Every student thinks of summer as the time to kick back and relax without having to worry about the work load school carries. However‚ many students come back the next year forgetting almost everything they had learned the year prior. Many of the teachers at my Elementary school and all of my teachers at my middle and high schools gave the class work to do over the summer to practice what was taught that year. Summer homework is beneficial to students because it helps continue the criteria that
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Examinations are over the long summer vacation has begun. How do you feel? How do you want to spend your long holiday? Many of you may spend hours playing ICQ or computer games. Others will sleep through the days. Indeed we deserve some rest and relaxation. But how about some other interesting and meaningful options? Let’s begin with taking care of our physical well-being. Choose an exercise or a game that you would like to learn. Joining a swimming or judo class‚ or learning to ride a bike
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the Summer Holidays? Summer is around the corner! This is the greatest time in the whole year----we finally get out of school and unload our homework burden! However‚ this is also a time when most of us break the routine we follow during school days. Most of us would stay up late‚ because we are free from alarm clocks and we might naturally become a slug. So how can we not get caught in this situation? This is where good time management can help us out. First‚ we should join a summer program
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Wring placement exam Summer Vacation is a not necessity for both students and teachers. I believe with a true passion that summer vacation is indubitably the reason for students falling behind and losing knowledge. In "This Is Your Brain on Summer" by Jeff Smink‚ states in the opening paragraph that "If students are not engaged in learning over the summer‚ they lose skills in math and reading. Summers off are one of the most important‚ yet acknowledged‚ causes of underachievement in our schools
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What is two to three months long‚ popular‚ and unnecessary? Summer Break! Educators around the world say children should attend year round schools. They state this because The United States is falling behind other countries in education (Kelsey 28). Other educators‚ however‚ are saying students and teachers need a summer break to refresh their bodies and minds and to make new lesson plans. Students and teachers should give up summer break and attend year round schools. Joining a year round school
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Literary Analysis Shall I Compare Thee to Summers Day? In analyzing Sonnet 18‚ Shall I Compare Thee to Summers Day?‚ written by William Shakespeare it is important to know some of the background information on this poet and playwright. He wrote a hundred and fifty four sonnets‚ that cover three major themes: 1. how short every life is‚ 2. that beauty will always fade because it is not everlasting‚ and 3. the weaknesses of humans to give into earthy temptations. Most scholars refer to the
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A fortnight before the summer break‚ we stopped taking I interest in studies. Everyone of us made an ambitious plan to ‘ visit some place or the other. But man proposes and God I disposes. On the very first day‚ my mother slipped in the I jdtchen and broke her ankle. Her whole leg was plastered and she was advised bed rest for three weeks. I had to prepare ) tea and cook food for the whole family. My friends came to enquire about her health and I had to serve them as well. I kept company
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A.P. Summer Reading List Requirements 10th Grade Honors – Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Uglies – Summer Reading Project During the summer of 2013‚ all students who are entering grades 9-12 will read the book Uglies. For their summer reading project‚ students should choose one project from the choices below. Projects will be due to their English teachers on Friday‚ August 30. Create a diary or journal
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“Summer really does tend to be a time of reduced productivity. Our brains do‚ figuratively‚ wilt‚” argues Maria Konnikova in “Why Summer Makes Us Lazy.” She asserts that bad weather improves productivity‚ while a hot weather can reduce attention and energy. While I agree that summer can make us lazy because of ideas of leisure‚ I disagree that bad weather can increase productivity because‚ when it is raining hard‚ I actually prefer to sleep than work. I agree that summer can decrease productivity
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During the summer holidays I have no hurry to wake up‚ hence I wake up slowly and prepare myself a nice full breakfast. On the table I always find a paper with the grocery needs and some money my mother would have left before going to work. I put on some clothes and leave quietly to do the errand‚ but I never expected that a simple run to the grocer would change my perspective towards life. One particular day I carried out the same procedure and as I got in the supermarket‚ I took a trolley and started
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