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Reply to "the Atlantic: The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do schools not assign summer reading? My kids school gives a long list of books (prose and poetry) from which kids can choose. They have to read a certain number of books and are expected to write briefly about the reading they did over the summer. Both my kids have had some version of this every year at different schools since 4th grade. Seems like the kind of thing a parent could implement if schools aren't.[/quote] The point of Summer isn’t for schools to assign more work. Summer is for breaks, exploring other interest and learning other life skills. If parents want to assign school related things that’s their prerogative. Schools on the other hand have an academic calendar that doesn’t include Summer and as such shouldn’t include required assignments. If they want to assign work during Summer then change to a year round academic calendar.[/quote]
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