Persuasive Essay: Should Kids Have A Summer Break?

Alayna Anderson
Mrs.Misselhorn
6th Hour Language Arts
24 March 2017
Should Kids Have A Summer Break?

The first reason why kids should have a summer break is because it is teachers and students need a break. According to Matthew Lynch, having extracurricular can put a lot of stress on students with all-year round schools. Likewise, teachers who have children that don’t go to year-round schools may find it hard to keep up with year round schools. Parents may also have trouble with helping their kids with things like studying for a test, with school all-year round and having to deal with work also (Lynch). As a student, summer vacations give us all a break that we need for a stress reliever. Not only is a stress reliever for kids, but also for parents. According to another article by Gabrielle Scullard Hails, a summer break is

used to recover after a school year, but with an all-year school you wouldn’t get a break. Having all year round schools gives families less time together. Hails also states that teachers have activities outside school, with an all-year round school not letting them have a life outside of the school. Both kids and teachers need a break, and an all-year round school would make this nearly impossible (Hails). As a student, I believe that it is a good thing to have summer breaks,
Another reason kids should not have an all-year round school is to make memories with your friends. According to Neil Vogel, having an all year round school could be confusing or hard to keep up with scheduling sports. Summer jobs with friends would also be nearly impossible. In addition, summer programs such as camps could not take place during an all year round school. During the summer, when you could be outside and playing with your friends, you would be stuck inside working all day long. As one type of athlete, it would be very hard to manage sports, schoolwork, and making time for friends and family. It would be extremely difficult to have either positive or negative, results, scheduling around things like sports around on all year round school. As a kid, you would want to have as much time with your friends as you could possible get.
The last reason kids should have a summer break is because, scheduling around sports or other activities would be never hard. According to Maria Magher, Year-round school’s calendars have disadvantages scheduling sports for students. Summer is a time where many students take part in youth sports and other extracurricular activities. Magher shows that The National Education Association says year-round calendars mess with these activities and may make it hard to make plans or trips outside of the school. Having an all year-round school can mess with the practices for outside-of-school sports not involving the school. In addition, sports help students boost their confidence, improve self-esteem, and form important friendships. Having a summer break also helps parents with athletic
On the other hand, some people would say during summer break kids could forget what they learned from last year.

Having a summer break will be given more chances for kids to forget what they have learned from past years, being left behind next year. Kids turn off their brains, no summer boredom. Herman and Gu state, “School might be a pain, but at least it’s something”. during summer. Also, according to Lily Herman and Steven Gu, without a summer break there’s
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Hails, Gabrielle Scullard. "All day, every day; The pros and cons of year-round schools." The Prospect. The Prospect, 2014.. .21 March 2017.
Lynch, Matthew. “Matthew Lynch-The Disadvantages of Year-Round Schools.” Education News. Education News, 2017. http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools=matthew-lynch-the-disadvantages-of-year-round-schools/. 21. March 2017.
Magher, Maria. "The Benefits & Disadvantages of All-Year School."Hearst Media Seattle, LLC. The Benefits & Disadvantages of All-Year Round School, 2015.. . 21 March

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