Poll: Do you like the idea of year-round school?

[hdeck]

no, my school experimented with it one year and it was awful from what i remember.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
No. Let the kids play. Kids today are kept too busy with structured "activities" as it is.

Today's children aren't kept busy enough nor are they challenged. The public school curriculum has to teach to the lowest common denominator, aka the dumbest student in the classroom. Students aren't being challenged enough nor are they kept busy enough in school.

Their parents enrole them in a crapload of programs. I'm talking about upper middle class kids in the suburbs.

I am speaking about grade school through high school, not colleges, universities, or other higher learning institutions. Students at those facilities should be smart enough to make their own decisions and plan their own educational future.

In grade schools, parents don't enroll their children in anything, unless its an extracurricular activity. The class schedule is set by the school. In high school there is some variation in the classes, students and parents can plan the electives to maximize a potential career.

Note that I am advocating a year round schedule with regular break periods, not steadily year round.

Granted, you work year round, but many employers offer vacation time and the like. You can't just take 2 weeks off in the middle of grade school and go on a family vacation and not pay it back later.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
No. Let the kids play. Kids today are kept too busy with structured "activities" as it is.

Today's children aren't kept busy enough nor are they challenged. The public school curriculum has to teach to the lowest common denominator, aka the dumbest student in the classroom. Students aren't being challenged enough nor are they kept busy enough in school.

Their parents enrole them in a crapload of programs. I'm talking about upper middle class kids in the suburbs.

I am speaking about grade school through high school, not colleges, universities, or other higher learning institutions. Students at those facilities should be smart enough to make their own decisions and plan their own educational future.

In grade schools, parents don't enroll their children in anything, unless its an extracurricular activity. The class schedule is set by the school. In high school there is some variation in the classes, students and parents can plan the electives to maximize a potential career.

Note that I am advocating a year round schedule with regular break periods, not steadily year round.

Granted, you work year round, but many employers offer vacation time and the like. You can't just take 2 weeks off in the middle of grade school and go on a family vacation and not pay it back later.

I think he is talking about high school kids

 

[FoBoT]

yes, i think that would be best
but my kids are likely to be out of school before it would be considered around here

 

[TruePaige]

No way. I saved money in the summers, and had some damn fond memories. =)

 

[Alone]

Fvck no. Even though I'm done High School, I don't wish that upon anyone.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
No. Let the kids play. Kids today are kept too busy with structured "activities" as it is.

Today's children aren't kept busy enough nor are they challenged. The public school curriculum has to teach to the lowest common denominator, aka the dumbest student in the classroom. Students aren't being challenged enough nor are they kept busy enough in school.

I turned out fine and I had the regular two months in high school.

 

[Linux23]

i'm outta school so ya.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I did both year-round and normal schooling and preferred doing it year-round. Instead of having one ridiculously long summer vacation and two much shorter ones for winter and spring we got roughly a month on each.

 

[ColdFusion718]

I was in a year-round school in elementary. It effing sucked. So no, it's a bad idea.

 

[ChaoZ]

With the same logic, full time workers should be denied any paid vacation time. My heart aches just thinking of having to go to school that much.

 

[Kreon]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Year round, no. You do need some time off to let your batteries recharge, so to speak. 9 weeks on, 2 weeks off, year round would be effective, or some variation of that.

Exactly

My Brain would be so fried if that went on.

I need the summer to relax and not do anything-2 weeks isn't enough for that

Also, from a teacher's perspective (that of my parents in their rants against the idea)
They need to recharge too, not to mention get better prepared
Some teachers take classes over the summer to improve their credentials



also, when would I work to make the money to support me through teh school year

 

[Tiamat]

I dont think the system can afford to pay all of the teachers to teach over the summer at the overtime pay.

When I was in HS, I was bored, so I took summer classes (health, drivers ed) and it was fine. If we want our country to be able to better compete with other countries in terms of level of education, probably this would be one idea to look at.

 

[RallyMaster]

Yes, why else would I be going to summer school at IUPUI for the second session? Allows me to get more required crap out of the way....

 

[theprodigalrebel]

What the hell? Hell no! That is a horrible idea.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: hdeck
no, my school experimented with it one year and it was awful from what i remember.

You can't be talking about HS because we went to the same one and I don't remember that happening

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
No. Let the kids play. Kids today are kept too busy with structured "activities" as it is.

Today's children aren't kept busy enough nor are they challenged. The public school curriculum has to teach to the lowest common denominator, aka the dumbest student in the classroom. Students aren't being challenged enough nor are they kept busy enough in school.

Have you actually spent any time inside a school recently? These kids spend more time studying for and taking tests in 1 week than I did when I was in school for an entire semester. They are regulated and regimented in ways that were unimaginable when I was in school. We have taken so much of childhood away from children today that I am very opposed to taking their summer break away as well.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Yes, the rest of the world works year round. Especially for college, it is pathetic to take a 3 month break.

I'm not sure about other countries but in NZ we get a summer break just like you guys, the difference is that our summer is over Christmas time not in the middle of the year.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
With the same logic, full time workers should be denied any paid vacation time. My heart aches just thinking of having to go to school that much.

IIRC, the amount of time that they get off is about the same, it's just that it's spread throughout the year instead of lumped together.