Make the Most of the Time before Break (Editorial)
Many students before Christmas break have a hard time staying on task.
Every CHS student looks forward to time out of school. Even a normal two-day weekend is a great reprieve for some, so you can imagine how a twelve day break feels.
Even with the break stretching from December 23 to January 3, many students still question why we still have to go to school on those two days before break starts. Some ask what the point is, while others complain that teachers probably aren’t assigning work those days anyway.
Those two days can be useful though. Tests must be taken some time, and it’s better to take them before break. A lot of information can get lost in all those days off. With those two days before break, students have the entire weekend to study if they wish and can still take the test before the holiday break.
Teachers would suggest studying over the break to keep the information fresh, but what student wants to do work over a break? It’s break for a reason, not a time for school work. Even if you don’t celebrate the holidays, time off school usually isn’t spent on school work.
Cynthia Lupold, the assistant principal in the administration department, said, “Students must attend school for 180 days a year. So, it doesn’t really matter when those 180 days fall and it’s better to do them during the school year then tack it onto the end.”
Lupold also said, “You can be very productive in two days of school and there’s a lot of work that can be accomplished in two days.”
If we didn’t have these two days here, they would have been tacked on to the end of the year. This would have taken away from summer vacation. These days can be used to turn in any work you don’t want to leave until after break.
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Kenny Brenizer is a junior and the perspectives editor for the 2016-2017 Periscope staff. She does no sports. She has no hobbies. She just wants cats and...
Gretal Shank • Dec 9, 2017 at 11:12 pm
Well think about it. If we didn’t go to school on those two days before break, then break would end earlier. We would complain about going to school for two days before that. And on and on and on. We might as well not go to school at all!
Emma Bateman • Jan 14, 2016 at 8:28 am
Although we don’t always get much done on the days before break, it is nice that we don’t have them at the end of the year when we will really be excited to get out of school.
Lydia Estes • Jan 8, 2016 at 11:51 am
Cynthia said it right. A lot can happen in two days. Plus, as a senior I want to be done with high school sooner rather than later. While it may not be fun to be at school 3 days before Christmas, I know that summer/freedom/graduation will be even more tantalizing as I sit in school during May. I’m glad we had those two days of school!
Selena Marks • Jan 7, 2016 at 10:21 am
I think it was okay that the days weren’t added to the end of the year. I would rather do them now then have to do them when i’m almost done with the year and wanting summer to come.