Longer School Days Essay

Students feel as though schools try to contain them and that they are not able to be themselves. They are forced to sit in a chair for a certain amount of time and to quietly complete assignments. The thought of this recurring activity results in students caring less about school, which eventually makes their grades decrease. By shortening the school days, students wouldn’t be as distressed about going to school and their grades would be higher. Fewer school hours per day would permit students to…

However, I come to realize that the squabbling penguins are not very interesting so I find somewhere comfortable and detached to sit and my mind wanders off. The official day starts with a tutor period. My mood is lifted as I make quite a few people laugh. The first lesson is French. The teacher is absent so I am free to take part in a conversation with my friend concerning the weekend. The teacher next door keeps telling us to keep quiet. For some reason the rest…

brother just stole some of the only edible food in the house, and decide to finish whatever else it is that needs to get done before school. After I take out the trash and get the mail Dad is awake, getting ready for his job at a Dollar General close by. We share our good mornings and then he asks the question I hoped would never come up. "How are going to get to school this morning?" Acknowledging that David has already left. I blank, and my face turns pale. There's no way I'm riding the bus. Not…

were captured and retained through the spirit of fun. I believe that there is a way to make learning fun and compel student’s to want to learn. My heart breaks when I read lines like, “You go to school to work, study and produce.” There is nothing compelling for student or teacher in that statement. School can be a place of wonder, amazement, delight, escape and yes—even fun! I agree that study and learning are the goals, it is the pathway to…

I do not know if it was because it was just a boring year of school or because I just did not like the teacher. One thing I do remember about first grade is that I won the spelling bee. That was a big accomplishment for me in first grade. I think the challenge of first grade was the whole reading concept. Learning how to read is very difficult for a little six year old. I was actually very good at reading, which made me enjoy first grade a little more. I am just glad that it is over with. When…

By keeping the child in school on a year round schedule or ESD students will be less likely to loose information due to a long summer recess and have more time in a learning environment, therefore, enriching the child's learning abilities. There are different types of YRE and ESD schedules. The most popular schedule is single-track and is usually implemented for the purpose of academic improvements. On a single-track schedule children attend school year round with frequent intersessions or…

made promises to keep in touch, and then we were off into the real world! I was very happy to be at this point in my life, but I was scared deep down inside. When I look back on this day now, I still remember every detail as if it was yesterday. I was so proud, and happy to be able to celebrate such an amazing day with all of my friends and family. I know I will never forget how embarrassed I was walking across the stage in front of all of those people, feeling famous after taking so many pictures…

calendar school (TCS) students yet not by much. This also applies to at-risk students in YRE who score higher on reading, math, and science, however the scores are not statistically significant. Furthermore, YRE is a fairly new concept and research on test scores should encompass a time span of at least four years. Recent statistics have only encompassed a year to two-year research. Some schools were concerned with the cost of YRE and ESD. However, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, City Schools can be…

That’s why there should be something done to help these students decide not to drop out. If a student drops out of high school depending in what grade they are in, it will be hard for them to get a job. Now a day, managers hire people who are committed to doing their job. They hire people who have a good education and if the person has finished high school or are still getting a good education. They aren’t going to hire people that will have issues with their job or are late every time because…

it very difficult for them to stay awake in school (Blakeslee “2 Studies Suggest Sleep is Vital in Consolidating Memories”). This is because the sleep hormone melatonin is released at a later time during puberty, which affects the teenagers’ ability to get to sleep (Wysong). According to these findings, the traditional school schedule disables teens from receiving adequate sleep and can lead to sleep deprivation. By changing the start time of high school students from seven am to ten am, students…