You get just as many days off at a year-round school as you would at a traditional school, just at a year-round school, it’s spreaded out through the year rather than all in one big break (The Pros and Cons of Year-Round School). Short breaks gives time for kids to have a better education and avoids kids getting too board over the long break. Yeah, you wouldn’t get to have 3 week vacations, but who does? Some kids say that they get a break right when they need it and it’s refreshing to them and they’re ready to listen (The Pros and Cons of Year-Round School). It would be easier for them to pick up where they left
Ian Brown Mr. Moran English I - Honors 12 March 2012 Year-Round Schooling Pro Rebuttal The issue of having year-round school in America or not has been going around for decades. This system is practiced throughout the world with the huge exception of many of our schools. Some claim that it doesn’t make a difference to a child’s scores, but spending more time in the classroom, with shorter but often breaks, can keep their mind refreshed. Even U.S. President Barack Obama stated that the hardships and new challenges in this emerging century “demand more time in the classroom.” Some opponents of this system say that our summer vacation is the perfect time to have a full time-off and that you won’t lose much of what you learned the previous school year. In fact, according to a study at the University of Missouri, they found that many students forgot over two and one-half months of whatever their grade-level equivalency is in mathematics.
Extending the school day may do more harm than good. Secondly, a major reason why the school day should not be extended two hours for students to get help on their homework is simply because of the fact that they do not all need it. Many kids like to work at their own pace and should have the option of getting help or not. Kids that need help go to after school tutorial, but the school should not enforce that all students must stay longer. Another reason to support this idea is because students do not always need two hours to do their homework.
I am sure that most all of you have experienced to joys of summer vacation. The three months of no school, no responsibilities, and the freedom of not having to write an English paper or finish a list of Math problems. However, although you may remember the fun of summer vacation, you may also remember the weeks of preparation and review that went into the beginning of every new school year as you had to relearn last year’s material that you had forgotten over the summer. This is not a unique experience for students coming back from summer vacation. Learning is wasted because of knowledge not being retained through the three months of summer.
English 110 Paper 1 2/12/13 #PearlRiverProblems There is only one day of the year a teenager who lives in Pearl River will ever wake up early for willingly; St. Patrick’s Day. What I truly love about this holiday while in Pearl River is that for one day, you can forget about all the stress that you have whether it is school, work, family, or just simply the things that have been on my mind constantly. For me, it’s a day to completely unwind from the troubles of life, and forget about everything and anything. St. Patrick’s Day for me is a day to attempt to have the most fun I can in a 24-hour period. Just like any other, the day starts off early with a steaming hot, fresh breakfast sandwich from the town bagel shop.
In China, long break time is a happy thing for students to hear after the period of hard working. Summer holiday is usually 2 months, and winter holiday is shorter than summer time, about 6 weeks. In Canada, summer holiday has 2 months; 1 week for March and 2 weeks at Christmas . In spite of these differences between China and Canada, they both serve the same purpose-want their young generation have good education and helpful to their
Students can experience a more beneficial learning environment by having a longer school day. High schoolers in particular should always be learning and wanting to approach more opportunities. Also, having a better learning experience means having no stress from being really tired. When you are stressed, it can make you distracted and unfocused on your studies. If kids miss a day it will result in missing out on learning new things and they would need to make work up.
I know that with my high school requiring school uniforms I was able to wake up an hour later for school. Which was so much better for me since I stayed awake doing extra projects. With everyone wearing close to the same things, it is harder to guess socioeconomic background and discriminate because of it. Uniforms in schools have helped more children want to come to school since they know that they will not be picked on. One of my mentees told me that he would skip school because the other students would pick on him.
“Gap year students show a clear pattern of having a higher GPA than would otherwise have been predicted, and the positive effect lasts over all four years” (“Data”). With a gap year, college students are more likely to go to school with a purpose and want to do well and get good grades. Taking a one year break between high school and college allows motivation and interest to studying will be renewed. Excelling well in academics can help one get scholarships and will help them pay for their education, so they won’t have to pay as much. College can be very expensive,and not many people have the funds to pay for college.
This is due to many reasons, including not wasting time in the morning getting ready, lack of distractions, and a more formal studying environment. School uniforms may significantly reduce the stress of bullying. With students not having to worry about their looks, fitting in not longer becomes the main worry in children‘s lives. School uniforms may also provide a way out for poor children who otherwise