Bill 36 - Balanced Calander

    I am going to talk about the balanced calendar because recently, the goverment wanted to change to year round schooling. This just means that we wouldn't have a 2 month summer break like we always do and we would have school all year round. I will tell you my opinion of this and some pros and cons.

    If the school board changes schools to become year round, we won't have a 2 month summer vacation and our days will become extended. The reason that they give us a 2 month vacation was because years ago, it was farming season and kids needed the 2 months off to help around so we don't really need that 2 month vacation but most kids are used to it now and might not be happy if we have school all year. We will instead have 3 longer breaks balanced throughout the year. Here are some of the pros and cons;

Pro's:
   Some good things about the schools being changed to become year round is that we get 3 long breaks. They wouldn't be 2 months of course, but it's almost the same as Winter and Spring break. The breaks would probably each be around 1 month long throughout the year. A good thing about this would be that we would remember more things we learned in school and not forget them like we usually do when we go on that 2 month vacation. Also, its a longer time to spend with your family during a special holiday such as Christmas or Easter because it would be 1 month. For some kids, it could possibly even help them get better grades in school because they wouldn't be looking forward to a vacation. This is basically all I could think of on pros for a balanced calendar.

Con's:
   Bad things about the school board changing our schools to balanced calendars is that we wouldn't be looking forward to a vacation anymore in the summer but instead we would only get 1 month off and we would spend another month of summer in school. I would really not like spending my summer in school because it would be extremely hot. Also, some people wouldn't be able to go on a long vacation to another country such as I am this year because we would only have 1 month off. We wouldn't get to spend as much time with our friends either. A horrible thing that kids wouldn't look forward to either is the days being extended because nobody wants to stay in school longer. This would most likely be a problem for most parents too since some parents have to go to work right after they pick their kids up or they work longer so parents wouldn't be very happy about this either. Most kids also usually look forward to they're vacation but if this changed, i wouldn't really be looking forward to anything.

   Overall, i do NOT want to have a balanced calender. I like having the 2 month vacation instead of 1 month breaks with extended days.