myvoice12

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Do children where you live go to school year round?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 16 Aug 09

Hi everyone. Here in the states, it has been the normal thing that children get summers off from school, which is about three months. Lately, though, many areas are trying school year round, with a few shorter...

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myvoice12 As a teacher who has taught in a traditional school year (summer breaks) and in a year round school, I found the year round school to be more disruptive to the teaching and learning process due to the many short breaks. First, I found that many students and...

28 Aug 09

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Do children where you live go to school year round?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 16 Aug 09

Hi everyone. Here in the states, it has been the normal thing that children get summers off from school, which is about three months. Lately, though, many areas are trying school year round, with a few shorter...

18 responses •

4 people

myvoice12 As a teacher who worked in a traditional school and a year round school, I found the year round concept to be more taxing due to the many short breaks. Too many of the students and some teachers simply looked forward to the next break which distracted them...

28 Aug 09