In high school, the average class load, through all grades, is seven classes. For each one of those classes, students will get an average of two pages of homework everyday. According to Craig Canapari, MD, the average homework assignment takes the average teenager a total of 60 minutes to complete, and 1-2 hours if it’s an AP (advanced placement) class. So at the end of the day, the school expects you to work an average of seven to the extreme amount of fourteen hours per day! Yet the average school day is 7.5 hours long. Meaning by the time you arrive home, you need to get working on that homework. Not to mention your three meals a day, periodic breaks, and your standard eight hours of sleep. Yet you could be taking AP classes, so you will most definitely not FINISH all of your homework. Now, this is being generous because you could get sick, or have a family emergency, and don’t forget the rest of the obstacles that might stall your work time.

Taking this into consideration, how many students would devote their life to an algebra packet? According to Learning Disabilities Association of America, the recommended time for the average teen is 150 minutes a day. This number doesn't even come close to the reality of homework time. 150 minutes per day would in fact help our students become healthier. Along with the stress decreasing, they would be more social and engaging in life instead of using their blood, sweat, and tears to complete mere high school. Plus, high school just prepares you for college; it doesn't FIND your career.

So, future president of America, I ask you to go over this matter and to consider looking into this problem. The future generations are going to realize the same thing. While they can only plead and protest, it’s up to our government to decide what will happen with our students’ homework. The Department of Education can start a PETITION for a board or amendment for the lessening or obliteration of homework. The only thing needed for it to pass is the president's acknowledgement of the amendment and the popular, supporting vote from the country. So please, lessen or even COMPLETELY get rid of homework.