Should School Days Be Longer? Opinion 1

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/27/obama-proposes-longer-school-day-shorter-summer-vacation/

President Obama believes that schools throughout America should not only lengthen school days, but also add more days throughout the year. This means that schools will be open on weekends as well as shorter summer breaks. He argues that although this new proposal isn't ideal to students, it's necessary for us to further our education because of the challenges we will have to face with the new century. Lengthening school days also not only better prepare us for the future, but also put us up to par with students in other countries who already have more school days. It's also beneficial to poorer students who don't have the same opportunity to continue with their studies while students from better off backgrounds have a chance to maintain if not become further educated during the summer through summer school, camps, sports, and other activities do.