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How Long Is School Too Long
Do you think it’s too short, too long or just right? This is a question many are asking about our school days. Many kids in schools today are saying “the school day is too long; I have no time for homework...” Etc. Is the school day really too long? Or does it even need to be longer?
The school year consists of 180 days of school to receive credit. Is this too short or too long? Knowing there is 365 days in the year, some may say it is, some may say it is not. 180 days of the year in the classroom. That’s 185 days of the year that we are out of school. And each school day spending the majority of the day, in the classroom.
This may seem alright, if that’s all that it was, but many students are doing extracurricular activities such as sports.

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