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Can you test it, the mumbles of children everywhere at the just the mention of category arung teach condemnation, m residuum the p arnts of these kids start to jump for joy. Would a yr round school year dish up not only our nation notwithstanding okehs concerns about school performance? It is this simple question that starts the debate and action of the school year. Should we or should we not cook longer school age or just go for the gold to translate and make school a year round institution. There ar many who contend for year round school. They believe that to a greater extent is always better. United States death chair Barack Obama is among them. The challenges of the new century demands more time in the class fashion. he offerd. I for one think that more hours would not only help Ameri stub but Oklahoma schools as well. We have all been there, coming in from a long summer break when out of the blue a teacher ask the dreaded question, do you remember how to work this fuss? I can still see my blank stare at the chalk board wondering who is going to exempt me. Shorter summer breaks way students are less(prenominal) same(p)ly to incur learning loss, and it may decline the number of students being sent to remedial classes or to tutoring for help.Oklahomas kids are falling below average in science and maths. We say that most kids just dont test well, but it is not the case. The long summer breaks mean less time in the class room to keep their heads in the game. Without a long summer break that leaves less young minds in summer school and more time in the classroom and where the action is. School systems that are already year round have an advantage over the some other states that are not. This would provide Oklahoma children with the ability to have a more global educational experience.Countries like Japan, China, and Korea already have this system in effect. Their children test high, have a more developed level of learning, and they gr aduate College at a higher rate. The average test scores for U. S 4th grader in math was (539), whereas Chinas average was well into the (800). They test better ascribable to them retaining the knowledge learned during the year and years before. Students who test lower greet not only time but money to be spent on the longer educational process. We should not look at it as if it should happen but as in when to start.Before you think man is this somebody crazy, what about all the vacation plans we made during the summer. With the year round school program it ordain be easier to schedule family vacations and it volition give students chance to rest their brain more frequently. It will also help shock down the need for these bright minds of our future to need the re-teaching of skills already learned. Allowing teachers to phthisis classroom time more efficiently not only benefits the teachers but the kids as well. They will be learning more and keeping up with the rest of the wo rld.We fail to realize our children are crying out for help. When we have seniors leaving high school with only the reading skill of a 5th grader can we say that as citizens of Oklahoma we did our best to help them achieve their best? I for one believe it is time for us to stand up and say no our children need and deserve more. A family with both mother and father working, that leaves who to bid for the kids. Child care is big-ticket(prenominal) costing more during the summer break. Parents who are just making end meat to supply the house hold with enough to just win by would have more room to breathe.Families would be able to save as much as $750 per month. Families struggle pay the bills, put fodder on the table, and supply kids with clothing, why add another expense on the already tight budget. With all that being said there are some who believe that year round school would be more of a burdened than a source of help. The budget for food and other bills also raise a question with them. They even go to state that budgets and staffing issues simply may not allow for extended school programs to happen. They say that school maintenance, day to day upkeep and the utilities do not dislodge the means.You may even hear that students who have difficulty with attention, due to impairment are not ready to attend longer periods of time and that it will create some disorder in the classroom. Many budgets and staffing issues have been brought transport as well. How are we to pay qualified teachers the competitive way and it is overweight to keep them as well. With all this information being said I for still believe that the pros out way the cons. We need to build a better foundation and it all starts in the classroom. Without the proper education our kids will not secede in the world.We as Oklahomas should care more about the education we are sending these children out with than the clam amount. So as we sit down to listen to the children as they are against thi s we need to ask do they really know what is good for them. As adults and Oklahomans it is our job to ensure the children grow up with the knowledge need to hand in life. Without the proper education we are saying that we as parents, educators, and adults do not care about the education of our next president, teachers, doctors etc. It is time to take a stand and say yes our education system in Oklahoma needs a change and to place it into action. Before you subside look at the statics of all the other countries that go all year round. There are fewer drop outs, more college graduates and higher exercise in life. We all just want our children to be the best they can be and that starts in the classroom. Works Cited CNN. 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