Declaration of Independance

In the midst of strong debate, we hereby declare independence from the atrociousness of five days of strenuous schoolwork. School should only last four days per week. We should be let free of school at least three days per week which include Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We need freedom from schools and need some sort of break from it. Sometimes we need some time to digest the information we have been taught from the previous school week. School should only last four days per week. It can be hard for us to consistently give our best effort in school if there is not a longer weekend. It can be difficult for us to wake up early in the morning, before there is light outside, and efficiently work for seven hours at school. A longer weekend can help us gain more sleep time and relax from our previous week at school. Some of us may use this extra break to catch up on school work. Sometimes we may need a longer weekend to go on small vacations. A longer weekend can us time to pursue a job to earn some extra money for the many things that us teenagers must have. A longer weekend gives us more time to make choices on our own, instead of always being instructed by the school system. The school system has made our work ethic decrease by forcing us, by law, to attend school five days per week. The school system has taken away from our sleep time and declares that we must be at school by a certain time, or else consequences will be issued. The school system has forced us to have a thirty-five hour mandatory school week, with additional work to be issued outside of the class. The school system does not always give us the students a sufficient amount of time to complete school work over the short two day weekend. The school system has taken away numerous times for students and families to take a break. Sometimes students miss funerals and weddings due to the lengthy school week. The school system has cheated students on earning money by not giving them a real