Summer Reading Persuasive Essay

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The sun is shining brightly as the birds dance in the sky. While the students are in school dancing in their seats counting down for summer vacation. Unable to focus on the teacher they slowly drift away into a daydream about the fun the summer would bring- getting up late , playing sports , spending time with family and friends and generally doing things they enjoy doing but don’t find the time to do.After what felt like hours the pleasing sound of the bell finally rang , everyone rushed out the classroom as if they was getting released from prison. However everything changes when the teacher yells out “Don’t forget about summer reading”.
Summer reading has been an ongoing debate among teachers leaving the question if summer reading should

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