editorial

this is my editorial for the newspaper. and once more, blogger is gay and won't indent. >:(


Alternate to recreate!
BY: Miranda Rosaio


Have you ever considered an alternative calendar, one where instead of having summer, we have four breaks, each averaging 2 or more weeks? Often enough, people have told me, “Get rid of summer!? Why on earth would you want to do that?” To be completely honest, I think an alternative calendar would be a better idea. The idea is to get a higher student out put. It’s made so you do better in school (and we get better vacation time too!)
With an alternative calendar, you wouldn’t have the problem of forgetting things over the summer; people forget most of the things they learned in the previous year. Kids go back to school and can spend a month trying to re-learn what they forgot. With a two or more week break, kids will forget less. Reports from the California State Department of Education show that standardized test scores increased an average increase of 13.3% in reading scores after year round schooling. Some schools have already switched.
With a summer break kids from Delaware, can only do summer activities unless they travel to a place Siberia. With an alternative calendar, we can take a skiing trip on the winter break, or go to the beach on the summer break. It would allow more flexibility. Most of the time families can’t go on a trip because they don’t want their kids to miss any school. With an alternative calendar, you could take a trip in any season you want!
This alterative calendar won’t change the number of days of school either. You will still have 180 days of school. You will also still have all of the half days and days off. This new calendar is a much better plan. Kids will do better in school and breaks will be more enjoyable. So come on, lets alternate to recreate!