Thesis: Teachers should give students more homework.
1. Stay out of trouble
o Fights
o Drugs/alcohol
o Stealing
o Stay busy, productive
2. So much they need to learn
o Not enough time in class
o Need to understand many things to vote in democracy
§ History keeps changing
§ Economics
o Good jobs need high skills
§ New science/technology
3. International competition
o Students in other countries spend more time studying
§ Korea – 16 hours a day
o Companies can hire workers, set up offices anywhere
§ Already lost many jobs
§ Not enough engineers in US