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Year-round school

Radical Ron

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Why don't we have year-round school? Kids could graduate quicker and be in college at a younger age. It would give our kids a real edge in the new world economy.
 
Kids would go insane without a few long breaks. If you want year-round school, give us three weeks off a season.
 
Kids would go insane without a few long breaks. If you want year-round school, give us three weeks off a season.

There are a few that have tried it here in the Tacoma area. )One might still be on the year round season.)

Anyway, the feedback I've heard from people is that it's harder on families; vacations, child care..... The kids go on some kind of A, B or C schedule. I think it's 12 weeks on. Four weeks off.

Here in Washington state where it rains an ungodly amount of the time it really sucks for all but those who are scheduled to be off during the warm summer months of July & August.
 
There are a few that have tried it here in the Tacoma area. )One might still be on the year round season.)

Anyway, the feedback I've heard from people is that it's harder on families; vacations, child care..... The kids go on some kind of A, B or C schedule. I think it's 12 weeks on. Four weeks off.

Here in Washington state where it rains an ungodly amount of the time it really sucks for all but those who are scheduled to be off during the warm summer months of July & August.

What if they started at home schooling through the internet to relieve the volume in the schools? That would also make it easier on families.
 
Why don't we have year-round school? Kids could graduate quicker and be in college at a younger age. It would give our kids a real edge in the new world economy.

Not only is Edify correct about kids needing breaks for their mental/emotional health, but most kids are not emotionally prepared to go to college much younger than 17 or 18.
 
Not only is Edify correct about kids needing breaks for their mental/emotional health, but most kids are not emotionally prepared to go to college much younger than 17 or 18.

I can certainly see how breaks would be necessary, but I seems that summer is no longer necessary (i.e. most people don't farm anymore....not all, but most.) maybe it should be shortened to keep kids out of the streets and involved in some form of education.
 
Going to school year-round

Personally I like the idea of a year-round school year. Yes there are some drawbacks. But I would gladly accept those drawbacks if it improves the future our children will have.
 
If you don't give kids a break, eventually they'd go insane, and their grades would drop anyway from them being tired and stuff.
 
If you don't give kids a break, eventually they'd go insane, and their grades would drop anyway from them being tired and stuff.

Read the link I gave. A year round school does not mean every single day of the year. Even in Japan they get breaks. The breaks are just broken up instead of all in one lump.
 
Why don't we have year-round school? Kids could graduate quicker and be in college at a younger age. It would give our kids a real edge in the new world economy.

During Summer vacation in my high school most kids work. We have jobs that help us get paid, by gas for cars, get cars, and not to mention it's good for experience and helping kids gain more responsibility. I, like many of my friends, don't work during the school year due to our parents making us focus on our grades. So by the time kids go to college they wouldn't of had that much working experience if we went to school year round.
 
Why don't we have year-round school? Kids could graduate quicker and be in college at a younger age. It would give our kids a real edge in the new world economy.

It may sound a bit demeaning but I don't believe most kids should go to school as long as they do.

I think we try to educate to many stupids at the expense of all the smarts.
Some schooling is over rated especially for burger flippers and the like.
 
I have taught at many types of schools, and currently at a year-round school.
I see in this thread repeatedly, this claim that kids need breaks, so year-round won't work.
This is crazy... Ten-Week Term. Two-Weeks Off. Repeat 4 times. 8 Week Summer.
What is so hard about that? It is great!

Also, kids don't graduate earlier... it is the same as the other schools.

Additionally, CC and whoever said it first are correct.
Most kids are not ready for University before 18 years old, or so.
Cognitively, they just aren't ready.
 
I have taught at many types of schools, and currently at a year-round school.
I see in this thread repeatedly, this claim that kids need breaks, so year-round won't work.
This is crazy... Ten-Week Term. Two-Weeks Off. Repeat 4 times. 8 Week Summer.
What is so hard about that? It is great!

Also, kids don't graduate earlier... it is the same as the other schools.

Additionally, CC and whoever said it first are correct.
Most kids are not ready for University before 18 years old, or so.
Cognitively, they just aren't ready.

School is just a glorified babysitting service.

I'm sure you already know but call a snow day and then hear the cries of angry parents who don't know what to do with their kids.
 
School is just a glorified babysitting service.

I'm sure you already know but call a snow day and then hear the cries of angry parents who don't know what to do with their kids.

Your "snow day" theory does not mean that Eduaction is a baby service.
That is ridiculous... Education serves as a means to educate our society.
Not everybody benefits, but that is mostly because most people dont realize the value of education.

Can adjustments be made? Sure, but that means holding parents and students more accountable, not the teachers and certainly not by insulting the value of education to a society...
 
Your "snow day" theory does not mean that Eduaction is a baby service.
That is ridiculous... Education serves as a means to educate our society.
Not everybody benefits, but that is mostly because most people dont realize the value of education.

Can adjustments be made? Sure, but that means holding parents and students more accountable, not the teachers and certainly not by insulting the value of education to a society...

I don't mean to say that is all it serves But I believe that most find it to be a convenient baby sitting service.

I do not support our form of education, as it supports the mediocre in my opinion.
That is not healthy.
 
During Summer vacation in my high school most kids work. We have jobs that help us get paid, by gas for cars, get cars, and not to mention it's good for experience and helping kids gain more responsibility. I, like many of my friends, don't work during the school year due to our parents making us focus on our grades. So by the time kids go to college they wouldn't of had that much working experience if we went to school year round.

Most parents that I have known have allowed thier kids to work even during a school year as it helps teach responsibility and gives them real world experiance and money management and time management skills.

Also most high schools that I have went to had programs were a person with a job was giving extra credit and were often let out of school an hour or two early so that they could work. Normally just one hour and it was usually the last hour of school.
 
School is just a glorified babysitting service.

I'm sure you already know but call a snow day and then hear the cries of angry parents who don't know what to do with their kids.

Oh how sadly right you are. But if it was year round we could keep kids off of the streets all year not just late to early summer. Wouldn't that be nice? Teachers won't have to look for summer work. I dunno, it doesn't seem all bad.
 
Oh how sadly right you are. But if it was year round we could keep kids off of the streets all year not just late to early summer. Wouldn't that be nice? Teachers won't have to look for summer work. I dunno, it doesn't seem all bad.

I know the way I sound comes off as elitist and demoralizing but the more I see the world the less I find that it is rose colored.

I don't think year round school will help honestly. I don't think we should encourage ****ty parenting at the expense of keeping kids off the streets.

Chances are that the ones who don't want an education will find low grade work and at least add a little something to the economy.

We waste to much of our resources on educating those who don't want it or could never live up to it.
 
I know the way I sound comes off as elitist and demoralizing but the more I see the world the less I find that it is rose colored.

I don't think year round school will help honestly. I don't think we should encourage ****ty parenting at the expense of keeping kids off the streets.

Chances are that the ones who don't want an education will find low grade work and at least add a little something to the economy.

We waste to much of our resources on educating those who don't want it or could never live up to it.

Do you think it would be better to tailoring our educational system to seek out those who are performing and are smart and talented students and nuture their studies while forming new types of educational programs to either focus on trade skills or maybe even military training? Therefore those who do not want to pursue a life in acedemics could flourish with a skill or in the service as an alternative.
 
Do you think it would be better to tailoring our educational system to seek out those who are performing and are smart and talented students and nuture their studies while forming new types of educational programs to either focus on trade skills or maybe even military training? Therefore those who do not want to pursue a life in acedemics could flourish with a skill or in the service as an alternative.

I would prefer that greatly. I generally don't support government schools because they are not trying anything different.

If they at least tried something like that even though it is radically different I would put my support behind it.

I've known lots of people who graduated high school who didn't know crap.
That was just wasted resources to me.
 
I would prefer that greatly. I generally don't support government schools because they are not trying anything different.

If they at least tried something like that even though it is radically different I would put my support behind it.

I've known lots of people who graduated high school who didn't know crap.
That was just wasted resources to me.

I think it would be good for these people to get kids started at an early age with these skills so when they did leave the education system they would be able to go out and function in the work force. I would of course insist that this be year round to again speed up the process and make us more competetive, so that means basic math, English, money management, and the other essential acedemics. This would take the load off of schools, employ more teachers, and it could make us the most radical new nation for education. :cheers:
 
I think it would be good for these people to get kids started at an early age with these skills so when they did leave the education system they would be able to go out and function in the work force. I would of course insist that this be year round to again speed up the process and make us more competetive, so that means basic math, English, money management, and the other essential acedemics. This would take the load off of schools, employ more teachers, and it could make us the most radical new nation for education. :cheers:

It would be excellent.

They waste to much time on higher level math when most of these students won't use anything past algebra 1.

Reading is the same thing. Anything after 8th grade for a lot of people is to much.

Trade skills don't mean a life of poverty either since I now make less than most of those sectors.

Even after that if a person wants to go to a traditional college self study as well as tutoring will make it possible.
 
I don't mean to say that is all it serves But I believe that most find it to be a convenient baby sitting service.

I do not support our form of education, as it supports the mediocre in my opinion.
That is not healthy.


I agree that it supports the mediocre... and I want to make it clear that this is the fault of the Leaders in eduction. The boards and state level, NOT the teachers.

Also, yeah, parents send their kids to school as a relief. Are you a parent?
 
I agree that it supports the mediocre... and I want to make it clear that this is the fault of the Leaders in eduction. The boards and state level, NOT the teachers.

I agree with this assessment. I generally don't fault the teachers, my problem is main with the structure. It isn't providing a long term stable education.


Also, yeah, parents send their kids to school as a relief. Are you a parent?

Yep, I have two kids.
 
I agree with this assessment. I generally don't fault the teachers, my problem is main with the structure. It isn't providing a long term stable education.




Yep, I have two kids.

Yeah... two daughters here. Then you understand that while it is a relief to have your kids busy and active during the day (ie babysitting) it is not really that except for those that don't value education. Big changes need to occur in education for it to be meaningful to all of society, rather than for the few that make it through to university level. Too many are left with a diploma, if that and nowhere to go.
 
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