Some people say that if students were required to take lessons for 11months, they will receive a better result in their school works. However, I disagree with the statement for the following reasons. First, proper school vacation can help students study efficiently. Second, students could be taught home education during their vacation.
To begin with, there’s reason why most of today’s schools run their classes for eight months in a year. The remains of one year are used as school vacation. Students are able to rest, review what they’ve learned, or do a variety of outdoor activities during the vacation. However, if there were no such breaks, students will be stressed out due to lack of spare time. On the other hand, proper vacation enables students to do school works efficiently. Let me take my experience for example. When I was in high school, my school ran extra lessons in every vacation. The main goal of these classes was making up for students’ weak subjects. The supplementary lessons were not essential but selective. I thought that more time to study would give me better grades. So I enrolled in several classes and studied my weak subjects. However, the consequence was not good because mental pressure resulted from a great mount of study time hindered me from concentrating on my study. Unfortunately, I was not still confident that I was better at the subjects, which I intensively studied during the break. In contrast, many of my classmates who didn’t take the lessons did outdoor activities such as various volunteer works and enjoyed their own leisure time during the vacation. The period made it possible for them not also to learn about diverse cultures and people but to study enthusiastically on their own when they came back to school. As a result, renewed their self-confidence from a variety of activities during the school vacation brought themselves better marks than my ones in the following midterm examination.
Next, teachers, especially female teachers, can be better parents to their children. Today’s women have a hard time dealing with multiple roles. In the past, most of women were only responsible for taking care of their children and house chores. However, nowadays, a growing number of women find themselves juggling many different roles in and outside of the home. Woman teachers are not exception. According to a recent report, a number of them pay others to take care of their kids and household chores. So, they spend most of their time with their children in the school vacation. They get closer by watching movies and having meals together. However, not given the time, female teachers will be not able to afford to take care of their family, including children. Of course, they should teach students. However, they also should look after their household and educate their children. In the sense, the school vacation is necessary for both students and teachers.
In brief, I disagree with the argument that if they were required to attend classes for 11months, students could receive better education for the reasons I mentioned above. First, a school vacation would help students to study enthusiastically on their own. Second, teachers are able to play a role as parents well.
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