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Page 1: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class
Page 2: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class

• Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long

• Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class hours would make us care more if we weren’t there as long

Page 3: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class

Pros Continued

• By the time we’re done with classes & after school activities, its to late and we’re too tired to complete our homework. Shortening school hours would get us home earlier and more time to do our homework

Page 4: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class

We’ll be able to retain the same amount of material in 30 minutes compared to an hour.

A shorter day would leave us more time to enjoy our lives and not make us rush through activities and assignments

We’ll be able to retain the same amount of material in 30 minutes compared to an hour.

A shorter day would leave us more time to enjoy our lives and not make us rush through activities and assignments

Page 5: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class

• The teacher normally doesn’t start teaching until 10 or 15 minutes into class anyways, so cut those minutes off and the students would get to class sooner and be ready to start and the teacher could just start the lesson.

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Page 6: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class

• If our school days would be shorter, the school year would have to be longer and our breaks would probably be less and shorter too.

• If the school year was longer they’d have to spend more money on lunch and keeping up the cleanliness of the school and lights and all that good stuff.

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Survey : Do you want shorter school days?

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Page 8: Students would be more willing to work if they weren’t there as long Doing the same thing over and over again every day makes us care less, and less class

•As you can see the vast majority of students want shorter school days and even a few teachers.

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• Works Cited"Less School Hours - Ask.com." Ask.com - What's Your Question? Web. 23 Jan. 2012. <http://www.ask.com/questions-about/Less-School-Hours>."School Hours for Middle and High School Students (2005) - LWV of Marion and Polk Counties." League of Women Voters of Marion and Polk Counties. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. <http://marionpolk.or.lwvnet.org/School_hours.html>.Spires, Carlie J. "Students Need Shorter School Days." Teen Ink | A Teen Literary Magazine and Website. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. <http://www.teenink.com/opinion/all/article/59758/Students-Need-Shorter-School-Days/>.