Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Should Kids Be Spending More Time In School And Have A Shorter Summer?
As I was reading the MSNBC article More School? Obama Could Trim Summer Break. The article talked about how Obama thinks that studnets in the United States are spending to much time out of the classroom which puts us at a disadvantage to other students around the world. He also states that he thinks the school day should be three hours longer, we should go to school saturday and sunday and that school should go longer into the summer. As I was reading this made me think does Obama really think that students will go to school on the only two days they have off? I mean if you think about it we are in school for five of the seven days of the week and we really need those two days. Not only do we go to school that much but teachers also assigne homework to us every night. It also made me think how does he expect kids to get involved in school. If you go to school till dinner then have to go to practice there will be no time for homework. Also if you are on sports or plays and have to go to school on the weekends then when will you be able to play your games or performances? Iam not a big fan of this because as was mention in the article later on don't you think teenagers are allready over loaded and this would just make it worse. This affects me because if this comes true than I might have to go to school longer in high school.I really do not like this and think kids need there time away from school so I hope two things 1. that if it does come true he thinks about it hard and 2. he comes up with what is best for everybody not just him.
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I really like your topic that you choose, it interacts us students and allows us to have a say. I totally agree with you in that makeing school longer is going to break the students instead of make them. If you think about it by 6th hour at my school I am dragging and all I really wanna do is go home. The attetion spands of students are only so long and if President Obama were to make school longer the last classes would be pointless and we would not remember or learn anything. You really over all did a great job and you picked a topic that affects you and other students.
ReplyDeleteI swear the one who came up with having longer schools and shorter summers is completely lost. i mean we kids need our summers. we need a brake from are long,long days of work. summers are our pay for 9 months of school.i mean come on we need our fun too. gosh!
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