Comments on: Obama Proposes Longer School Days, Extended School Year

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:13:21 +0000

This is ridiculous. It’s unfair to compare American standards with those of other countries- the cultural history and attitudes surrounding education are completely different and it’s impossible to transform these things with a strategy as ignorant as increasing time spent in school. In Asian countries especially, kids value education in a way that our culture never has and most likely never will. Meeting parents’ and teachers’ expectations is of utmost importance there, and it’s this attitude that motivates kids to work hard in school. Trying to change the present state of American education in Obama’s proposed manner will be disastrous because kids just don’t have the mindset to cope with it. American kids catch the school bus at 6:30 am and don’t return home until evening because they participate in extra-curricular activities to enhance their college applications. Teenagers are put under FAR too much pressure as it is and it is simply unhealthy. All Obama’s plan will do is increase kids’ frustration and boredom. How about trying to improve quality of curriculum and teaching instead?!?! Or dealing with the real problems that interfere with kids’ learning such as drugs, bullying, family issues, etc.??? This really upsets me.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:39:38 +0000

It is not a good idea to extends school hours because this is likely to cause the students to rebel.

By: pediatric dietician

pediatric dietician — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:32:46 +0000

I think it’s a not very good idea. Children need more free time…

By: b

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:55:58 +0000

I think this is not a bad idea. You all may think I’m crazy but the reason why we’re in recession is because people are saving money so the answer here is not save money is spend money. If we have more school days we’ll need to pay more money. Therefore, more jobs will be needed, more help. I think this is a great idea. I think this will get us out of the hole we’re in and I wouldn’t mind being in school for 243 days. It sounds like fun

By: b

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:53:38 +0000

Cassy Deen. First off you are 14 you are a freshman. You don’t know what homework is. And second. Violence doesn’t solve anything. Look at the conflict in Iraq. What has that gotten us? Huh? NOTHING! Weapons don’t solve anything.

By: gg

gg — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:06:00 +0000

i dont want more school days,coz make us kids stress and bored

By: korean man

korean man — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:46:27 +0000

i m from korea and i hate school anyway.

By: cassy deen

cassy deen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:05:06 +0000

I think that this should not be allowed im only 14 but we are being stressed out enough and i cant take it. We have our own chores at home and i barely am getting them all done correctly because i have to do my homework it will be hard on all of us and i think that parents should have the rite to chose. Just because other nations are smarter we got better weapons then them and i think we should always remember that.

By: kk

kk — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:56:05 +0000

i dont like more school days