Have you ever asked your parents why they call it a break even though it lasts only two days? Your parents will say their break used to be a week or longer for certain breaks, let me tell you why.

Shorter breaks, longer days, added days, these are all things that are present as of now and they are not stopping! School breaks need to be longer.

To begin with, I know that people will say that longer breaks serve as more time to forget what has been learned, however, all a longer break really is a chance to get free of school routine, and as some might think that longer breaks equals more time to forget but this is not true, it is not as easy as you may say to forget what has been taught for many years, however, the case may be different with younger people I think that depending on the grade that they’re the things they learn should/could be easily taught somewhat over breaks

My first reasoning is, that one to two-day breaks do not benefit students and kids need time to be kids. According to many teachers that I interviewed they, say that however it helps their pay, breaks being shortened doesn’t benefit the students. If anything, it makes students less motivated to come to school. Teachers agree that children from middle school and lower should have time for kids to be kids.

The second reason is it hurting families. 60% of kids and their parents are unsatisfied with breaks being shortened and these shortened breaks reduce the possible time that could have been spent with faraway family.

The third reason is that longer breaks are healthier for kids. Kids who don’t get enough time for physical activity, extending breaks could give them this time to at least work in some time for physical activity because they will be more encouraged to go outside and play with friends.

And Lastly, extending summer break by a week instead of removing a week from it can benefit them further along with other breaks being extended by a week or 3 days can still benefit the kids and the parents involved.