No Homework?

What if homework had never been invented? What if tests were the only thing that tested a students intelligence? Life would be phenomenal. The average student would have a lot more time to do better, more exciting things. Tests would be the only way to test intelligence and the student's grade would be up to him or her rather than up to nit picky homework assignments that can hurt a student drastically if they don't do them, but don't help much if they are completed. Getting a zero on homework a few homeworks can drop a student a few letter grades, but getting one hundreds on every homework may only raise a grade ten points maximum. In all reality homework is a nag. It is there to keep students social lives less interesting than they should be and I don't think anyone really appreciates homework. Examinations make sense because they test a student's knowledge of the material, but homework just tries to help the student learn the material, and each student should make that their own responsibility without the fear of punishment. Basically, homework should not exist and tests should be the ultimate way to tests a student's knowledge of material, without having to worry about dumb nuissances along the way.