The Harmful Effects of Homework High school students feel more stress than working adults, and children begin to experience an aversion to learning. Adolescents and children are at risk of health problems due to anxiety and spend less time with family, playing and sleeping. The cause of all this is the excessive amount of homework which suffocates students. Homework causes students to sleep less, be more stressed, and even force them to give up extracurricular activities. These negative outcomes can be improved by reducing the homework load. Students continue to work late into the night to meet pressing assignment deadlines, sacrificing much-needed sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, teens need 8.5 to 9.25 hours of sleep to succeed in school, but they only get an average of 7 hours of sleep due to school work (Teens and Sleep). There is a cruel cycle between schoolwork and sleep. Students are given many assignments and stay up late to work on them. In class, they spend time reviewing their homework and cannot fit the lesson into the class period. To make matters worse, they are still given a large amount of homework in order to follow the lessons and repeat the process. When students don't get enough sleep to be able to work at school, they can't pay attention in class and fall behind in school. The dangers are very real when it comes to lack of sleep, such as when student drivers arrive at school in the morning. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes each year, and one of the leading factors in drowsy driving is lack of sleep (NHTSA). In high school, students can drive to school, and if they are not... in the middle of a sheet ...... g, and asking: "What is the highest grade?" bass that I can get? In fact, Finland, one of the leading countries in education, almost never gives homework, unlike other countries, such as Thailand, which give more homework and are late (Suskind). Even if teachers in Finland gave homework, it would only take thirty minutes. Teachers may also benefit from less homework, as it would reduce the time spent grading. Reduce the amount of homework students receive so they can get the sleep they need to fully grow and develop. Changing the large body of homework will help students not have excessive stress and have more time to participate in extracurricular activities, which would bring other important benefits. Less burden will help students be healthier, more productive, and become a more fully developed person..