President Obama is proposing longer school days for kids and shorter vacations. You can read more on this story in Foxnews.com in this website :
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/27/obama-proposes-longer-school-day-shorter-summer-vacation/ . Although the article did seem a little biased in favor of Obama's proposal, I still agree with it. The article did point out that adding longer school hours would demand more money but failed to mention how this would impact our current economy. However, I still believe that investing money and more time into our children's education is a benefit for all. Especially with our technology advancing everyday more and more, we need to invest more time and money into children's education to ensure that America's children keep up with our advanced technology and with the rest of the globes as well, so they can help us move forward into a brighter future for us all. As Foxnews.com provided, "Kids in the U.S. spend more hours in school (1,146 instructional hours per year) than do kids in the Asian countries that persistently outscore the U.S. on math and science tests -- Singapore (903), Taiwan (1,050), Japan (1,005) and Hong Kong (1,013). That is despite the fact that Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong have longer school years (190 to 201 days) than does the U.S(180)". Although U.S kids spent most time in school then most foreign countries I agree with Obama, adding more school hours will benefit kids and in several ways, for example it will help them become more focused in school, stay out of trouble and will allow them more time with the teacher to go over any difficulties they are having. This will especially benefit low income children who do not have the resources they need to study or do not have the help they need to advance in school. Overall investing money and time into America's children is an investment for America's future.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/27/obama-proposes-longer-school-day-shorter-summer-vacation/ . Although the article did seem a little biased in favor of Obama's proposal, I still agree with it. The article did point out that adding longer school hours would demand more money but failed to mention how this would impact our current economy. However, I still believe that investing money and more time into our children's education is a benefit for all. Especially with our technology advancing everyday more and more, we need to invest more time and money into children's education to ensure that America's children keep up with our advanced technology and with the rest of the globes as well, so they can help us move forward into a brighter future for us all. As Foxnews.com provided, "Kids in the U.S. spend more hours in school (1,146 instructional hours per year) than do kids in the Asian countries that persistently outscore the U.S. on math and science tests -- Singapore (903), Taiwan (1,050), Japan (1,005) and Hong Kong (1,013). That is despite the fact that Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong have longer school years (190 to 201 days) than does the U.S(180)". Although U.S kids spent most time in school then most foreign countries I agree with Obama, adding more school hours will benefit kids and in several ways, for example it will help them become more focused in school, stay out of trouble and will allow them more time with the teacher to go over any difficulties they are having. This will especially benefit low income children who do not have the resources they need to study or do not have the help they need to advance in school. Overall investing money and time into America's children is an investment for America's future.
