The Importance Of Year-Round School

Year Round School Torture
Amanda is stressed out because of school and she can't wait for summer. In summer she gets to relax for months, hang out with her friends at her aunt's pool, and go to Maine to see her grandparents. Unfortunately, her school is becoming a year round school. She now will see her grandparents less and lose the time to hang out with her friends. She disdains year round school. There shouldn't be year round school because Summer break is an iconic part of America, kids deserve a long break and it would be hard to set up activities if kids are off so often. To start off, Summer break is an important part of our culture. In the article, 'Should You Give Up Summer Vacation?' the author, Laura Kelsey wrote, "Perhaps most important is what summer vacation means to our culture. It's an American tradition, a time to create lasting memories." The author is saying that summer is important to the American culture and that it's a great
In the article the author wrote, "Try setting up a soccer game with another school when you're on break every few weeks. Arranging family trips would be difficult too, especially if siblings are on different school schedules." Another article on scolastic.com says, "The year-round schedule can make finding appropriate childcare a problem too. Because her mom was a teacher in a traditional school, McCracken says, 'It meant my sister and I were basically latchkey kids for two or three years because it was impossible to find a babysitter for two weeks every six weeks.' " This shows that if we had year round school it would be almost impossible to schedule anything since there would be a myriad of different school schedules. This is important because, if you had year round school the you couldn’t go on a lot of big trips. It would be hard to go to different states on vacation and you could lose time to see your family or friends in other