A four day week
Students struggle in school with staying attentive in class and
putting all of their efforts into being proactive when in the
classroom. We are spending long hours in school with only two
days of break each week, which are usually prioritized by other
activities outside of the classroom. I think the school week should
be shortened to allow students to enjoy their teen years and the
freedoms they have now. This change would benefit both the
students and the teachers in many ways. This would allow students
more time to complete assignments, get a mental health day, and
have an extra day to spend on other activities of interest. We need
our schools to send students back to school for four days a week
because it would benefit the mental health and academic
accomplishments of the students.
The year 2021 has been kind of crazy so far. Many schools are
back in person, but most are still online. The students have a choice
to choose what they want to do and what would benefit them.
Schools are staying open too much during this time of the
pandemic. This raises the cost of keeping the schools open and
keeping them running. If schools went to four days a week of
school it would decrease the amount of money the schools uses
drastically.
The amount of students going back to school is very slim,
only 15% of students are in person. The school should make it
mandatory to have students come back to school even if it's for a
couple days. Students only going for four days a week would
increase the amount of students coming back to school. This would
cause students to get better grades and they would actually learn
the material that is being taught. Many of the students online only
pass because of the access to the internet and using the internet to
look at answers.
Students have barely any time for themselves. Many students
spend up to 35 hours in school each week, that's not even counting
the amount of homework hours. An average of 10 hours of work a
homework is pretty typical. These students with a large amount of
homework don't usually get it all done, and they get stressed about
not having it turned in. This caused students to be more stressed
and a lot of this stress turned into depression, an average of 20% of
students have experienced depression before adulthood.
Many people think this is a terrible idea. Thinking that
students wouldn’t learn as much in a compacted school year, "The
students wouldn't have enough days in the school year." We would
have considered the changes and it would take a long time and
would be a long process. This might cause problems not just for the
students but the teachers, "Will their pay go down?" The schools
wouldn't be as beneficial as they could be if the kids are only going
four days a week.
In conculsion, both teachers and students would have many
benefits going to school four days a week. Going only four days
would decrease the stress on the students and would increase
attentiveness in the classroom. The mental health of many students
would rise because they get to engage in the classroom and see
other peers. The school’s goal is to make sure that everyone is
getting the best education possible and going back to school four
days a week would make this possible. Going back to school for
four days a week would benefit the students and also the teachers
in many different ways.
By Mason Schriner