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Jamie T.
10/5/2011 05:16:15 am
Summer marks a time of vacation and camps, a break from school to spend with family and friends. It is freedom from teachers and schoolwork, however when students are strained with loads of summer reading, there is no time to think about these summer activities. Some students are assigned very little, have time to get their schoolwork done and enjoy the rest of the summer. Others have many more essays, packets and required books that are not beneficial to their education. I think schools should not have required summer reading because summer is a time for relaxation, a chance to learn skills not taught in school and it puts pressure on students to read a required book for academic reasons.
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Joshua Eng
10/5/2011 07:05:40 am
Summer is a time to be free of the stress and pressures that school presents. It is a time to go on vacation or simply kick back and relax. However, when schools require summer reading of their students, there is less freedom for children. There is much less time to think about all of the things that one might want to do during summer. Summer reading takes up a lot of time depending on the book, and may not always be beneficial to a student's learning. I believe that schools should not require summer reading, as many students are busy with summer-oriented activities, value their relaxation and freedom, and should not be required to read a book that is too challenging.
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Andrew Lombard
10/5/2011 07:29:42 am
Summer vacation is a time to relax and have fun, but now it can hardly be called a vacation at all. Many schools are now requiring students to read over the summer. This keeps the students from doing fun activities that are the whole point of summer. Schools should not require summer reading, because it may prevent students from doing other beneficial summer-oriented activities, keeps them from getting outside and exercising, and may cause children to resent reading.
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Dylan C
10/5/2011 07:55:20 am
"Do we want our children to start out the year refreshed and ready to learn? Or burned out and resentful?" (Nancy Kalish). Summer vacation used to be a kick back and relax time. However, now days with the increasing number of camps and summer vacation homework, summer vacation is not so fun. In a matter of fact, summer vacation is becoming just as busy as the school year! Summer reading is the bane of summer; it is the thief of time, creates vast quantities of stress, and burns out a student's energy and motivation to learn.
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Rochelle Yang
10/5/2011 07:57:47 am
The routine vacation days of old where students lounge on the beach and flick through their television channels are nothing but a mere fantasy now. Instead, when the last bell closes the school year, students are faced with a new reality. Hundred of school boards have decided to play the ‘bad guys’ and enforce required summer reading. For many students, that means an extended work load and time away from other activities. Those who complain though, fail to see the benefits of summer reading. Almost all students-especially those in lower income families-forget the skills they learned during the year and are severely lacking once they go back to school in the fall. This large gap needs to be covered, and summer reading may very well be the step to cover it. I encourage required summer reading because it increases a student's reading proficiency, exposes the pupil to new ideas and keeps the mind active during a sluggish vacation.
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Anna J
10/5/2011 08:18:57 am
Surveys show that one in five high school students don't have 'fun time' or hang out with their friends due to immense levels of stress. Much of this is from school work. Doesn't it make sense for students to then enjoy themselves when they are off on summer vacation? Yet, they really can't – due to their required summer reading. Summer reading ensures that students are reading at the proper level, but it takes away the pleasure of reading, doesn't teach students to choose appropriate books, and overwhelms them because of the already high work-load.
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Virginia Wolff
10/5/2011 08:25:07 am
Summer is a time where kids can relax and play; but it is also a time where many students forget what they have learned in the past. To make up for this, teachers assign summer reading. Is this assignment really necessary, though? People have been debating about that question for years. In my opinion, summer reading is a necessary assignment that keeps youths' minds active during the summer months; however, having a specific set of books to read can put stress on students and is generally not effective in engaging them.
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Lia C
10/5/2011 08:51:45 am
To most students who participate in summer reading they just see it as a bore and waste of time. However, what they do not realize is that summer reading is helping them with many things; like significantly improving their reading skills and instead of losing information over the summer, students who read gain knowledge. Overall a lot of research has been done to prove that summer reading really does benefit students. Today, it is required for most schools to have summer reading. Also many public libraries are now offering various summer reading programs, to try and get even more students involved. I believe that summer reading should be assigned because it keeps students' minds active over the summer and increases students' reading proficiency; however, I think there should be adjustments made, by having a larger variety of books to choose.
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Adam T
10/5/2011 08:55:00 am
The summer is a time for students to be having fun and enjoying their vacation; however there still must be some school work assigned. Summer reading assignments are used by most schools as that work. People are debating whether students should have summer reading or not. My view is that it is necessary. I think that summer reading should be assigned, but students should have a choice of books because it increases reading ability, helps students remember important skills, and helps students enjoy reading more.
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J Chang
10/5/2011 09:06:11 am
Sometime when I hear about children who must be pitied for the "immense" workload that their brutal teachers have given them, I want to become a teacher and show my students just what "immense" really means. Everywhere I read that it is the teacher's fault for tasking children with too much homework during a time when the last thing on their minds is homework. Nowhere do I read that the problem might lie with the children themselves. Despite the cases against summer reading, it can be a beneficial and even enjoyable experience if the child stops procrastinating his assignments till the last minute and started them right after school ends; it may also help if he were able to pick his own books to read for school and set aside a time to finish portions of them every day.
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Holly S
10/5/2011 09:18:09 am
As time has progressed, the season of freedom and fun has been replaced with undue stress. Summer is supposed to be a time to relax from all the hardwork you have completed in the past ten months. Required summer reading has ruined this concept. Reading is supposed to take your mind to a whole new place, not remind you of the upcoming school year. I believe that summer reading should be assigned, but students should have a say in what they're reading because then it ignites a love for reading, increases class participation and influences the current curriculum choices.
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Emily W
10/5/2011 09:23:18 am
Panic, worry and stress; those are the top three emotions that students feel when they are forced to complete summer reading. When a child is assigned summer reading they are consumed by massive amounts of stress. This stress is caused by the quantity of presussure that they are under to attain reading their books. Another thing that helps to increase the stress level of a student is procrastination; something that students normally do when they have summer reading; which does not create good study habbits for the year to come. Summer reading is harmful to children because it causes and increases students' stress levels while eliminating time for both play and relaxation.
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Katie S.
10/5/2011 09:38:00 am
The debate as to whether or not summer reading requirements are beneficial to students has been going on for years, but is there only one solution to this problem? Should all students, no matter what their situation is, be given homework over vacation? I believe that reading requirements should be more personalized, and depend on the reader's level. The student should be more involved in their choices. Summer reading requirements can be helpful to struggling students, but most teenagers consider them boring and unnecessary unless they get to choose some of the books they read.
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Josh K
10/5/2011 09:41:12 am
Summer is a wonderful time of year. It is a time of lazy hot days, dripping ice cream, afternoons by the pool, and summer reading. While summer reading is less beloved than its counterparts, it has somehow stood the test of time.(Positive Thesis)
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Sophie E.
10/5/2011 09:48:07 am
Reading is one of the great joys in life that those fortunate enough to be educated should value. Without the stories and ideas presented in the pages of countless books, the world would have no future and no past, remaining in the dismal void of a boring life. Although this gift is utilized in schools, students are starting to complain about having to read books outside of school, claiming to have no time for pleasure reading and complaining when teachers assign them required reading. But should schools require students to read books, on which they will be tested, over the summer? As it has been proven that this "extra reading" is beneficial to children, schools should take the incentive to actually let children enjoy the books they are required to read. By allowing students to choose their own books, schools would increase the number of children actually doing the reading, lessen class-related reading gaps and provide a wider variety of ideas for discussion in class.
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SaM YiN
10/5/2011 09:48:15 am
Why should a student be worried when they hear the words "summer reading"? Instead they should be looking forward to summer reading because it is nothing stressful. Students will eventually learn to love summer reading if teachers could just change it a little to their liking. Summer reading, in my opinion is very beneficial to students retaining their knowledge during the summer months; also if students chose from a list of books, then they will be provided with some freedom to choose what they like and the teachers are still able to make sure the books are right for them.
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Alyssa Graham
10/5/2011 09:48:45 am
It's summer; picture it. Do you picture mandatory summer reading? I didn't think so. You may have pictured yourself sitting up against a tree with a book in your hand. But, is the book you picture a required summer reading or a book that sparks your imagination and takes you on an adventure? Don't even bother answering that, cause I am 99% sure the answer is the later. I think the importance of summer reading is a toss up honestly, on one side it keeps one's mind sharp, on the other it limits the freedom of summer; all in all, I think it depends on the circumstances of the assignment.
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Feral Kat.. meow
10/5/2011 10:10:21 am
Some may believe summer vacation is a time for fun and relaxation, in reality it is a time when students become victims of the “summer brain drain”; a loss in reading comprehension skills due to students’ unwillingness to read during their vacation. I support required summer reading because it keeps young minds active during vacation, helps increase all students' learning proficiency, and pushes intimidated learners into reading challenging and beneficial books.
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Elijah House
10/5/2011 10:12:28 am
On the last day of school, have you ever run out of school screaming and cheering with joy because summer vacation has officially started? Most people enjoy their summer vacation because they can sit back and relax. One way to enjoy the days off of school is with an exciting book, chosen by the student personally. I highly support summer reading and believe it should be kept as part of the school program, with certain constraints. Summer Reading is beneficial to students education and keeps their minds open to learning; however, they should be granted more choice in book selection because the readers will enjoy a book more if it is selected personally.
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David Yin
10/5/2011 10:16:57 am
Summer vacation for many students means a time to relax and so they procrastinate until the last few weeks. None of them have a reason to do the work other than the grades that they will receive when school starts again. In order to have summer reading help students read books for school and enjoy them at the same time, students should be allowed to choose their own books for summer reading; the average American only reads four books every year, if they build a reading habit in their youth, they will have a higher learning proficiency, the students can learn many new things, from new words to having a different view into life, and students would be able to choose their own books to read for both pleasure and grades.
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Beth
10/5/2011 10:37:01 am
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Beth
10/5/2011 10:52:40 am
Did you know 60% of students don't enjoy reading? Part of this issue may be caused by summer reading. Summer is the time to relax and have fun. However, summer reading is retaining us from enjoying our vacation. I think it's commendable for schools to give a little amount of work to do during our three months off, but summer reading is not the way to go. Schools should find another way to keep students minds active instead of forcing a book upon them. Schools shouldn't require a certain summer reading book because it gives students no say in the book they want to read, it turns them off from wanting to read, and takes time from camps, summer jobs, and vacations.
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Caroline
10/5/2011 11:08:31 am
When the sun is high in the sky, your friends are out sunbathing by the local pool, everyone else is playing volleyball on the beach, or you just feel like having some fun: What do you like to do? "I like to read an educational book that was assigned to me by the school I go to," most likely wouldn't be the answer you'd get from students who are trying to enjoy their summer vacation. What they probably could tell you is that they resent both the books they are made to read and the school for assigning them, and that most of them wait until a few days before school starts before they do the work (if they do it at all). A number of younger children could tell you that their summer work involves some parental involvement, and that it is a source of frustration for both their parents and themselves. These are some reasons why I think schools should not have required summer reading. Summer reading causes negative attitudes toward both reading and school, it doesn’t benefit the students, and it is unfair to them and their parents.
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Kelly D
10/5/2011 11:37:52 am
The moment the bell rings on the last day of school students are free to do whatever they want over the summer months. It gives children a chance to learn things outside of the classroom while engaging in camps all sorts of activities. However, is it possible that this well deserved break does more harm than good? Will students return the next year with half of the knowledge they left with forgotten? The general consensus to this problem is to assign summer reading. However, does it really influence their learning experience or does it just teach them to hate reading? I believe that the concept of summer reading is not the problem but the way the schools apply it. It is my opinion that summer reading is beneficial to a student as long as it does not exceed one or two teacher selected books and a few chosen by the reader; this combines formal, school education with many other aspects of learning, such as vocabulary and writing, that students obtain from reading on their own.
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Derek S.
10/5/2011 11:58:58 am
Nowadays, what is it that students do during their summer? Summer is a time for students who spent nine to ten months in school to relax, and try to have fun and forget about school for the time being. However, after the summer has ended, students are sent back to school, and usually the next year is harder and more time-consuming than the last. For a lot of students, it is hard to adapt to the harder school year after a very lax three months. Some may have forgotten a lot of what they learned the previous year. That is why summer reading is important. Summer reading is beneficial to students because it increases their reading and writing proficiency, forces students to manage their time better, and reiterates what they learned during the previous school year.
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Selena Hunter
10/5/2011 12:02:54 pm
If you have no money for vacation, sit down and open a book, it can transport you to another time and place. In the summer students tend to forget what they learned, so reading would keep there minds active. Reading in the summer helps to balance between leisure time and accomplishing the assignment. Summer reading entices students to enjoy books they would not normally select. High schools should assign summer reading because it keeps students thinking, it teaches time management, and would encourage students to read for enjoyment.
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Jimmy Donoghue
10/5/2011 08:48:47 pm
No matter what, children are never going to do summer reading. They do not understand the importance of it. Many students view summer reading as an injustice; however they are oblivious to the fact that summer reading must remain because it improves their reading skills and vocabulary, it helps their brains start moving before school starts, and helps the teacher fit more material into the course.
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Taylor Davey
10/5/2011 09:08:33 pm
Summer vacation is a time for students to get away from all the stress and pressure that parents and teachers put on them. It is also a time to be free, relax, go to camps, and spend time with family. Except, if you give us summer reading assignments it's just like school with all the stress. Summer reading assignments are stressful since the work load has become larger, the summer reading chosen is dull, so children tend to procrastinate, which puts more stress on families.
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