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Robert Ellis
Elizabeth Cyr
English 11
5/8/19

Down Time Is The Best Time

Have you heard the horror stories of schools converting over to the evilest thing possible

that ruins your beautiful ten weeks of summer vacation? If you haven't got a clue of what

I’mtalking about yet, I mean year round school.

Schools should not be year round and should be just be 180 days with a Three month

summer. Summer break is one of the best times to be around as a kid, you get three whole

amazing months to enjoy yourself, kids can bond with their friends and families and less have

less stress overall.

One of the biggest advantages of a traditional ten week summer is that it lets you have

some down time from stress and homework. Summer vacation can be a big getaway for kids and

teens. Homework can be super stressful for teens and kids alike, to have school year round would

just be super terrible. “ Less than 1 percent of the students said homework was not a stressor,”

says researchers (healthline). Students need summer vacation so they can have time off to relax

from huge stressors in their life and not having to deal with tons of homework daily.

2016 was a pretty crazy year to be alive, the summer break of 2016 was one of the best

summers to me because I made tons of new friends and had a great time with the one’s I already

had. If I didn't have those three months to spend time with some of my friends I don’t think that I

would have been the same person in the end.

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The one thing families do the most in the summer to spend time with each other is take a

nice vacation together. Not only does it help the overall family winding down by it, also helps

kids health overall. Dr. Sunderland explains that a kid taking a vacation helps kids with stress

regulation, attention, concentration, and the ability to learn, "The brain fertilizers triggered in

enriched environments are also associated with higher IQ in children," she said. As you can see if

kids and teens can just take the time off to go on a nice long relaxing vacation it can help them

long run with development of the brain.

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Work cited

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24 July 2017, www.edimprovement.org/2017/07/summer-break-help-hurt-students/.

Becker, Hollee Actman. “Family Vacations Have Long-Lasting Impact on Kids' Happiness.”

Parents, Parents, 28 May 2019,

www.parents.com/health/parents-news-now/family-vacations-have-long-lasting-impact-on

-kids-happiness/.

Kokemuller, Neil. “Summer Break vs. Year Long School.” Education, 29 Sept. 2016,

education.seattlepi.com/summer-break-vs-year-long-school-2490.html.

Study.com, Study.com,

study.com/academy/lesson/connectedness-in-psychology-definition-theory.html.

“Why Homework Is Bad: Stress and Consequences.” Healthline, Healthline Media,

www.healthline.com/health-news/children-more-homework-means-more-stress-031114#1.

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