How to Spend Summer Vacation Essay

The possibility of year round schools has been a hot debate topic for the last ten years. But, keeping a student's attention for nine straight months is a hard task. It is especially hard when teachers constantly give homework to students. Students get so burnt out by everyday school, that they are more concerned about getting through the year than really learning. Some even take days off of school because it begins to be too much. In year-round school you don’t have to worry about making it…

School has traditionally always had summer vacation, it has had summer vacation since the late 1800s, thought to be for agrarian reason has now been debunked for years, and yet nothing has changed. Not only has the agrarian excuse been debunked, but it proves how outdated the idea of a summer vacation is, and has been a struggling time for struggling families. To help academically and economically the school day should be shortened, but the academic year should be extended to year round…

the sun goes down / You’ll wake up and I’m not around / We’ll still have the summer after all” says Lady Gaga in her song ‘Summerboy‘ while Joni Mitchell replies as “I get the urge for going / When the meadow grass is turning brown / Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in” in her song the ‘Urge for Going’. When it comes to the notion of holiday, I prefer summer to winter. Yet, both summer and winter vacations deserve to be compared and contrasted in terms of weather and what it…

During class, I imaged myself in the summer and having fun, but before summer, I have to finish my college quarter first. Going through college is stressful for me because this is my first year college, and I don't have the experience at handling it. I have tried to use this technique at home once. I was imagining…

the subject of longer school years for American youth and how these would benefit children in the future. Research for this essay was located through the South Texas College online library databases and other online sources. Longer School Years for American Youth Lately there has been more and more debate over whether or not American children should have a longer school year. This would mean taking a month from summer vacation. It is controversial because some argue that it would…

school year round. How would a student react to this or how would their parents act? Many people do not know or understand the outcome of going to school year round. The majority of the outcomes is positive and can truly have an impact an individual future dreams and goals. There can be a lot of positive effects that come out of those schools that go year round. Nowadays year around schooling has been increasing over the years and more and more schools are starting to change how long they are…

districts in the United States, this would take away students time they spend doing other things besides school. Students may be involved in clubs, or in a sport. Some sports start as soon as the summer starts, and if students were going to a year-round school they would miss out on many opportunities that they would have if they were off for the entire summer. Any activity or event that a student could participate in during the summer would be affected by this year-round schedule (NEA 1). A…

say that June is the best time of year. In most places, school lets out as summer begins. Some students don't spend summers at home or at camp, though. They are in school instead. That is because they go to year-round schools. Students in some year-round schools go to school the same number of days as students in schools with a long summer break. They get mini-breaks throughout the year instead of one long summer vacation. The mini-breaks are a few weeks long. For example, students at some…

Imagine that it was beautiful weather outside during summer vacation. The winds are breezing, and the sun is shining, but you are sitting a classroom, educating yourself. *Isn’t that an amazing way to spend your summer. Although that doesn’t sound like the most fascinating way to spend your summer break, it has been stated that students are ought to do better if the school that they attend has more education days and more time in school and year-round school have that type of school structure.…

school longer, or that we have to do more work and you don’t get a summer vacation. Well actually you are wrong, you do still get a summer vacation and you are attending school the same amount of days as you are now. It’s just that the long summer break that we usually get is spread out throughout the year instead. These breaks are shorter but are more frequent. School all year round has many pros and cons that go along with it. Also how it may affect your parent and your teachers as well.…