Eliminating Summer And Shortening Breaks

Making kids go to school during the summer would take a toll on the way they act towards their classmates—especially towards their teachers. Some students would try to act out and get into trouble so they can go home and relax. Others might even go to the extent of getting suspended or expelled so they wouldn't have to go to school at all.

The opposers of year round schooling have little argument to work with, but stress it strongly. The summer is a prime time for high school students to pick up short-term jobs to help pay for looming college fees, jobs like being a lifeguard at the pool is not available all year round throughout the United States. College students also have the opportunity to enroll in summer classes in order to meet pre-requisites for other classes. Summer classes could be a deciding factor on how early a student graduates. Also, a three-month summer break creates an easier, less stressful timeframe to plan a vacation. Instead of working a vacation into the shorter, known breaks of year round schooling, parents have three months to figure their week long vacation into. The most powerful argument is the effect on extracurricular activities. The frequent, short breaks in year round schooling would have an effect on extracurriculars like band because it would be required that they take the vacation off and could miss potential time to prepare before a performance. The traditional schooling system is still the majority in the United States even with very few benefits and no advantage over year round

Do you ever wonder why the kids cause so much chaos during vacation? Well they have too much time on their hands and not enough supervision. Back when we lived in a basic economy, summer vacation made sense because academic achievement mattered less. An absence of air conditioning or modern hygiene turned crowded schools into health-risks, and children had moms who were home every day. Times have changed now, so we have no need for summer vacation. Year Round schools would be successful because GPAs will rise and graduation rates will increase also children would have a safe place to go

Having breaks would reduce stress on teachers and students. Some parents can only get off work in the summer (Lynch). On other the other hand, year-round school isn’t always a good idea for all schools. Some schools have limited funds to run the school.

Students will get the news of no summer and play in school instead of doing their work. By having

Today, people on the Board of Education are considering the riddance of Summer break for many students. Many students, including myself, do not like this idea for many reasons. Spending seven hours a day, five days out of seven days a week, is very difficult and everyone needs a long break from it.

Getting rid of summer and extending the breaks would have its benefits too. Students would have time throughout the school year with setting goals but it doesn't have much of impact without the summer break. The reason is because

There are many different reasons I have this opinion, including the time expansion over the holidays. Moreover, this means students can stay with their families in different states around the country for a longer time without returning to school after just two weeks. Another reason for my opinion is there would be better options for vacations. An example of this is the more preferable weather in fall, where there is no school break, which might influence a family to vacation during that particular season. Another reason would be that summer wouldn’t be overwhelmingly long. In reality, nobody has enough to do over the protracted summer vacation.

“A meta-analysis of research from the University of Minnesota... found that 42 studies showed no positive impact from year-round schooling, while 27 studies showed a significant positive impact,” writes Jaclyn Zubrzycki. Researchers have been unable to come to a clear conclusion. Some believe that offering more regular breaks prevents burnout of both teachers and students (Zubrzycki). However, if students are given homework to finish over the break (just like students are given homework to complete over Thanksgiving or Christmas break) or teachers spend their break preparing for the next session of school, shorter breaks do not alleviate the problem of burnout but continue it. Students and teachers would be better off with a long summer break to take their minds off of school and to relax without worrying about what is coming up within the next couple of

Think about what it is like not to have a summer. One cannot attend fun summer camps, go on once in a lifetime summer vacations, or get a fun summer job. If year-round schools are put into place everywhere, one would only have a thirty-day summer, or less, instead of a three- month summer. They will be hitting the books at school instead of lying out at the pool, relaxing, working a job, or just letting go of all the stress from the school year. Imagine never truly getting a break from school, to be in a continuous cycle with no end. Even though opponents may say the traditional school calendar leads students to forget more over the summer months, a year-round schedule should not put in place because of the initial higher

Being that kids won’t get the whole summer off isn’t all that bad because they won’t necessarily have to wait for summer to go on vacations with family or friends. Students will receive the same amount of time off, and may even feel less stress than the normal school schedule because the time is set up evenly throughout the year. With this idea, parents can make vacation plans and not have to wait for summer. When families plan a vacation it typically lasts a little over a week long, hence not needing a summers worth of vacation break from education (McCleary). Throughout the year kids will have longer vacation breaks such as Spring, Christmas, and Easter Break.

The summer heat is beating on the aquatic blue pool while kids splash and play like dolphins jumping in and out of the water while the lifeguard stands have young-adults who are working their first Summer job. This is how Summer has been with the traditional school year, but the summer dream is being threatened with a new type of school year called year-round schooling. This takes away summer by replacing it with smaller breaks that would be regulated depending on the number of days you go to school. The idea is that it would provide a way to increase education rates and fix the problem of overcrowding, and currently it has only done one of these things. Schools should avoid switching to year round schooling due to its lack of an educational benefit, its economic

Summer vacation to kids means sports, vacation, netflix, hanging out with friends and overall just having fun. It distracts students when they’re waiting the entire last month of school for their summer, no one pays attention to their final exams. Another problem is that the summer tends to leave students confused when coming back to school the following September. They’ve completely forgotten the material from the previous school year, that the teachers spend weeks reviewing. It’s pointless for teachers to repeat it, valuable class time is being wasted. Having shorter breaks spaced throughout the year allows the students to relax but maintain their good marks. The break is long enough for them to finally ‘breathe’ but isn’t long enough to forget all the material they’ve learned. This enables the teachers to resume right where they left off, it’s the best strategy for the education of students, especially when this is the biggest

In the article the author claims that summer break isn't necessary and could be hurting kids education. Of course kids don't want to go to school without a long break, but short breaks in between could be better for kids education.

Getting rid of 3 month summer vacation is a great idea, and here is why.. The only reason we have summer vacation is so that back in the 1900's farmers could grow crops, Now there are multiple alternatives to missing school to take care of the farm. You lost 3 weeks worth of instruction over summer break studies show, and the smartest countries on Earth are using the year round schooling system, you get breaks at a reasonable length, there is no reason for us to still be using summer vacation as it just because it's useless; also, it negatively effects teachers as they loss a lot of money, look for a different job and become unemployed. IF there were to be change in the schooling systems the teachers should get a higher pay then what they do