Thursday, March 11, 2010

Classes over computers


Should schools give the option of having classes over the computer? I don't think that school should have normal classes online. The reason I think this is because some kids can't learn that way. Some students learn by class discussion and the computers sometimes a restrict how far the discussion can go. Also I feel as if it won't be as personal. There would be no interaction with the other students. In addition to students will not feel emotional invested in the work the are doing. I feel as if the students will fell unconnected to ever thing they are learning. Although I think that it would be fine to offer advanced classes online so students could stay at the same school with all their friends but at the same time the are getting the education the need. So in conclusion we should keep student emotional involved with what they are learning but at the same time the are getting the education they need.

Snow Days


How should schools make up snow days? I think that schools should no longer take away days from break. I think that we should add a hour to the end of the school day and if you do that about five times it would make up a missed day. The reason I think this way would be better is because it would be more convent then having to come in another day. I mean think about it you are already at school why not just stay and extra hour. It would also leave more time to get stuff that we didn't get to do on the snow days done.
People where thinking about have students come in on Saturdays to make up snow days. I didn't like this idea at all. The reason I don't like it is because people have stuff like sports tournaments over the weekend. We can't just drop everything at a minutes notice just to come to school. That's another reason that I like the idea of stay an extra hour for school. You were already planing on being at school that day.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

How long should school years be?


Should school years stay the same or should they be year long? I think that schools should be year long. I think this because over the summer kids loose so much of what they learn the past year over summer. If we had year round school there would be breaks but none of them would be long enough that you would forget what you learned.
Another thing is that most kids think that having year round school would take away there vacation time but really ,in my opinion, we would have better breaks. If we have year round school we would have breaks more often. Most schools go with the 45-15 plan. This is where for every 45 day you are in school you get 15 days off. You would also still have built in breaks for the holiday. I would much rather have breaks more often then on long break in the summer.