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Some people argue that elementary school students have to take classes eleven months per year for a better education. However, I disagree with this statement because I believe that doing so is not a time-efficient way in the long run and that there are many other things children should learn outside their schools.
To begin with, this policy will encourage parents to send their children to lots of private academic institutions. This is because the increase of the number of the school means that students should learn more. The important thing is that the young students can be exhausted because of too much quantity of learning. Let’s take my cousin for example. He was promising student in his elementary school. His grades were excellent and he loved studying. However, his mother wanted him to learn more things so she sent him to over 5 institutions. He was only 12 then. Year after year, he felt tired of studying. Eventually, he announced his parents that he would not study any more from that time when he entered his high school. He told me because he learned a lot and studied a lot during his elementary school, he now wanted to rest. If the number of school days increases, students such as my cousin will increase.
On top of that, young students need time for diverse experiences outside the class and these activities are possible during a long vacation. Moreover, things they learn and experience during the vacation may motivate students to study. Let’s take my experience for example. When I was a elementary school student, I really hated all history class. However, my attitude was changed after I traveled Europe for 1 month during a vacation. During the vacation, my interest in Europian history grew so much that it made me decide to concentrate on school’s global history class. If I had had no time for the trip and just had to study at school continuously, I could have not even resolved to study harder in history class.
To sum up, spending 11 months in school will just increase the pressure of studying for young students and limit the chances for them to learn outside their schools. Thus, I strongly argue that elementary schools should not require students to take classes for 11 months per year. |