"Year-round school bad idea for students" By: Julia Sines, Pantagraph.com
"Year-round School Is A Good Idea" By: Andy Rooney, Chicago Tribune
Source 1 argues that if the school year is extended to the point of getting rid of summer vacation, students would be less motivated in attending school on a regular basis and would lead to more high school drop outs. Then there is the summer activities. Lots of kids like to play sports in the summer and families like to go on summer vacation trips, and they would not be able to do that with the new school calendar. Source 1 even argues that the students now work hard for those eight months, and they deserve a break. There is also the problem of students getting summer jobs to save up money for college. They would also lose out on working experience. The article ends with that many schools would not be able to afford to stay open during the summer with the cost of air conditioning. So students would have to work in the heat; not a good environment for learning.
Source 2 starts off by saying that if we can develop our intelligence, it is our obligation to. Intelligence is key to our future as a country and we need keep up with the rest of the world. Source 2 then goes on to say that we pay money for these schools to stay open; wouldn't it be a good idea to keep them open year-round? Source 2 compares schools to libraries and hotels, that they wouldn't close for three months. There would be vacations, just not as long. It ends with saying that if intelligence is what we are striving for, for need to rethink the way we run our school system.
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