Why We Should Have Longer School Days

In the article,”Time to Think” many people debated whether or not we should have longer school days. Many people said we should stick to 7(seven) hour school days, because if we have longer days then kids can’t be focused and they won’t have a lot of time with family. However(,) on the other hand people think that longer days would be better for students because they could learn more (omitted comma) and because they want the best education for their kids. If we have longer school days, they(it) would cut into after school activities. On both sides of this article both sides want the best for their kids.

The two opinions that were discussed in the paragraph have a lot of similarities. The first piece of evidence is that both opinions want their kids to be in school for the time frame they want. The textual evidence from the longer school day side is,”The additional hours allow teachers to spend more time on each subject.” This textual evidence means that if we have longer school days teachers can put
In the text for the side of longer school days it states,”People in favor of longer school days say kids need to learn to stay more competitive in today’s world. The additional hours allow teachers to spend more time on each subject.” This is saying that people who want longer school days feel as if it would give teachers more time to teach more things,and it would improve test scores. On the other side there are people who feel regular school days would benefit their kids more and this is evidence why,”And extra school time might prevent students from exploring other interests. Some students have complained about having to stay later. They are concerned that they wouldn’t be able to concentrate during the last classes of the day.” This means that if we have longer school days their kids won’t stay focused and then they wouldn’t be able to learn,and that would lead to bad