Source 2: To Fix Education, School Hours and Money Need to Be Better Spent By: Frederick Hess
Source 1 talks about her life as a mother having her kids in a year-round school year. She says her kids have benefited from the calendar by learning much more things than kids in schools with a traditional calendar. During these breaks or "intersessions", kids have the option to enroll in fun classes that teach interesting things, like karate or photography. By enrolling in these classes, children can try knew things and hopefully in the future find something they would want to pursue as a career. Source 2 argues that it is not the the school calendar that is in need of change, it is the quality of our teachers and the way they use the time in the classroom is what needs to be monitored. Source 1 says that vacation time could be swapped out with intersession. This gives families more flexibility when it come to vacation and what time of year to go. Source 2 fires back by saying that the longer school year will just be a waste. The cost for the schools to stay open that long will raise. Also, if the teachers students have now are not good quality, what will lengthening the school year do? Source 1 raps up with saying that if we lengthen the school calendar kids in kindergarten now, by fifth grade, will have received a whole extra year of schooling. This can help the advancing new world we live in and keep our children competitive with the rest of the world. Source 2 says instead of just lengthening the school year hoping for the best and completely ignoring the money issues, we should make sure that the teachers we have now are quality teachers that use their time in the classroom efficiently before making such radical decisions.
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