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Writer, Louisa May Alcott once said,¨Have regular hours for work and play; make each day useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.¨ I think this relates to how we work so much without anytime to relax. For example, in school we work for six hours with only a half hour to eat lunch. During school we should have 20 minute breaks every day because our classes are so boring, we sit around all day, and we need exercise.
You know how all kids say how boring school is? Well, they're not lying. In math, we mostly just use the calculator anyway. With the technology we have today we can type entire equations into our calculator. Half of our English class, we end up reading. Why can’t we spend some of that

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