Homework Management

Homework! As soon as homework is assigned to students, they feel depressed and are in a bad mood for the remainder of the day. They would have to work a lot if they got so much homework. They would want to spend time by themselves and not want to interact with anyone for the rest of their day at school. Students whose ages range from 7 years to 15 years do not enjoy doing homework and the only place where they think that they have to work is at school and they do not have to work at home which means that they are free at home. Why do students think like that?

Homework is very important for students in Middle School and High School. A very key skill that helps students with their homework is Time Management. If students are able to manage their time well, they will be able to finish all the homework assigned to them.

On asking a student by the name of Arnav Gupta about how he manages his homework, he mentioned, “ I go home and organise my homework for that day according to the subjects I have the next day.” Students should make a timetable stating the amount of time they should spend on homework each day. It should also state the amount of time they spend on homework each day so that they can finish all their homework before the due date.

The best way for students to manage their homework is by making a timetable that states all the work that they have to do each day. If they make a timetable stating the work they have to do each day, they can finish all the homework that has been assigned to them.

Certain sources say that students receive lots and lots of homework that they spend the whole day doing homework. Certain websites gives students ideas on how to manage their homework time.

Since students receive so much homework, they do not have time to interact with their friends and family. Students should spend about 30 minutes a day doing homework in order to have more time for things that they enjoy doing.

According to a student of UWCSEA East by the name of Joel Antony, his school asks him to spend only thirty minutes a day doing homework. He mentioned,”I spend only thirty minutes doing homework and that gives me time to play cricket with my friends during the evening and I get to spend more time with my family.” Those 30 minutes that students should spend doing homework becomes 3 hours as they spend most of that time on social media.

According to experts, students should try to work on not getting distracted by Social media while doing their homework. If they spend most of their time on social media, they would obviously feel that they have a lot of homework as they would not be able to complete it. On asking a parent by the name of Elizabeth, she mentioned, “ If students manage their time properly, they can finish all the homework assigned to them and they should not postpone the homework assigned that day.” According to Experts, students feel that they have a lot of homework as they spend most of their homework time on Facebook or Skype. Due to that, they feel that they have a lot of homework as they do not have any time to work as they spent most of that time of task.

Experts mention that student’s daily routine at school is ruined as they feel lethargic as they would work till the early hours of the morning as If students work on their homework till the early hours of the morning, they go to school feeling lethargic and drowsy the next morning which would have an impact on their daily routine. It is very important for students to have a good night’s sleep in order to feel fresh for school the next day.

Children whose ages range between 7 years and 15 years, prefer spending time with friends and family rather than doing homework. Schools should try to reduce the pressure on children by giving them less homework. When will students take less stress on homework? When?

Homework Management

Homework! As soon as homework is assigned to students, they feel depressed and are in a bad mood for the remainder of the day. They would have to work for the entire day if they got so much homework. They would want to spend time by themselves and not want to interact with anyone for the rest of their day at school. Students whose ages range from 7 years to 15 years do not enjoy doing homework and the only place where they think that they have to work is at school and they do not have to work at home which means that they are free at home. Why do students think like that?

Homework is very important for students in Middle School and High School. A very key skill that helps students with their homework is Time Management. If students are able to manage their time well, they will be able to finish all the homework assigned to them. On asking a student by the name of Arnav Gupta about how he manages his homework, he mentioned, “ I go home and organise my homework for that day according to the subjects I have the next day.” The best way for students to manage their homework is by making a timetable that states all the work that they have to do everyday. If they make a timetable stating the work they have to do each day, they can finish all the homework that has been assigned to them.”

Certain sources say that students receive lots and lots of homework that they spend the whole day doing homework is a website that gives students ideas on how to manage their homework time. Since students recieve so much homework, they do not have time to interact with their friends and family. Students should spend about 30 minutes a day doing homework in order to have more time to themselves. According to a student of UWCSEA East by the name of Joel Antony, his school asks him to spend only thirty minutes a day doing homework. He mentioned,”I spend only thirty minutes doing homework and that gives me time to play cricket with my friends during the evening and I get to spend more time with my family.” Many schools try to reduce the stress on students by giving them less homework. On asking a parent by the name of Elizabeth, she mentioned, “ If students manage their time properly, they can finish all the homework assigned to them and they should not postpone the homework assigned that day.” If students work on their homework till the early hours of the morning, they go to school feeling lethargic and drowsy the next morning and that will ruin their daily routine. It is very important for students to have a good night’s sleep in order to feel fresh the next day.

Children whose ages range between 7 years and 15 years, prefer spending time with friends and family rather than doing homework. Schools should try to reduce the pressure on children by giving them less homework. When will students take less stress on homework? When?

New Stadium

On the 16th of August 2014, the first football match at the Kallang National stadium was being held. The match was being played between Juventus Football Club vs Singapore Selection. Joel Antony and his father were one of the 28 thousand people that were turning up at the national stadium. Many people came to watch the game just to catch a glimpse of their favourite player and team. There are many famous players in Juventus like Andrea Pirlo, Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez, Gianluigi Buffon etc. The players came out for a short practice session just to warm up for a match that will go down in the history books. At about 5:55 pm, the players came out on the pitch on the Kallang stadium dawning their team jerseys. The national anthem of Singapore was played and a loud roar was heard after the national anthem was played.

It was finally time for the match to commence. Juventus started the game off. Both teams got of to a good start but 13 minutes into the match, Juventus got a free kick just outside the penalty area. Andrea Pirlo stepped up to take the free kick and managed to score. It was a gem of a free kick and the crowd went crazy. After that goal, Juventus started controlling the game and were making the Singaporean players run a lot. Whenever a player who majority of the fans liked touched the ball, there would be a loud roar. Singapore had a few chances but Juventus managed to get a penalty at the verge of half time. Andrea Pirlo was in charge of taking the penalty and he managed to cooly slot the ball in the back of the net. The crowd went wild again and it was half time shortly after that. Joel Antony and his father were pretty impressed with the proceedings and were looking forward to the second half.

Two members of UWC East met up during half time. Their names were Joel Antony and Nikhil Shah. On asking Nikhil Shah about what he thought of the first half, he mentioned, “Singapore should have played better as it was the first match at their new stadium and I felt that the two goals scored by Andrea Pirlo were really skilful and only a player like him could have scored those goals.” There were many other interesting activities during half time like Samba performances and people being shown on the big screen.

It was time for the game to resume. Singapore started this time as Juventus started in the first half. Many Juventus players were substituted as they had to be rested for the Italian Premier League. Singapore started strongly but Juventus managed to find the goal thanks to Paul Pogba. Two more goals were scored on the second half and both those goals were scored by substitutes. The final score was 5-0 and it was truly a one sided game. All the players created history that day and Andrea Pirlo was declared the man of the match for his contributions to the game and Juventus got an iconic trophy presented by the sports president of Singapore. All the fans were happy and that match was going to be on people’s mind for a long time. Joel Antony and Nikhil Shah met again and he mentioned

“ It was an amazing game and I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Even though I wanted Singapore to win, I am still happy with the result.”