Why should teachers be inconvenienced? This is the question that came to mind when I was ask should school be lengthened so that students can get extra help with school work? As students, we are in school at least seven hours a day for five days a week, and that about 35 hours a week dedicated to educational studies. I feel that it is unnecessary. I have four reasons why I do not feel that extended school is necessary. These reasons are that students do not take education seriously, some students have obligations to their families, more cost to the schools budget, and teachers have a life outside of the classroom.
My first reason for saying no is that a lot of students do not take their education seriously while in the classroom. These students are busy worried about the world outside of the school. This type of student typically plays in
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class, stays of task, and does worry about completion of assignments. They are too attached to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, to ask pay attention to lectures and ask questions. Instead these students are actively participating on one of these sites during class; as a result, are left behind and do not understand the assignment, nor do they attempt to complete it. My Second reason for my answer is some people have family obligations. Some students have family obligations after school in which staying longer would impede on these obligations. Some students have after school jobs to help support the needs of their families. If school was extended this may cause these students to drop out. These students understand that their families depend on their help for shelter, and maybe even food. Some students may even have to take care of the house hold for their parents living in a single parent home. These students may have to take care of siblings, cook, and perform household duties. This would cause these students to stay up longer, which may cause their grades to slip. My third reason is this change would affect the schools budget.
Extended hours would cost more money to run the school. Staff would have to work longer assist the students. It was founded that extending school would cost between 1,200 and 1,300 a student. Master level teachers would make about 20,000 dollars more a year. By the time students board the bus, attend extended school, and ride the bus home they would have been at it for about 12 hours. To avoid students reporting of being hungry, a snack should be provided in which more money will be required.
My last reason is that teachers have a life outside of the classroom. Teachers devote so much of their time to their students already, why force them to spend more time at work. They spend hours coming up with assignment, projects, and test. Teachers already spend time from their families to plan special lessons and activities. Parents have a responsibility to educate their children as well. It should not be forced all onto the teacher. Teachers need time with their own families to create moments and memories and it is not fair that we take it from
them. In closing, I feel that school should not be lengthened so that students can get extra help with school work .I feel that another option and resolution should be sought to solve the issue of students not meeting expectations in school. I strongly support and feel that reasons such as that students do not take education seriously, some students have obligations to their families, more cost to the schools budget, and teachers have a life outside of the classroom are valid reasons not to extend school hours.
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activities are a crucial part of school because it shows you are involved into making your school
“We don 't need no education; we don 't need no thought control…All in all you 're just another brick in the wall.” Pink Floyd’s huge 1979 hit “Another Brick in the Wall” annoyed a generation of teachers as children chanted, “We don’t need no education.” Roger Waters wrote this song about his views on formal education. Many across the world related with these lyrics as they felt that compulsory education was an imposed law designed to keep people from truly becoming educated and instead had them bored. Compulsory education teaches conformity—its an agenda that has been followed through out many decades, because even those who teach have had it instilled that this is the right teaching. Students need to be encouraged to have the qualities to
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This will help promote my side of the argument so that my side will be the superior argument and will attract more readers. I think kids should have less homework.Three reasons are, that homework is stressful, kids are given more homework than required, and it puts pressure on students causing them to work to hard and and have anxiety and health issues.
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In this assignment I will try to persuade you of my beliefs as to whether or schools should