Every high school student across the country has that constant struggle to maintain an accurate grade. It’s always in the back of their heads to keep up with homework assignments, or to study specific sections for a test. The amount of stress put on these students is equal to giving them an elephant to carry on their backs for the entire day. Whether the student failed a class or wants to take an advanced program for the next year, that’s already enough stress on them to pass and therefore they shouldn’t have to take summer classes.
To begin with, schoolwork from the summer classes will be more intense than the regular school year. After a student learns that they failed and important class, they immediately think of what they did wrong, and how could they fix it. On the other hand, when a student did an excellent job, they may want to take a more challenging class for the following school year. The answers to both of these situations is summer school, and no matter what the reason is for skipping summer vacation, the classes won’t be as easy as they seem.
Within the classes a student takes, the schoolwork will be doubled and the time spent on the assignments will be longer than usual (Seidel, Aly). Along with that, the test and quizzes will be on subjects that will require more than an hours’ worth of studying (The Pros and Cons of Taking Summer Classes). Students will be up day and night working hard on every question and every project to both learn and understand the most easily and/or difficult topics. Each student will have to get out of their comfort zones to complete every task their teachers assign.
For every student that takes these certain classes it is important for them to pass or else they will fail and add an increasing amount of pressure. With the added pressure, stress kinks in the mind leading to terrible setbacks such as keeping up with homework or the fear of failure and not having a future. In addition, students taking these enhanced programs will comprehend more anxiety and tension. Usually on a normal schedule, students go to school, get some homework done, and then head out to a special event or after school activity.
Then they come home and finish their homework, and repeat the same process over and over. Now with a student enrolled in summer school, their schedule will probably be more packed than the example above. After school they spend however much time they have on a specific assignment, then they head out to an occasion and come home late (Patino, Erica). They spend hours and hours trying to complete the same assignment they began with and the rest of their homework as well, before the next day of school. Besidles finishing homework, students also have to save time to study for tests and quizzes.
For instance, small quizzes on easy subjects such as vocabulary, will gradually increase a student’s grade if they continue to study for a proper amount of time. Although, with all of this extra work students receive, it takes more time to get these projects complete meaning less time to study (Seidel, Aly). So, when their homework is finally finished, it will be passed a usual bedtime and with only a few hours of sleep students will have to get up early in the morning to get ready. Without the proper hours of sleep, students will be very tired and weak to complete their work.
Students should be able to accomplish their homework with an even amount of time left to be able to relax, hang loose and be able to get plenty of sleep (Patino, Erica). Moreover, with the loss of summer vacation, the amount of free time and relaxation would be shortened for students. The fear of missing out on summer break, is a dark thought that cannot be forgotten for every student dreams about the day when they can finally have a chance to sleep in, or catch up on what they have been missing on their favorite TV show.
In summer school, there are more homework assignments and the process of studying on a specific subject will take a while to fully comprehend (The Pros and Cons of Taking Summer Classes). On a summer break, students are able to relax and have fun. For example, most families take their children to fun destinations like Hawaii or Disneyland. Even if they can’t afford that kind of a trip, some families could visit distant relatives or friends nearby and have fun on their own.
Students can even meet up with other classmates for an entertaining party, movie, or shopping grounds. For a student who doesn’t have these opportunities and are stuck with summer school, they are missing out on all of the fun their friends and family are having. They are left out on all of the experiences they could endure, and will be wedged between homework and studying (The Pros and Cons of Taking Summer Classes). Working late on the weekends, and cramming in late assignments doesn’t sound like a vacation.
During the school year, students work really hard focusing on passing the school year, so why can’t they have a break from all of this exertion? One can see that summer school could be fun and easy if students had the right determination, however most students want rush and finish school as fast as they can but they slowly lose the knowledge they are supposed to be gaining. Students should be able to fully comprehend any topic without being pressured or else the pressure will lead to stress meaning that the student could be in danger of falling behind, or even worse failing.
Students are not robots, they can’t appointed homework and projects for them to complete, so that when they are done, they could receive more and complete it for the next day. Students cannot be expected to keep up with this process forever, they need a good, long, well rested break. They need to be able to loosen up and unwind from all of the tensions surrounding them. Summer school is only meant for those who are willing to continue to work at an increasing pace with barely any breaks and for those who can’t handle these tasks must be warned.
