Student Writing Showcase 6-8

Uniforms are Not in Schools – At Least They Shouldn’t Be By Bella           Many schools like their students to wear uniforms. However, are uniforms the answer for all schools? No, uniforms are not the answer. Today surveyed 17,000 people ages eighteen through sixty-four, asking them what they thought about dress codes. Fifty-one percent think their school uniform makes them feel uncomfortably hot or cold. Thirty-three percent think their school uniform forces them to spend more money on uniforms. Additionally, twenty-nine percent think uniforms limit their comfort and make them feel less productive. Twenty-two percent think school uniforms limit freedom to express themselves, and thirteen percent think school uniforms target their gender in unfair ways (Murray). Students should not have to wear school uniforms because uniforms hinder freedom of expression, are too expensive, and cause students to suffer mentally.      Students sh...

Too Much Homework: A Curse to Independent Thinking, Hobbies, and Sleep By Ammie Grade 5      Is extra homework a benefit or a hindrance to student learning? Giving students lots of homework seems like a great idea. It seems like it can improve the learning of a student, and it seems like it lets a student know learning is much more important than playing. But actually, giving students lots of homework is not a good idea. It hurts student’s learning. It shows the students homework, not learning, is more important than anything else. Students shouldn’t have too much homework because students will have less time to think in their own way, it doesn’t let students work on their hobbies, and it prevents students from getting the sleep they need.      First, when students are doing too much homework, they are not thinking in their own way, but only mindlessly doing what the teacher said. “Many students said…they often did homework they saw as ‘pointless’ or ‘mindl...

Writing Persuasive Essays Too Much Homework: A Curse to Independent Thinking, Hobbies, and Sleep  By Ammie Grade 5 Uniforms are Not in Schools – At Least They Shouldn’t Be   By Bella Grade 5 Why Shouldn’t Students Have Summative Testing  By Bella