Argumentative Essay: The Four-Day Weekend By Law
'The three-day weekend by law.'
Lower transportation costs. Less money spent on facilities and overhead. Increased teacher and student attendance. And...higher test scores? New research suggests, perhaps that the four-day school week not only doesn't hurt student achievement, but seems to help!
The four-day school week has some appeal when budgets are tight, especially in rural districts where students and teachers may travel a long way to get to school. In America schools in 17 states have four-day school weeks, which usually entail longer school days in order to meet instructional hour requirements. In Colorado, for instance, more than a third of districts use the shorter week. So in England why can't we have the shorter week?
I will tell you why! It's the government, the lot of them, they're all stubborn, …show more content…
Less stress equals better health, and less diseases. People live longer. It benefits society. Less people using doctors and hospital emergency rooms. Less heart attacks.
3. It's already being done in places around the world. Instead of 9 to 5 x5Days, it's 8 to 6 x4Days. A lot of time is wasted in traffic on getting to work. You can save 3 hours a week in getting to work, and preparing for work, but doing the work of 5 days in 4 days.
4. And quite frankly, even at 9 to 5 x4 days instead of 9 to 5 x5 days, the same amount of work can be accomplished. An old saying goes that 80% of the work is done in 20% of the time. If there is less time, you can get the same amount of work completed. Just increase efficiency.
5. Most important, life is about enjoying oneself, and not about survival. Humans should have lots of time for leisure and play. A life without play is a meaningless and robotic existence.
In the words of Albert Camus: 'Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.'
And in the words of Nelson Mandela: 'For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of
Lower transportation costs. Less money spent on facilities and overhead. Increased teacher and student attendance. And...higher test scores? New research suggests, perhaps that the four-day school week not only doesn't hurt student achievement, but seems to help!
The four-day school week has some appeal when budgets are tight, especially in rural districts where students and teachers may travel a long way to get to school. In America schools in 17 states have four-day school weeks, which usually entail longer school days in order to meet instructional hour requirements. In Colorado, for instance, more than a third of districts use the shorter week. So in England why can't we have the shorter week?
I will tell you why! It's the government, the lot of them, they're all stubborn, …show more content…
Less stress equals better health, and less diseases. People live longer. It benefits society. Less people using doctors and hospital emergency rooms. Less heart attacks.
3. It's already being done in places around the world. Instead of 9 to 5 x5Days, it's 8 to 6 x4Days. A lot of time is wasted in traffic on getting to work. You can save 3 hours a week in getting to work, and preparing for work, but doing the work of 5 days in 4 days.
4. And quite frankly, even at 9 to 5 x4 days instead of 9 to 5 x5 days, the same amount of work can be accomplished. An old saying goes that 80% of the work is done in 20% of the time. If there is less time, you can get the same amount of work completed. Just increase efficiency.
5. Most important, life is about enjoying oneself, and not about survival. Humans should have lots of time for leisure and play. A life without play is a meaningless and robotic existence.
In the words of Albert Camus: 'Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.'
And in the words of Nelson Mandela: 'For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of