My eyes were glued to the computer screen. It was 11:20 p.m. and the assignment due at 11:59 p.m. was creeping up on me fast. As I sat there trying to write about the Great Depression all I could think about was how much homework I still had. I myself was in a great depression.
I’ve been told junior year is supposed to be the hardest year of my high school career, but I didn’t expect it to be this hard. You would think our teachers would have some pity on us especially since we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, but even then they showed no mercy.
In just one week I had two five page assignments for the same class both due by 11:59 p.m., and I still had a 900 word essay to write along with three quizzes and a test. Ask any teenager taking all AP classes and they’ll tell you the same thing: it’s too much! The copious amount of school work we get each week would be worth it if half the stuff we get wasn’t busy work. Watching a 40 minute video on Edpuzzle almost every week isn’t worth my while. Although that is an easy 100, it takes up too much of my time and won’t benefit me in the long run.
With everything being online, students are at a disadvantage. Teachers are not able to properly teach their students the necessary material used in that class. Being virtual is bad enough so why add to the struggle with work that
no one knows how to do?
I think to some teachers being in an AP class means that the loads of work they give us is acceptable, which would be semi true if we weren’t stuck at home trying to learn from a computer screen.
Hopefully there is at least one teacher reading this thinking to themselves “Wow, maybe I should really consider all of the other work my
students are getting from their other core classes.” And might I suggest having a conference with your fellow co-workers about how much homework you’re giving your students.
To the teacher reading this, if you put yourself into your students’ shoes, you wouldn’t want this much work either.
By Sophia Nuño