Ms Hart: I'm telling you, Samuel, homework builds good habits. Twenty minutes a day teaches students to organise their time.
Mr Okoye: Twenty minutes in one subject. But my students have six subjects. That is two hours of homework.
Ms Hart: Not every day.
Mr Okoye: Almost every day. And many of them have jobs, or look after younger brothers and sisters.
Ms Hart: Then they learn responsibility.
Mr Okoye: They learn to be tired. Research shows that after a certain amount, homework doesn't help at all. It just steals sleep.
Ms Hart: And without it, how do they practise?
Mr Okoye: In class, with us. Why not use the lesson for practice and send home only one task?
Ms Hart: One task... for the whole evening?
Mr Okoye: One good task, with a challenge for those who want more.
Ms Hart: That is actually reasonable. A short task and an optional challenge.
Mr Okoye: And no homework at the weekend.
Ms Hart: Don't push your luck. Friday, maybe.
Mr Okoye: Agreed. By the way, did you do the report that the headteacher asked for?
Ms Hart: ...That's my homework for tonight.
Fiction note: All people, places and events in this dialogue are fictional.