Schools Makes Peoples Insane…
The school seems to think that students aren’t people.
They seem to think that we are super-computers with the capacity to write several essays each night.
And complete some work sheets.
And learn things before we’ve been taught them.
However, we are (quite obviously) NOT super-computers. And the assumption that we are has resulted in several technical overloads and a lot of shorted circuits, wires being crispy fried and so on.
In short, work leads to melt-down.
There needs to be a subtle balance between homework and playing Tetris for hours. This balance being no homework at all, and lots of fun filled computer games. 
But some homework can be fun. Back in the good old days of year 7 and 8, homework was to make a sword out of tinfoil and be ready for a pretend invasion of Normandy on the school field in the morning. Good times. Even year 12 homework could be ok at times. Our first ever piece of Biology homework was to make a cake that looked like the inside of a cell. That was fun. I used different coloured icing and jelly diamonds and those shiny silver things that taste like cola.
Which brings me to my second point…
Listening is very important.
Our English teacher told us to listen as part of our homework.
You can learn a lot when you listen. For example, I learned that people are INSANE. Never again will I expect to hear “Dude! Let me smell your face!” after watching a girl hit her boyfriend in the face with a car sponge.
Best homework ever.
And with good homework, comes great lessons. We spent a whole lesson walking round and asking people questions, like “What is your favourite word?” “Have you ever read a dictionary?” “What is your opinion of cheesecake?” etc. Not for the answers, but for what they did; analysing whether they laughed, used gestures, etc.
And I learned that male teachers feel that they are allowed to take power over and oppress women by butting into a conversation that has nothing to do with them and using sarcasm to undermine the power of the women in question.
So, to the teacher who interrupted our “Bio-Linguistic Study into Power and Relationships in Conversation”, you are an ugly git, and may your pyjamas be filled with boiled rice so you are very uncomfortable at night.
To everyone else who took part in the study, Thank You. We appreciate your time and effort.