The Harmful Effects of Homework High school students feel more stressed than working adults, and children begin to feel aversion to learning. Both 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 too many tasks that suffocate students. Homework causes students to sleep less, be more stressed, and even force them to give up extracurricular activities. These negative results can be improved by reducing the homework load. Students continue to work late into the night to meet urgent homework deadlines, sacrificing much-needed sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, teens need 8.5-9.25 hours of sleep to do well in school, but they only sleep an average of 7 hours due to school work (Teens and Sleep). There is a cruel cycle between school work and sleep. Students are given a lot of homework and stay up late to work on it. In class they waste time reviewing homework and fail to fit the lesson into the class period. To make matters worse, they are given another large amount of homework to keep up with the lessons and repeat the process. When students don't get the amount of sleep they need to work in 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 main factors in drowsy driving is not getting enough sleep (NHTSA). In high school, students can go to school on their own and, if they're not... halfway through the test... g, and ask, "What's the lowest grade I can pass?" In fact, Finland, one of the leading countries in education, almost never assigns homework, unlike other countries, such as Thailand, which assign more homework and are behind (Suskind). Even if teachers in Finland assigned homework, it would only take thirty minutes to finish it. Teachers may also benefit from less homework because it would reduce the amount of time spent on grading. Reduce the amount of homework students receive so they can get the sleep they need to fully grow and develop. Changing the large amount of homework will help students not have an excessive amount of stress and have more time to participate in extracurricular activities, which would provide other important benefits. A lower burden will help students be healthier, more productive, and a more fully developed person.