Argumentative Essay: Year-Round School

Summer break is awesome, but after a couple months, it’s always time for school again. Walking into the class on the first day and hear, “Pop quiz! Let’s see what you know.” Then you realize that over the summer you have forgotten everything from the previous year. Why should we have to relearn material because of a long summer break? This is why we should have school year-round.

Some think this isn’t going to make school any better. Studies indicate that 53% of students favored year-round education during the summer, while 79% of students did not want to have year-round school. Some good things about having year-round schooling is you won't forget things you have learned already, and that you would learn way more and not be rushed to

fit everything in at the end of the year. But it could lead to more stress on the students, more students may drop out or get home schooled.

Another possible argument against year-round school is that students would have fewer days of learning because just when they would be getting into things, a break would come. But the actual learning time would increase. After breaks, the students would be refreshed and ready to listen better. Also, students won’t have to relearn what they forget over the summer since they would only be out of school for about three weeks at a time. When they return after these short breaks, they would be ready to pick up where they left off.

Studies show that year-round schooling would benefit students. Year-round school could make it where there are actually more vacations. Also, students would learn more because they wouldn’t have to relearn information after long breaks.