Last Six Years Research Paper

Should high school last for six years? That is a question that has many people arguing. There would be many different outcomes if high school did last six years. In my opinion I think high school should stay with the four years mainly because I really don't want to go to school for an additional two years. However, I can see some positive outcomes if high school does last six years. For example, I would be able to spend more time with friends during school before we all split up into colleges. Another reason is that I would gain more knowledge about things academically and socially. It would give teachers more time to teach us things that we would need to know before we go in to the real world. It would also relieve some stress by letting teachers …show more content…
Those are some of the reasons why I would not enjoy having school for longer than it has to be. There is a high school in Brooklyn that last for six years and President Barack Obama visited the school and was very impressed. After that event, an article in the New York Times was about whether high school should last six years. In the article there were six debaters who were talking about the situation and most of them were fairly similar. They were mostly stating that is should not last six years. There was one person that I agreed with the most and his name is Jeffery Jenson, the author of "Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Roads From The Late Teens Through The Twenties" and a research professor of psychology at Clark University. He says that they shouldn't extend the length of school but instead should inform students about their options and opportunities after high school. Some of the quotes that he uses that I strongly agree with are: "I worry that not enough of them (students) are aware of what they need to prepare themselves.", "College does not have to be for everyone, especially the four-year college."