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Furthermore, you should give your children a break from school during weekends and holidays. In Doing School by Denise Pope, Kevin's high school experience is dominated with the pressure to do well in school, "Instead of engaging with his classes, he spends most of his time trying to obtain the "good grades"." High School is the best time for the students because they get to meet new people from different middle schools and make new memories with them. Instead of doing these things, all Kevin did during his 4 years of high school is to achieve good grades. Kevin did not made many happy memories because all he remembered from his high school experience are competition, frustration, and fear. Likewise, Eve Lin from Faircrest High spend her weekends
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