Should the School Day Be Longer?

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school should definately not be longer. I feel kids will drop out of school due never haveing time to relax. Not to mention all the homework they will have after school. Families will have less time with there children to instill good values, which will cause a breakdown in society. I also feel that bullying will increase due to stress and not haveing time for there own families. Children need time to play. It is just as essential as anything else. All work and no play will cause depression, and a higher drop out rate

Bonnie Lamphere of NY 10:52PM May 29, 2012

i think it is no as students need their free time

scorpio 4:53AM May 01, 2012

It has always been my belief to not have longer school days, because 7 hours of school is too much for our students, especially for students in preschool and kindergarten. Instead of 8:00AM-3:00PM, the dismissal time should be moved 1 hour earlier, in which the school day should run from 8:00AM-2:00PM Monday-Thursday, with a half-day on Friday from 8:00AM-12:00 noon. The school day, not even the school year, should be longer. I also recommend that homework should only be assigned Monday to Thursday, but not on Fridays, weekends, or school holidays.

Andy Hernandez of CA 7:02PM April 27, 2012

I am finishing my freshman year in college and I've realized there is so much more that I could have learned in public school. Not to mention all the information that I forget over the summer. The school day itself should not be longer, but the school year should be longer. Our school system is still set up for when the kids needed to be home for the summer months to bring in their family's crop back when almost every family lived on a farm. In today's society, very few kids are needed thanks to the big machines we have. The system itself needs to be reworked. Other countries around the world go to school year round with 2 week breaks every three months or so. It's no wonder why kids in those countries are much smarter then kids in the U.S.

James of MO 4:34PM April 18, 2012

If school days were longer then students won't have any time for studying at home. If you were in exams and you couldn't study at home then you could get a bad grade.No. School days shouldn't be longer.

Elizabeth 8:17AM February 16, 2012

I think there should be differentiation of students with respect to this question. Students who are failing (often because they've chosen to waste the time they're given during the existing school day) should be required to attend for extra hours until they can prove competence in fulfilling school and state requirements. This type of a plan would serve as a positive reinforcer for students who had effective study habits, and a negative reinforcer for those who did not. As it is now, failing students just attend summer school for their rubber stamp up to the next grade. This type of remediation is useless as it is too far separated from the failing behavior that necessitated the action. Students should be monitored at regular intervals, and required to spend more time in an after school program when they are failing. Also, districts need to require teachers to get rid of busy work grades and assess on substantial criteria so parents, districts and the government have a truthful idea of how our students are really performing. Take away the excuses, measure in some significant consequences, and watch the achievement statistics rise.

JMO of KS 10:58PM September 02, 2011

I am going into junior year, and this summer I have already had to read 4 chapters of AP Biology (and complete around 32 pages of worksheets related to those chapters), complete over 15 pages of math problems, read and annotate two novels, and write 6 "mini" essays in MLA format. I am also in marching band (which practices during the summer, 2-3 times a week until now, when we practice every day), a summer voice class, I have a job, and I'm traveling to europe for a church mission trip. THIS IS SUMMER! Can you imagine my life during the school year? Right now I am managing to squeeze in one or two hours of TRUE relaxation time, during the school season, I lose that. My relaxation time turns into the few hours I sleep at night.
Some say I take on too much, that it's my fault I have this schedule. Well, to get into a good college, I have to have a competitive transcript. I have to do these extras to get scholarships, to get into the National Honor Society. Society is already pressuring us students sooo much, now they want to add school classes year round? All those tests, loads of homework. Fighting to fit extra-curriculars, work, community service, and my family's other events and activites all around a normal 7 hour, 5 days a week school season?
Why do ADULTS get to make this choice? They've already completed school! Sorry Mr.President, and all the politicians, but you need to come to US, the students, and the teachers who already don't get paid enough: you have to come to US and ask if we are willing to give up what few summer benefits we have.
Instead of looking at students' statistics and seeing the BAD, look again and see the GOOD. See how many students cram extra into their schedules, who work and go to school, who give up tv, computers, and free-time with friends to do advanced-level homework and study to keep their grades up. Be proud of what has already been accomplished, and realize that maybe the amount of time spent in school isn't always the reason statistics have a bad side. Then reconsider whether or not the United States should have full-round school.

Lizzie of MI 5:46PM August 04, 2011

School days should not be longer, and I just have to point this out, as soon as i looked at the comments, the first three wanted longer school days, and they sound like kids, now if that is not trying to sway the vote, I don't know what is, but I say that school today is hard enough, right now I have three reports to do, and I'm in 9th grade, in fact, this is the topic of my report and I find it offensive that people will not ask children, this effects us more than any politicians, or parent. I say no, conclusively

Ryane of FL 1:02PM May 17, 2011

The answer is that they should go to school for the time needed to gain the core academic skills and well-rounded education necessary to thrive as individuals and to succeed in today's complex society and high-skills economy. Students need enough time to learn to read and write well and to handle math comfortably. But they also need time to master science and other subjects as well.
Personally I say that school should be longer because it relives the parents and gives them a chance to work more and its them who are working to support their children. Its our parents who are working, to allow us to attend collage.
We are the ones who should be learning and making them proud to have us as their children,

school123 of MI 5:38PM May 03, 2011

I think school should be longer because that could help some students improve academicly and teachers will have more time to teach students so children might be able to come home and tell thre parents that they learned something new everyday. But in order for students to improve you must add time to the school day, increase the number of days in school and increase the reading lvls because eight grade books are now at a eleinth grade reading lvl.(i am in eith grade and read at a elevth grade reading lvl) my lexile score is better than alot of highschoolers so I really think that america needs to improve learning polices and rise the lvl of reading because i do not want to live in a nation were every on can barly read or say there abc's. so i strongly agree with increasing time in school.

Jaylen of MI 3:34PM March 10, 2011