Freedom Summer

each school year, there is a three month summer with no school in session. It is commonly believed that summer vacation in the United States began as a result of farm children having to work during the summer months. However, early school systems instituted summer because the hot weather caused wealthy people to pull their children from school and vacation in the countryside. Since air conditioning is widely used today, there is little need for a long summer break. The United States’ education system

Softball is my life. I have always played it and always been around it. It is the thing I truly love to do and I don’t know what I would do without it. This is my story about softball. When I began softball I was five years old. I don’t really remember it all that well, the only thing I truly remember is my first team. My first team team was extreme, it was my sister team. Even though I don’t truly remember it, I know it was fun, for me at least. When starting out at a young age it’s hard for the

My Summer Road Trip The late June Texas sun was hot as it came through the window of my Caliber. I had begun my road trip to the lake house in Mineola early that morning. I had dressed for comfort, wearing my blue shorts and my favorite worn out tee, I knew it was going to be a long hot drive. As I drove down the road, I soon realized that I had never been anywhere alone before. This was a new feeling to me, one of strength and fear rolled into one. While fighting the traffic to get out of town

The school calendar varies a little from state to state; but American grade school students are guaranteed 180 days no more, no less. Colleges and universities can operate on their own schedules. The list of holidays that students and their teachers enjoy range from Thanksgiving to Spring Break. In some locations, school holidays account for demographic diversity. For example, many school districts mandate holidays for Yom Kippur. Recently, Eid al-Fitr (the feast day at the end of Ramadan) was added

Argument Essay Have you ever wondered why we have summer homework when we should be having fun during our summer break? Every year when we get out of school we come home with more homework to help us try to not forget what we learned in the past year. What if I told you summer homework could be harmful to us. It could be and here’s why. There’s not enough book to choose from, never learned the work, and it stresses everyone out. So summer homework may need to be rethought. We all know the feeling

Year Round Schools Have you ever been bored out of your life? Have you ever wanted to sit with your friends in the Summer having fun? I know the thing for you. Year Round School can do that for you as fast as the Flash can run to Canada. Traditional schools have a Summer Break that takes too long to end and out of approximately 60 days of Summer Vacations you will only see your friends for about 5-10 days or less. Moreover, these Year Round Schools can help you with your education too

Round School’s being year round has existed since the early 1800s, it has led to many argument’s, some agree with it and some are against it. The first school that went against the version of having the summer off were in the urban areas like Chicago and New York. They believed that having the summer off for student is setting them up for failure, while others believed that students having a long break is a must so they could catch up on hanging out with their friends and doing other things other than

calendar year to ensure continuous learning. Students that learn in a year-round school, can progress with less interruption during the summer months. Students also retain more information during the four, short break than they would after the normal summer vacation. It is good for children to attend year-round school due to some loss of knowledge and skills over the summer vacation. Not only is this good for the students, but it is also good for the teachers because they would not have to worry about

Most students enjoy summer vacation, but some educators feel that the summer break is too long and that students do not retain information as easily when they return in the fall. Some people argue that there should be year-round schools, where there would by a 3-4 week break in the summer, a long winter break, and a week off in the spring and fall. I disagree with those people. The biggest problem with this schedule would be the summer break, it just isn’t long enough. I believe year-round school

One challenge I faced that I didn’t think I would accomplish is purchasing my own truck. Since I was 10-11 years old I started cutting lawns and doing some yard work to save money for a vehicle. I had the offer from my parents that they would buy me a cheap car, but I wanted a really nice truck so I already knew I’d have to pay for it by myself so that’s what I set out to do It was really rough from the time I was 10 until I was 13 I didn’t really have much to show for my work since I undercharged