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Year Round school, yes or no?
iheartsimba
post Jun 7 2004, 01:08 PM
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My school has been thinking about having year round school. The vacations and breaks are longer, but there is no summer. You still have the same amount of school days but year round. They want to do this so kids don't "Forget things over the summer" and when one grade is over, it's on to the next a week later.

What do you think?
 
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WildGriffin
post Jun 7 2004, 01:11 PM
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Eh, i'm too used to having 3 months away from school.

It could so long as there are enuff days off...or...cut the school days in half.
 
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post Jun 7 2004, 02:37 PM
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The whole system is set up based on continous learning then a summer break. This system would blur the distinction between grades, and also impari class efficiency as there would be 3 weeks in between every 2 months to prevent continous subject teaching.

I could understand using this system for Elementary Schools, or even Middle Schools, but using this system for High Schools is ludicrous.
 
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post Jun 7 2004, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(ComradeRed @ Jun 7 2004, 3:37 PM)
The whole system is set up based on continous learning then a summer break. This system would blur the distinction between grades, and also impari class efficiency as there would be 3 weeks in between every 2 months to prevent continous subject teaching.

I could understand using this system for Elementary Schools, or even Middle Schools, but using this system for High Schools is ludicrous.

your good at debating.

anyhoo..i dont think so, i mean it would be good educationally. but mentally...come on how many times are you a kid and teenager. only once. _dry.gif if they had school like that, i'd move.
 
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post Jun 7 2004, 03:27 PM
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wooh..i could never live if i had year round school.
 
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post Jun 7 2004, 03:34 PM
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that SUCKSSSSS
 
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post Jun 7 2004, 04:37 PM
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i like that better then the LONG summer thing... we DO forget stuff... and the year round thing atleast our breaks would be LONG!!! over here in canada the summer is only like 2 months and a week... but i think it should not be 1 week in between to get to the next grade maybe 3 or 2 weeks...
 
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post Jun 8 2004, 02:02 AM
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my school went year round the last semester i was there and it was horrible..we all thought it would be nice cos we would get the 3 weeks off then back for 6 weeks then off for another 3..but it was a total nightmare and most of us ended up going to school during those 3 weeks anyway for "summer school" so we basically had school all year round..
 
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post Jun 8 2004, 12:39 PM
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N0 THX L0LS... I W0ULD L0VE THE SUMMER!!! L0LS... SUMMER ARE THE BEST!!!! THE CRAZIEST! L0LS
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S0 N0 ARUGEMENT F0R ME...L0LS
 
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post Jun 8 2004, 12:42 PM
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same with me, i don't think i could stand walking into school in the middle of july. it's crazy. i think things are fine the way they are right now.
 
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post Jun 8 2004, 01:01 PM
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that's absolutely ridiculous .. year round leaves no time to recooperate and relax from studies. it would become too overwhelming for kids to handle. summer and breaks exist for a very good reason. sometimes you need that time to unwind..
 
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post Jun 8 2004, 10:43 PM
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i think it might be good.. i only go to school to see my friends.. soo that'll be a plus!!! and breaks will be longer... and yeh im gonna forget... i think its not a bad idea!!!
 
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post Jun 9 2004, 02:39 AM
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i wonder where the americans got the idea of 3 month summer vacations -- i think that's a bit too long. why not have a 2 month summer vacation and maybe a month-long spring break or something?
 
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post Jun 9 2004, 09:12 AM
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The idea came from Olden Times, where kids had to work on their farms during the summer. The idea of the summer vacation is clearly spelled out in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, our first real Federal educational charter.
 
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post Jun 9 2004, 09:05 PM
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nah, we don't live in the olden times, we live NOW! there's so much fun stuff 2 do over the summer, i couldn't give that up
 
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post Jun 11 2004, 12:54 PM
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year around school is AWESOME! every few weeks, u get like a week off....u still go the same amt of time....id rather have it
 
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post Jun 11 2004, 12:55 PM
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I think year round school is great.
As long as I get my breaks i'm fine.
Summer is waaay too boring anyway.
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post Jun 11 2004, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE(NvieDi3ai3yGrL @ Jun 8 2004, 1:01 PM)
that's absolutely ridiculous .. year round leaves no time to recooperate and relax from studies. it would become too overwhelming for kids to handle. summer and breaks exist for a very good reason. sometimes you need that time to unwind..

i agree with you...it would be way to overwhelming and we do need a break...not a few days longer for thanksgiving or getting snt. patricks day off...summer is special =] its our break to get back together to have our freedom and get away from school today.

minus the fact that we have and effing project to do b4 8th grade >< but thats better than walking to school in july
 
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post Jun 16 2004, 11:08 AM
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no i need da 3 months of no skool! rolleyes.gif but u really donn forget things..it juzz takes a few weeks to refresh ur memory. _unsure.gif
 
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No way! I wouldn't survive. I like having long vacations. yay!
 
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post Jun 16 2004, 06:17 PM
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It would be too hard to know when you're moving on.

And also, how do you know.. semisters & marking periods?
 
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post Jun 16 2004, 08:47 PM
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NO because u need a decent break to take ur mind off everything (thats the point of it) and it would also be a strain on the parents and on the teachers pinch.gif
 
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post Jun 16 2004, 10:56 PM
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heck no! its bad enough having school for 10 months yet alone a year!
 
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post Jun 16 2004, 10:56 PM
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I couldn't go for year round. My brain starts to shut down.
 
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post Jun 17 2004, 12:12 AM
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NEVER. then we would get not breaks. no vacations
 
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