School Days

as I attempt to pinpoint the crucial events that have made up my present day psych. I suppose I am made up differently than most students at Poughkeepsie Day School. To begin my mind floats to age three, where the mess began. I can still see the sun peaking in; it lightly brushing the creamy yellow walls. The stained white rug that had been lived in, and turned into a spotty brown rag. The green, luscious wood was my playland. My shiny black dog sat on the moldy deck; I remember pressing my little hand against her shiny, hot fur. “How…

there was no way that Summer could’ve ended so fast. Yet it was here, the first day of school, and my fourth grade self was dreading to get up.The morning started with me getting woken up by my mom who made breakfast followed by waiting for my brother to get out of the shower. After my turn in we load up into Mom’s car, the feeling of butterflies growing ever more apparent in my stomach, and took off for school. When I got to school Mom walked me in and lead me to the cafeteria where most of the…

“Kids Who Send All Day at School” by Liz Riggs argues if it’s beneficial for students as well as the teachers to have extended school days. Typically, students go to school for a period of six to seven hours a day, depending on what grade level you pertain to. Charlie Friedman, a director at Nashville Classical’s school says, that he thinks it’s important for students to have a well-set schedule where they have time to accomplish what needs to be accomplished in a school day. In affect many…

Wouldn’t it be cool to have a shorter school day? Imagine only going to school for 5 hours. Currently, at Cornerstone Christian Academy, I need to get to school by 8:10 AM on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. On Wednesday, I don’t need to get to school until 9:00 AM. Getting home at 3 is good but I usually get home by 5 because of sports. If the school day was shorter I would have a lot more time in my afternoon. Cornerstone should change the school day to 5 hours. First of all, a shorter…

The average high school day at the American public school is 6 hours long, there is roughly an hour for each class. While an hour seems to be an adequate amount of time for each lesson it does not account for interruptions, delays, or announcements made in each class. If these delays were counted, then a class would only be 36 minutes averagely; this is not enough time to teach a new lesson and have students understand it fully. The school day should be extended so that a class can have a longer…

There are reasons that the school board could extend the school day. There are also many reasons why it should not be extended. The school day has eight hours with another hour and a half it would be extended to nine hours. It is true, not many students like school but that is not one of the reasons why the school board should not extend the school day. The reasons that the school board should not extend the school day is because students will not have enough free time, it can be too exhausting…

labelled with either positive or negative stereotypes. The stereotype I’m generally given is I have good grades, so I must be a nerd. When most people think of a girl as a nerd they imagine her wearing a skirt, sweater or polo shirt, braces, glasses, and have her hair in a ponytail. For the most part, nerds are found unattractive. Throughout the school day nerds are mostly found alone, reading a book, doing homework, or researching on their computer. They’re generally unathletic and have poor…

The night before the big day to go to school, I was in my room in my green bed, laying down and staring at the walls and everyone else was in their room or in the living room watching TV. That nigh is really hot and it was raining outside with really loud and there were thunders outside. That day I could not go to sleep because I was thinking about how my school would look like. If I would like my classmates and if I would make any friends that I could understand and if they would understand…

him… standing there in the freezing cold air, watching me as the snowflakes fell on my head. We locked eyes and It was like my heart was pounding out of my chest beat, after beat, after beat, going a hundred miles and hour. Then he turned away. my heart rate went down and my blood was running normally again. It was the 2nd week of the 3rd grade school year, and I already had someone on my back, Justin Heart. He was in 5th grade, 9 years old and a big brat . He and his gang were the coolest kids…

Is a four day school week actually better than five? More schools are adopting a four day school week than ever before. Although many schools have a five day schedule, four days of school are better than five because teachers have more time to plan lessons, kids are more attentive, and school districts save more money. In ‘Apache Junction high school’ they are only required to go to school four days a week. This four day week is better for the teachers because it gives them a day off instead of…