This cartoon illustrates most children's opinion of year- round school. Most children oppose to the modified calender because they don't know all the facts. Because of the age, and the naivety of just seeing the front cover of the subject, they don't understand that they would actually get MORE breaks. They automatically think "No summer break means school all the time!" Schools in America operate on a 10- month system that was established when the U.S was a agrarian nation. They needed children to work in the fields during the summers. Now, summer vacation is thought of as a "right" of the school children when really it detours their learning abilities.
Last week, I questioned some kids in my neighborhood to see what they thought.Out of five kids, four of them were opposed to it. Here are the responses:
Child #1- I do not think we should have year-round school because we work hard in school so I think we should have some time off.
Child #2- I think kids should not go to school year round because we need the exercise and kids need their free time.
Child #3- I think that we should not have to go to school year round because we need free time with family and friends without having to sit in the classroom all year.
Child #4- I think we should have more school because we would have more opportunity's to get a job.
Child #5- I think we should have year round school for many reasons. One of the reasons are it might make kids think more and probably will make them smarter. I know kids need exercise but we have recess. It will also allow us to learn more and we will get really good jobs. Also during summer vacation we forget some things we already learn in school. This is why we should have year round school
Out of all these children, only one looked at the subject from both sides and analyzed it thoroughly.
Do you believe the adults that oppose year-round schooling are feeding off of their children's reactions?
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