe these folks might have a point'.

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What is homework backwards: Krowemoh - a Latin word or a popular scam? Read this article to find out

What is homework spelled backwards

There’s a popular idea that homework spelled backwards, krowemoh, means child abuse in Latin. But this idea doesn’t hold any water since the Latin alphabet doesn’t even contain the letter W.

It’s easy for students to come up with ludicrous ideas to get rid of the guilt of not doing homework. But the facts are different. Krowemoh is not a word in Latin, and it has nothing to do with child abuse. For that matter, it doesn’t even sound like a Latin word. German, maybe, but definitely not Latin.

Surely, students are not keen on the idea of doing homework every day. This is why they come up with these rumors and spread them among their peers. But in reality, homework is a useful way of assessing students’ knowledge. It’s tedious and hard for learners to do it every day, especially after a whole day of classes. But unfortunately, a better way of testing students’ knowledge hasn’t been invented yet. Whether it’s for written or oral examination, students still have to dedicate a lot of time to education at home.

In this article, we will try to change your opinion on homework by presenting you with some facts on its use in real life, as well as tips for making it easier on you.

How did the popular myth start?

It’s hard to trace back the origin of any myth, especially nowadays. Myths, rumors and ideas spread like wildfire these days. But most of them originate online. The same has most likely happened here. The most popular idea of this myth’s conception is that it originated as a joke. It probably started as a meme or a joke on  some school’s forum and took off from there.

The thing about the internet is that, unfortunately, many people believe everything they see as long as they agree with it. If a young student sees a post on social media that says that homework is a form of child abuse, they are highly likely to believe it and start spreading this information. The reference to latin makes it that much more believable. Yet, this is a valuable lesson that we should all learn from. The internet is full of misinformation, and it’s paramount that you check your facts. The more sources you use the better. Just like with academic writing.

The truth is, homework is good for you. It gives you the opportunity to look at the facts presented during class from your own perspective. You research other sources, find more in-depth information and get acquainted with the topic on a deeper level. This leads to more profound and long-term learning.

Homework backwards: Does it actually mean anything?

Homework backwards is krowemoh. Krowemoh in Latin is not even a word. First of all, the Latin alphabet doesn’t use the letter ‘W.’ Homework in Latin is congue. This word also can mean loan depending on the context. By a long  shot, this may even mean that doing homework will help you pay out your student loans.

Not that ancient Romans predicted education would be so expensive, you need to take a huge loan and pay it off for your entire life, but still. Doing homework, studying well and graduating will help you in the future. It may be hard to believe, but some companies still do care about your diploma. And those companies are the ones that pay the best.

In the English language, krowemoh meaning homework backwards doesn’t stand for anything but a bunch of gibberish. And it definitely does not mean child abuse, not in Latin or any other language. Even though it may not seem like it, homework is actually good for you.

Arguments against homework

Surely, most students are deeply opposed to doing homework. It takes a bunch of time, professors get stricter and more demanding every year, and the topics of those pesky essays seem to take you 40 years in the past sometimes.

For most people, the last thing they want to do after coming home from school is doing more school assignments. If you want to learn more about why homework should be banned , you should check out this article.

Luckily, modern students came up with many solutions to this issue. Some resort to AI tools to help them craft an outline for an essay. Unfortunately, the screws got pretty tight on using AI for homework help as soon as students started actively using it. Still, using AI for drafting a structure for your essay is not a crime. And it’s much easier to write once you have an outline.

Also, you can outsource your entire paper or some of its sections to professional services like Studyfy. A professional writer who you choose yourself will not use AI. Instead, they will use their expertise and years of experience to craft a custom paper just for you.

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Why homework is good and we have 10 reasons why students should have homework

Why is homework important ? Homework is so far the best way to assess your knowledge, independence and critical thinking skills. Sure, you can use the internet while at home and research all the topics you don’t understand. But research is also an important skill that doing homework regularly teaches you.

Tests during classes are another means of assessing students’ knowledge. But the drawback is that they take quite a bit of time, and you can’t do them too often. Since if you would, the teacher would have no time to actually teach you new topics.

10 Benefits of Homework:

• Homework teaches students about time management.
• Homework teaches students how to set priorities.
• Homework helps teachers determine how well the lessons are being understood by their students.
• Homework teaches students how to problem solve.
• Homework gives student another opportunity to review class material.
• Homework gives parents a chance to see what is being learned in school.
• Homework teaches students how to take responsibility for their part in the educational process.
• Homework teaches students that they may have to do things—even if they don’t want to.
• Homework teaches students to work independently.
• Homework teaches students the importance of planning, staying organized, and taking action.

Skills that homework develops

Homework is not just a torture device. Students learn a lot of valuable skills from doing their homework.

The first one is self-education. During higher education, like college or university, a lot more emphasis is placed on self education. Students are given part of the material is class, but the majority of the topic they are to learn independently. This is a very valuable skill that students will use way beyond campus.

Independence goes hand in hand with self-education. Independence in doing research, thinking critically, making decisions, like which approach to choose for a particular study, or even which assignment to tackle first, is very important for a student. You learn to prioritize, make executive decisions and solve problems.

Homework also teaches you consequences of actions. Sure, this may sound a bit childish, but there’s no better way to learn the value of prioritization than during a class for which you didn’t prepare. At least once, every student will decide to go out rather than do homework, and greatly regret it the next day. Forgetting about a test or an oral examination is a classic event that every student will go through. But after it happens once, you will check your homework assignments and schedules more carefully, right?

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Wrapping up

Homework in latin does not mean child abuse. This myth must be debunked and forgotten. What started as a joke has gone a bit too far, in our opinion. This should be a good lesson for students to not believe everything they see or hear online. The internet is full of misinformation and a lot of these false facts and propaganda are meant to cause a reaction. Don’t feed into this cycle.

Homework is a great device to test students’ aptitude in the topics they study. Usually, when professors give homework, they want to see how you work independently. They want you to show your critical thinking skills, your interpretation of the class materials and evidence of your independent research. This is not a torture device. But if you see it as one, it may surely feel like it. If you ever feel overwhelmed, remember that asking for help, like searching for ‘ do my homework ’ services, can provide the support you need to succeed.

But as soon as you change your perspective from ‘this professor just wants me to suffer,’ to ‘this professor wants me to learn deeper,’ doing homework will become easier. It’s not there to make you miserable. Instead, doing homework will help you do better in your classes. And in turn, it will help you secure a good job with a stable paycheck.

Interpreting the Significance of Completing Homework in Your Dreams

Have you ever had a dream where you found yourself sitting at a desk, doing your school homework? Dreams have always been a fascinating topic, often associated with hidden meanings and symbols. The dream of doing school homework may seem mundane at first, but it can hold deeper significance.

In dreams, school homework can symbolize the need for learning and growth. It may suggest that there are areas in your waking life where you feel the need to expand your knowledge or acquire new skills. This dream could be a gentle reminder from your subconscious to focus on your educational or intellectual pursuits.

Additionally, dreaming about school homework can also represent a sense of responsibility and diligence. It may indicate that you are someone who takes their obligations seriously and strives for excellence. This dream could be a reflection of your conscientious nature and dedication to achieving your goals.

On a more symbolic level, doing school homework in a dream can represent the challenges and obstacles you face in your waking life. It may suggest that you are in a phase of life where you are required to put in effort and work hard to overcome difficulties. This dream could serve as a reminder to stay committed and persevere in the face of adversity.

In conclusion, dreaming about doing school homework can carry various meanings, depending on the context and personal circumstances. Whether it symbolizes the desire for growth, responsibility, or perseverance, paying attention to these dreams can provide valuable insights into your waking life. So the next time you find yourself doing school homework in a dream, take a moment to reflect on its possible significance.

What Does It Mean to Do School Homework in a Dream?

When we dream about doing school homework, it can often be a reflection of our subconscious mind processing the stress and responsibilities associated with our academic life. Homework is commonly associated with studying, learning, and completing tasks that are necessary for our educational development.

1. Symbol of Responsibility

In dreams, homework can symbolize responsibility and the need to fulfill our obligations. It may represent the diligence and discipline required to achieve academic success. The dream may be reminding us to stay focused and committed to our goals.

2. Fear of Failure

Doing school homework in a dream may also indicate a fear of failure or a sense of inadequacy. It could be a reflection of the pressure we feel to perform well academically and the anxiety that comes with it. The dream might be highlighting our worries about not meeting expectations.

Moreover, if we struggle or feel overwhelmed while doing homework in the dream, it may symbolize difficulties or challenges we face in our waking life. It could be a sign that we need to reassess our study habits or seek additional support to overcome obstacles.

3. Need for Balance

Alternatively, dreaming about doing school homework can serve as a reminder to find a healthy balance between academics and other aspects of our lives. It may indicate that we are dedicating too much time and energy to our studies, neglecting other important areas such as relationships, hobbies, or self-care.

• The dream could be urging us to prioritize self-care and relaxation to avoid burnout.
• It may also point out that we need to allocate our time more efficiently and create a schedule that allows for both work and leisure.
• Additionally, it could encourage us to explore interests outside of the academic sphere.

In conclusion, dreaming about doing school homework can have various meanings depending on the context and personal circumstances. It may symbolize responsibility, fear of failure, or the need for balance. These dreams serve as a reminder to evaluate our academic priorities and overall well-being.

Understanding the Significance of Dreaming about School Homework

Dreams often provide insights into our subconscious thoughts and emotions. When you dream about school homework, it could indicate various meanings and significant aspects of your life.

1. Responsibility and Pressure

Dreaming about school homework might symbolize the responsibilities and pressures you face in your waking life. It could represent your ability to manage and fulfill obligations efficiently. This dream may be a reflection of your need to organize and complete tasks.

2. Learning and Growth

Homework is an essential part of the learning process, and dreaming about it could suggest a desire for personal growth and improvement. It may symbolize your dedication to acquiring knowledge and developing new skills. This dream could be an indication of your commitment to education and your pursuit of self-improvement.

In addition to these specific interpretations, it is important to remember that dreams are highly personal and can vary in meaning for each individual. To fully understand the significance of dreaming about school homework, consider your current circumstances, emotions, and personal experiences.

Furthermore, the emotions and events that occur during the dream can provide additional insights into its meaning. Reflecting on the symbols and feelings present in the dream can help you uncover deeper understandings of yourself and your subconscious mind.

Overall, dreaming about school homework may indicate a sense of responsibility, the desire for growth and improvement, and the need to manage tasks efficiently. Pay attention to the emotions and details of the dream to gain a more accurate understanding of its significance in your life.

The Psychological Interpretation of Dreaming about School Assignments

Dreams about school assignments can hold significant psychological meaning. These dreams often reflect feelings of pressure, responsibility, and the need to meet expectations. They typically arise during times of stress, particularly when individuals are experiencing a heavy workload or have upcoming obligations that they feel unprepared for.

One common interpretation of dreaming about school assignments is that it reflects subconscious anxiety or fear of failure. The assignment represents a specific task or goal that needs to be completed, mirroring real-life responsibilities. These dreams may serve as a warning sign, indicating that the dreamer is feeling overwhelmed or under immense pressure.

Furthermore, dreaming about school assignments can also symbolize the need for personal growth and development. Schools often serve as a place of learning and self-improvement, so dreaming about assignments could be a manifestation of the dreamer’s desire to develop new skills or expand their knowledge in certain areas.

Another psychological perspective suggests that dreaming about school assignments may reflect feelings of competitiveness or comparison. The dreamer may feel the need to compete with others, whether it be classmates, friends, or colleagues. This could stem from a fear of falling behind or feeling inadequate in comparison to others’ achievements.

Additionally, dreaming about school assignments can also represent a desire for validation or recognition. The dreamer may yearn for acknowledgment from authority figures, such as teachers or supervisors. Meeting deadlines and successfully completing assignments in the dream can symbolize the dreamer’s desire to prove their worth and gain recognition for their efforts.

In conclusion, dreams about school assignments can provide valuable insights into one’s psychological state. They often reflect feelings of pressure, anxiety, personal growth, competitiveness, and the desire for validation. Understanding the psychological interpretation of dreaming about school assignments can help individuals gain a deeper understanding of their emotions and uncover underlying motivations.

Exploring the Possible Symbolism behind School Homework in Dreams

Dreams can often be filled with seemingly random and confusing imagery, leaving us wondering what message or meaning they may hold. One common dream scenario that many people experience is doing school homework in their dreams. While it may appear mundane on the surface, this dream symbol could actually hold deeper symbolic significance.

1. Duty and Responsibility

The act of doing school homework in a dream may symbolize a sense of duty and responsibility in waking life. Homework is often associated with tasks that must be completed in order to achieve academic success. In dreams, it may represent a similar need to fulfill obligations or meet certain expectations. This could indicate that the dreamer feels a strong sense of responsibility towards their work or personal life.

2. Learning and Knowledge

Homework is a fundamental part of the learning process, and in dreams, it could symbolize a desire for knowledge and personal growth. The dreamer may have a thirst for learning and a strong motivation to expand their understanding of the world. It could also suggest that the dreamer is seeking intellectual stimulation or feels the need to acquire new skills.

3. Self-Discipline and Time Management

Completing homework requires self-discipline and effective time management skills. In the context of dreams, doing school homework may signify the dreamer’s need to develop or improve these qualities in their waking life. It may serve as a reminder to prioritize tasks, manage time more efficiently, and exhibit discipline in achieving goals.

4. Stress and Overwhelm

School homework can often be associated with stress and overwhelm in waking life. In dreams, the presence of school homework may indicate that the dreamer is feeling overwhelmed by their current responsibilities or is experiencing high levels of stress. It could be a signal to take a step back, reevaluate priorities, and find ways to manage stress levels effectively.

• Overall, the symbolism behind doing school homework in dreams can vary depending on the personal experiences and feelings of the dreamer.
• It is important to consider the specific details, emotions, and context of the dream to gain a better understanding of its meaning.
• Dreams are highly individual and can be influenced by a variety of factors, including personal experiences, memories, and subconscious thoughts.
• Reflecting on the symbolism behind school homework in dreams can provide valuable insight into the dreamer’s inner thoughts, feelings, and aspirations.

Analyzing the Emotions and Feelings Associated with Dreaming about School Homework

Dreaming about school homework can evoke a range of emotions and feelings that reflect our experiences and anxieties related to academic responsibilities. These dreams often trigger stress, pressure, and a sense of being overwhelmed.

One common emotion associated with dreaming about school homework is anxiety. The pressure to perform well and meet academic expectations can manifest in our dreams as a fear of failure or falling behind. This anxiety may stem from real-life experiences of struggling with assignments or the fear of not being able to meet deadlines.

Another emotion that may arise in these dreams is frustration. The feeling of being unable to complete homework tasks or finding them too challenging can translate into feelings of frustration or inadequacy. These dreams may reflect our own doubts and insecurities about our academic abilities.

On the other hand, dreaming about school homework can also evoke a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Successfully completing assignments or receiving good grades in our dreams can symbolize feelings of achievement and competence. These positive emotions may signify our desire for recognition and validation in our academic pursuits.

Dreams about school homework may also uncover deeper emotions related to self-discipline and time management. Feeling overwhelmed with numerous assignments and the pressure to multitask may highlight our struggle to balance responsibilities and allocate time efficiently. These dreams can serve as a reminder to find healthy coping mechanisms and improve our organizational skills.

In conclusion, dreaming about school homework elicits a variety of emotions, ranging from anxiety and frustration to accomplishment and self-reflection. Understanding the underlying emotions and analyzing their significance can provide valuable insight into our experiences and attitudes towards academic responsibilities. Such dreams can serve as a motivator to manage stress, enhance time management, and strive for personal growth in our educational pursuits.

How Dreaming about School Homework Relates to Real-Life Challenges and Responsibilities

Dreaming about school homework can reveal a lot about the challenges and responsibilities we face in real life. Just as school homework represents a task that needs to be completed, our dreams about it may symbolize the various responsibilities and tasks we have in our everyday lives.

Similar to school assignments, real-life challenges can feel overwhelming at times. Dreaming about school homework may indicate that we are feeling overwhelmed by the tasks and responsibilities we are currently facing. It may serve as a reminder to take a step back, prioritize our tasks, and manage our time effectively.

Additionally, dreaming about school homework can also highlight our attitudes towards responsibility. If the dream represents a positive experience where we complete our homework with ease, it may suggest that we are confident in handling our responsibilities and tasks in real life. On the other hand, if the dream is filled with stress and anxiety from unfinished homework, it could reflect our fear of failure or inadequacy when facing important responsibilities.

Furthermore, dreaming about school homework can be a reflection of our desire for growth and improvement. Just as homework helps us develop new skills and knowledge, our dreams about it may indicate a subconscious yearning for personal and professional growth. It can serve as a motivator to strive for excellence and constantly challenge ourselves to learn and improve.

In conclusion, dreaming about school homework can serve as a metaphor for the challenges and responsibilities we face in real life. It can represent feelings of overwhelm, our attitudes towards responsibility, and our desire for growth and improvement. Exploring and analyzing these dreams can provide valuable insights into how we navigate and handle our daily challenges and responsibilities.

The Impact of Dreaming about School Homework on Motivation and Productivity

Dreams can often reflect our subconscious thoughts and emotions. When it comes to dreaming about school homework, it can have a profound impact on our motivation and productivity. This phenomenon can be both positive and negative, depending on how the dream is viewed and interpreted.

One possible effect of dreaming about school homework is an increase in motivation. Dreams have the power to subconsciously remind us of our goals and aspirations. When we dream about school homework, it can serve as a reminder of the importance of education and the value of completing tasks in a timely and efficient manner. This reminder can boost our motivation to excel academically and perform well in our studies.

Furthermore, dreaming about school homework can also enhance our productivity. As we dream about completing tasks and studying, our brain gets a chance to rehearse and simulate the actions required to achieve those goals. This practice during dreaming can lead to improved cognitive skills, problem-solving abilities, and time management techniques. Subsequently, when we wake up, we may find ourselves better equipped to tackle our real-life schoolwork with increased efficiency and productivity.

On the other hand, dreaming about school homework can sometimes have a negative impact on motivation and productivity. For some individuals, these dreams may evoke feelings of stress, anxiety, or overwhelm. The subconscious pressure to perform well and meet academic expectations can create a sense of unease and demotivation. This can result in decreased productivity and a lack of enthusiasm towards completing schoolwork.

In order to ensure that dreaming about school homework positively affects motivation and productivity, it is important to maintain a balanced perspective. Recognizing the potential benefits of these dreams, such as increased motivation and improved cognitive skills, can help individuals harness the potential of their dreams. Additionally, managing stress and anxiety related to schoolwork through relaxation techniques or seeking support can help mitigate any negative impact these dreams may have on motivation and productivity.

In conclusion, dreaming about school homework can have a significant impact on motivation and productivity. By understanding and interpreting these dreams in a balanced way, individuals can harness the positive effects and strive towards academic success. It is important to remain mindful of the potential negative impact and take steps to manage stress and anxiety to ensure that these dreams contribute positively to motivation and productivity.

Interpreting the Meanings of Different Types of School Homework Dreams

Dreams are thought to be the manifestation of our subconscious mind trying to communicate with us. When it comes to school homework dreams, they can carry various meanings depending on the context and details of the dream. Here are some interpretations of different types of school homework dreams:

1. Overwhelmed and Stressed:

If you dream about being overwhelmed and stressed with school homework, it may indicate that you are feeling overwhelmed and under pressure in your waking life. This dream could be a reflection of your actual emotions and stress related to your academic responsibilities.

2. Success and Achievement:

On the other hand, dreaming about successfully completing your school homework can symbolize a sense of accomplishment and success. It may indicate that you have a strong work ethic and determination to excel academically. This dream could be a reflection of your drive and commitment to achieve your goals.

Overall, school homework dreams can carry a variety of meanings depending on the individual and their personal experiences. It is important to consider the emotions and circumstances surrounding the dream to gain a deeper understanding of its significance.

Tips and Techniques for Dealing with School Homework-Related Dreams

Dealing with school homework-related dreams can be a challenge for many individuals. These types of dreams can often leave a person feeling stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed. However, there are several tips and techniques that can help alleviate the negative emotions associated with these dreams:

1. Establish a Consistent Homework Routine

Creating a consistent homework routine can help reduce the occurrence of school homework-related dreams. By setting aside a specific time and place for studying, your mind becomes accustomed to this routine, making it easier to focus during waking hours and reducing the likelihood of dreaming about homework.

2. Practice Relaxation Techniques before Bedtime

Engaging in relaxation techniques before bedtime can help calm your mind and reduce stress, making it less likely for school homework-related dreams to occur. Try techniques such as deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, or guided imagery to relax your body and mind before falling asleep.

3. Manage Stress Levels

High levels of stress and anxiety can increase the likelihood of school homework-related dreams. Implementing stress management techniques such as exercise, journaling, or talking to a trusted friend or family member can help reduce stress and decrease the frequency of these dreams.

4. Create a Positive Study Environment

A positive study environment can contribute to a more relaxed mindset while doing homework, which can in turn reduce the likelihood of school homework-related dreams. Find a quiet and comfortable space to study, free from distractions, and make sure you have all the necessary materials readily available.

5. Prioritize Self-Care

Taking care of yourself and prioritizing self-care can have a positive impact on your overall well-being, including your dreams. Engage in activities that bring you joy and relaxation, such as practicing a hobby, spending time in nature, or practicing mindfulness, to promote a positive mindset and reduce the occurrence of stressful dreams.

By implementing these tips and techniques, you can effectively deal with school homework-related dreams and improve your overall sense of well-being and sleep quality.

Questions and answers:

What does it mean to dream about doing school homework.

Dreaming about doing school homework can symbolize a sense of responsibility and the need for self-discipline in your waking life. It may also suggest that you feel overwhelmed or stressed about completing tasks or meeting deadlines.

Is dreaming about doing school homework a common dream?

Yes, dreaming about doing school homework is a very common dream. Many people have this dream, especially during times of stress or when they have a lot of responsibilities and tasks to complete.

Does dreaming about doing school homework mean that I have unfinished tasks in my waking life?

Dreaming about doing school homework does not necessarily mean that you have unfinished tasks in your waking life. It can be a reflection of your subconscious mind processing thoughts and emotions related to challenges and responsibilities.

What can I do to interpret my dream about doing school homework?

To interpret your dream about doing school homework, think about the emotions and situations you experienced within the dream. Consider how they may relate to your current life circumstances and feelings of responsibility. Keeping a dream journal and discussing your dreams with a trusted friend or therapist can also help you gain insights.

Can dreaming about doing school homework indicate a fear of failure?

Yes, dreaming about doing school homework can indicate a fear of failure or a fear of not meeting expectations. It may be a reflection of your anxieties or insecurities about your abilities or performance in different areas of your life.

Why do we sometimes dream about doing school homework?

Dreaming about doing school homework can symbolize our feelings of responsibility and the need to fulfill certain obligations. It could also indicate unresolved issues or feelings of being overwhelmed in our waking life.

What does it mean if I dream about doing school homework but never completing it?

If you dream about doing school homework but never completing it, it may suggest a fear of failure or the feeling of being overwhelmed. It could indicate that you are struggling to keep up with your responsibilities or feel like you are constantly falling behind in some aspect of your life.

What it means when you dream about being unprepared for an exam

Dr. Doan Thi Huyen is a qualified psychologist who completed her studies at the Faculty of Psychology at Hanoi University of Science and Technology. She has a profound interest in the world of dreams and their meanings, dedicating many years to studying this enigmatic realm. In her practice, she employs an approach based on the works of great psychologists and interpretations from renowned dream books. Dr. Doan Thi Huyen aims to help her clients understand the hidden messages of their dreams and use this information for personal growth and an improved quality of life.

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What does ENM mean? Your polyamory questions, answered.

What does "polysaturation" mean? What is a "metamour?" What about a "relationship escalator?"

As conversations around polyamory go more mainstream, plenty of terms get thrown around that might sound unfamiliar to those outside those communities.

To start with, polyamory  means "multiple loves" – a word coined in the late 20th century, with Greek and Latin roots.

"It usually describes a particular approach to (consensual non-monogamy) that prioritizes ongoing emotional and sexual connections with multiple partners,"  Sheila Addison , a family and marriage therapist, told USA TODAY. It's not to be confused with polygamy, aka "multiple wives" – something typically associated with religious or cultural practices, she said.

Experts have broken down some of the other key ones you should know, from "ENM" to "relationship anarchy." And keep in mind you don't have to be interested in trying polyamory to read up on it. "The more that even monogamous people are willing to learn and educate themselves about polyamory, the better it is for everyone," Shanna Kattari , associate professor at the School of Social Work and in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at the University of Michigan, told USA TODAY.

Great question: Why are we so obsessed with polyamory?

What is ENM? What does monogamous mean?

• Consensual or ethical non-monogamy.  These terms are  synonymous  and ways to describe polyamorous relationships . Ethical non-monogamy is also known colloquially as "ENM." Polyamory is a type of consensual non-monogamy. Monogamy, of course, is seeing only one person at a time (though " modern monogamy " would like a word).
• Solo polyamory.  This is when "polyamorists have multiple relationships but do not become intertwined with the other people," said Adrienne Davis , organizational behavior and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. They might not live with nor share finances with partners, according to WebMD .
• Metamour. That's shorthand for "your partner's partner," according to Jessica Daylover , co-author of " Polyamory and Parenthood ." It's a platonic connection you have with someone with whom you share a romantic relationship. Daylover's metamour is almost like a stepmother, while she calls her boyfriend a "proxy parent" to her kids.
• Kitchen-table polyamory.  A family-like bond between partners is encouraged. The web of all these relationships is referred to as a "polycule."

It can get complicated: Polyamory, pregnancy and the truth about what happens when a baby enters the picture

What about polysaturation or relationship anarchy?

• Polysaturation. This happens "when ENM individuals reach the maximum number of romantic or sexual relationships that they can comfortably and sustainably manage," says Grace Lawrie , a licensed professional counselor. They may not be able to add relationships into their life "without compromising the quality of their existing relationships or their own well-being." Everyone has different bandwidth levels of polysaturation.
• Relationship anarchy. "The practice of actively choosing to tailor and customize your relationships to your own wants and needs, without influence from the culture or the relationship escalator," according to Daylover's book.
• Relationship escalator. Daylover calls this "the default set of societal expectations for intimate relationships" in her book. She and her husband also write: "Partners are expected to remain together at the top of the escalator until death, and de-escalating or dismantling in any way is considered a 'failure.' When people ask 'is it getting serious?' about a new relationship, what they’re really asking is, 'is the relationship traveling up the escalator?'"

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Column: Google rolled over California lawmakers. What does it mean for news?

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Hello, and happy Thursday. There are 67 days until the election, but today we’re sticking to Sacramento, which I am now dubbing Googleville since that company seems to have a concerning amount of control over state government.

Please don’t confuse it with Whoville, where everyone was happy. We should not be happy.

I am referring to the now-dead Journalism Preservation Act (AB 886), a name that is almost funny considering how bad it turned out to be for the journalism and the journalists it set out to protect. But the secret deal around its demise is great for Google — and Meta and Amazon and insert-big-tech here. So there’s that.

And here’s a number I’d like you to keep in mind as we go: $42 million.

That is how much Google founder Sergey Brin is estimated to make each hour he works . Yes, each hour.

Let’s dive in. But hold your breath, because this stinks.

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The bills that turned into a backroom deal

You may have heard in recent days about a proposed new public-private partnership between Google and the state that allegedly helps protect the collapsing news industry from total wreckage — labeled as a happy alternative to two pieces of legislation that were moving through the statehouse, but have now been killed.

Oakland Assemblymember Buffy Wicks was running AB 886 , which would have made companies such as Google pay newsrooms for money it makes advertising next to their stories.

Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) was running SB 1327 , a bill the tech companies hated even more because it would have taxed Amazon, Meta and Google for the data they glean from consumers and created a “data extraction mitigation fee” that would have gone to news publishers. Glazer said this could have brought in $1 billion a year for the news industry.

Instead, after under-wraps negotiations (led by Wicks with the help of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg and involving the California News Publishers Assn., of which this newspaper is a part) that had no public involvement (no hearings, no transcripts, no transparency and definitely no media coverage) we get a resolution that excites no one but Google.

And it has no formal enforcement mechanism anyway, so it’s basically a handshake deal.

Except for the money you owe. That’s going to be formalized into the budget, starting with $30 million next year. Why are you, the public, being asked to chip in? We’ll get to that.

But first, the official take:

“This agreement represents a major breakthrough in ensuring the survival of newsrooms and bolstering local journalism across California — leveraging substantial tech industry resources without imposing new taxes on Californians,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement that makes me want to barf over its disingenuousness.

“The deal not only provides funding to support hundreds of new journalists, but helps rebuild a robust and dynamic California press corps for years to come, reinforcing the vital role of journalism in our democracy.”

Let me translate that for you: This deal does not provide close to the level of funding that is owed or that would be meaningful, but does help further decimate the once-dynamic California press corps, ensuring that the vital role of journalism in our democracy will continue to slide off a cliff until it is replaced by cheaper and less-nosy artificial intelligence.

But Newsom will have termed out by then and has never shown particular respect for the California press corps, so whatever, I guess?

So how did it happen?

To be fair to Newsom, he didn’t make the deal. But his public silence around the bills helped push a non-legislative resolution over the finish line. There’s three reasons for that:

• Newsom doesn’t want to take on big tech, which means he didn’t want either of these bills on his desk, where he would have had to either sign, or be the guy who sided with big tech.
• Newsom doesn’t want to take on big tech when he’s terming out and no longer has another office in clear sight.
• Newsom doesn’t want to take on big tech when he’s supposed to be laying low and not messing up Kamala Harris.

So Wicks was left starting negotiations on three wheels. She ended up, as Glazer called it on X (formerly Twitter), with a “2% solution” that “is not going to pull independent news out of their death spiral.”

Having both the Glazer bill in the Senate and the Wicks bill in the Assembly created pressure not only on Google, but also on Amazon and Meta. While both measures were hard sells, both also had support from legislators (even a few Republicans) and a shot at passing their house of origin, and maybe the whole joint.

That momentum was the threat and the leverage — that California, following in the footsteps of Canada and Australia, could set a legal precedent not only to help California journalists, but provide a model for other states.

Faced with that, Google warned it would do what it did in Canada — pull news off its platform , potentially reducing the audience for California publishers, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations.

When I asked Google to comment on that, it referred me to an April blog post, when the company was experimenting with link removals. At the time, Jaffer Zaidi, vice president of Global News Partnerships, wrote that, “If passed, CJPA may result in significant changes to the services we can offer Californians and the traffic we can provide to California publishers.”

There was also talk that, if the bills passed, the laws could be tied up in “years of litigation,” according to Wicks.

So this was a good old-fashioned game of chicken. With only two weeks left in the legislative session, each side was beginning to sweat. Who would swerve first?

The answer is Wicks.

“I genuinely saw this as the best deal we were going to get,” she told me. “People may not like the outcome of where it’s landing, but it’s going to be resources in the hands of the public.”

Wicks has been working on this for two years, and I’ve talked to her multiple times about it. I do believe she had good intentions.

I don’t believe, as she told me she does, that politics is the “art of the possible.”

Because if we settle for what’s possible, we give up fighting for what’s right.

Again, this is a handshake deal, and part of the Google funding is dependent on what the state puts in — which will require legislative approval every year.

So really, this is a hope and a prayer for crumbs. There is no memorandum of understanding, no signing on the dotted line. Who knows what will happen?

But Google is supposed to put $15 million into a journalism fund next year, along with an additional $5 million for an artificial intelligence project and $10 million in direct donations to digital news outlets.

After that, for four years, Google would put $10 million into the fund, and give $10 million in direct donations (it already gives out some of these types of monies). All of this will be administered through a new nonprofit housed at UC Berkeley.

In all, it adds up to $250 million — about six hours of earning for Brin. And of course, it includes only Google. Everyone else is off the hook.

There are three things I find alarming about this deal, with all that in mind:

• It lacks transparency. Legislative deals should not be done in backrooms, especially deals that affect democracy.
• It sets the bad precedent that government needs to pay to prop up journalism, rather than requiring those profiting from it to pay their fair share.
• It sets the bad precedent that Google and other tech companies are more powerful than government.

A bigger pond

So is all lost?

The Senate was not happy with Wicks’ deal, and Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire said in a statement that the Senate is “committed to continuing to work with all sides.”

Even those in the business are conflicted. The CNPA, which sponsored Wicks’ bill, supports the deal, calling it a “first step toward what we hope will become a comprehensive program to sustain local news in the long term.”

The Media Guild of the West, representing union journalists, including at The Times, is vehemently opposed.

But one thing is clear: Google has shown just how powerful it is. Any action against these technology giants will probably need to come from the U.S. government.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), have been pushing a bill for years that would provide compensation for news publishers. Of course, with a Republican-controlled House, it won’t go far. But maybe that changes in November.

And in a landmark ruling this month , a federal judge decided that Google has acted illegally with its online search business to maintain a monopoly. It’s a huge antitrust decision on par with the historic cases against Standard Oil or AT&T .

The U.S. Department of Justice could seek to break the company up — but of course, Google will appeal and any resolution is far off.

Still, “This victory against Google is an historic win for the American people,” Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland said in a statement. “No company — no matter how large or influential — is above the law.”

Just above lawmakers, in California at least.

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While the NFL's mandatory roster cutdown deadline might be a thing of the past, all 32 teams are still hard at work finding ways to improve their respective outlooks for the 2024-25 season. The Kansas City Chiefs are no different, and general manager Brett Veach added a new cornerback into the mix on Wednesday morning.

According to the daily transaction wire, Kansas City claimed now-former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Eric Scott Jr. from the waiver wire. As a waiver pickup, the 26-year-old will go directly to the 53-man roster and require a corresponding move to be made once officially processed.

Scott, a 2023 NFL Draft pick, went 178th overall in the sixth round to Dallas. Ironically, that was a pick the Cowboys received from the Chiefs via an in-draft trade. Kansas City got their man after all, though, following a bit of a wait. Scott didn't appear in any games during his rookie campaign but enjoyed a productive preseason for the reigning NFC East champs.

And now he gets to play for the Hometown team. https://t.co/EN4m1pHxEx — Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) August 28, 2024

Scott, a Kansas native, ended up attending Butler before arriving at Southern Mississippi as a junior in 2020. Playing three seasons with the Golden Eagles, he amassed 78 total tackles in 34 games with five interceptions. During his final collegiate campaign, he logged five passes broken up and scored the only two touchdowns of his career. He also had two tackles for loss.

Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 204 pounds, Scott has the requisite size to thrive as a cornerback in the NFL. He tested well with tremendous vertical and broad jump numbers during the pre-draft process, too, which helps his case. The Basehor-Lindwood product recorded a sparkling 8.69 Relative Athletic Score , although a 4.71-second 40-yard dash time was quite poor. The jury is still out Scott's quickness, as he also struggled in the 10- and 20-yard splits.

The Chiefs carried six cornerbacks on the initial 53-man roster: Trent McDuffie, Jaylen Watson, Joshua Williams, Nazeeh Johnson, Nic Jones and Chris Roland-Wallace (who is a hybrid safety piece). With the addition of Scott, who surrendered just a 53.2 passer rating when targeted this preseason, there's reason to imply that one of Jones or Roland-Wallace could soon fall victim to the aforementioned corresponding move. Kansas City will continue to shuffle its roster as Week 1's game against the Baltimore Ravens approaches.

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