English 12/11 Not expanding school calendars There should not be a longer school calendar because it takes days away from school breaks, use more school money, and provides longer lessons. Expanding school calendars does not help students improve whatsoever. When there are more days to attend for school there are more assignments, more tests, and especially more homework. Providing more work is harder, which makes getting good grades tough to get. Also, it is possible that most students will have more missing or incomplete assignments even without a longer school calendar so why expand it even more? There should not be a longer school calendar because it takes days away from school breaks. Putting more than five days a week for …show more content…
Expanding school calendars does not help students improve whatsoever. When there are more days to attend for school there are more assignments, more tests, and especially more homework. Providing more work is harder, which makes getting good grades tough to get. Also, it is possible that most students will have more missing or incomplete assignments even without a longer school calendar so why expand it even more? There should not be a longer school calendar because it takes days away from school breaks. Putting more than five days a week for school won’t give enough time for students to study for an upcoming test. Students may become stressed out and not attend school for a day or so and therefore can cause more absences and tardies. Expanding a school calendar creates less time for a break from school. Students with good study habits will study during the weekends for as long as they can, however, students will then have a shorter time span to get all of what they need down for a test. Not only can it prevent students from studying, but it also could get in the way of family plans. Many families will go on vacation during a break and won’t be present on the first school day back from that