Kids Should Have So Much Stress

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Have you ever been stressed with a whole bunch of tests? For example, you have a lot of tests to study for. For instance, it is stressful for kids to study, when they have other outside school activities. For instance you could have multiple tests in one day. There is a lot to study for and a lot of stress with it. Kids need a break and be able to take a breath.

Kids shouldn’t have tests every day. Then they just stress way too much because the teachers give them a test every week. Kids need to be able to focus in school and not just worry about every test that is coming up. We should be able to focus in school and not have so much stress. Also we need to be able to have fun out of school not always stressing about tests. Kids need to be able

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