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What do electives do for your child when you send them to school? NOTHING!!! When you send your kids to school in the morning all they do is there 3 main core classes and then they got to electives. Middle schools today should not make electives a part of a regular school day because it would help kids get better grades, schools would save money on less teachers, and kids wouldn't be as tired in the morning.

Middle schools today should not make electives a part of a regular school day because it would help kids get better grades.Middle schoolers could focus more on their subjects like math,language arts,science,and social studies. Most of the stuff students learn in electives won’t help children in their other important subjects. Schools

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