As a parent, I believe that going to school year round is not a bad idea but it's neither a great idea. Students, teachers and parents all want a mental break and a leisure break. Many parents wouldn't mind having their child go to school year round, but there will always be a downfall to this idea. Parents have to worry about school clothes, supplies, lunch money, extra curricular activities clothing and funding. All of the resources that children need in order to be successful within the classroom. These expenses cost and the person that mainly has to pay for it is the parent. Parents also may have a positive point about going to school year round, and that is it keeps children feed, out of trouble,learning and they don't have to worry most of the time about where their children are located at. School is like a safe zone and its convenient for them to work and go to school themselves. It appears that everyone should win and be happy but that's not the case. Many parents would like for kids to go to school year around but what about that time off for children to go visit family, enjoy a hot summer day outside and not sitting in the room, the amusement park that the family had plan to attend because they had saved money. Many factors play a role and there are pros and cons of going to school all year. From my perspective going to school all year would allow the students to learn more and possibly achieve more. It would also keep the children doing something over being in the streets in the summer time day time getting into trouble;however going to school year round can be more troubling with parents having jobs and worrying about their children getting to school, their sports games and other family relations. Which leads me to say that children and all students needs a break and if they go to school all year, there may be more drop outs and more absences due to many parents just wanting to have their children enjoy being a kid.
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Going to school all year around is a tricky matter. I would agree that it has many pros and cons as does many educational issues. I think that if it were to go in effect it would be extremely hard at first for the students. I also think that major changes are going to be hard for anyone, and with time can be adapted to but there would be that time period of when students struggled with it which is a little scary. Maybe if school was year around the breaks would be longer which could possibly help students feel like they had a mini summer break who knows though! The financial aspect would be hard to conquer as well. It would hard for the students parents but for the school too. How would teachers get paid, more or the same, and where would that money come from. It a hard topic and I don’t think anyone is completely sure what the best move is for education.
ReplyDeleteFrom an adult perspective, year round school alleviates the problem of having to find childcare for the summer, but complicates the matter of finding childcare for sporadic breaks. I think that the cons outweigh the pros on this issue. It is important for children to have time away from the classroom, to play and be kids. It is essential for people to have times of reflection and downtime for a healthy, balanced outlook in life.
ReplyDeleteAS a parent and a future teacher education is going in so many different places that trying new things wont kill us but it will either change us for the worst or the better.
ReplyDeleteI do not have children yet, but I see the cons and the pros you mentioned about year around school. Where do you think the funding would come from, for year around school? Would they have to cut from other areas, and add more to other areas? Would the costs for parents go up? It sure is a thing we have to think about for the future because it could be right around the corner. I hope that if it does come, it will be a smooth transition for all, instead of a bumpy road for parents.
ReplyDeleteI am not a parent of a child, but growing up both of my parents had full-time jobs. It would have been really hard for them to schedule sporadic time periods of child care. To be honest, I think it would actually cost them more money to do it that way. I am 100% against year round schooling. I don't think it benefits anyone at all. What about summer camps for children? Those would no longer be an option. There are just way too many factors that need to be considered with year round schooling. We've been going about schooling for so long, why should we change it now? What are the true benefits of changing it?
ReplyDeleteI don't think that year around school is a good idea. Although it has it's pros, in my opinion the cons outweigh the pros. Students and teachers enjoy their summers off and holiday breaks. It is not convenient to find child care for the breaks that the students would get throughout the year. My mom worked full time and my dad lived in another city. I'm sure she couldn't afford to keep paying someone to watch me while she was at work through out the year. I was involved in a summer program that was free for my mother. This was convenient and affordable for my mother. She would have been out of so much unnecessary money for child care if I would have been in school all year around.
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