180 Days Response

Are there really 180 days of education? That is absolutely a big no! There are 180 days of school, but not learning. There are so many distractions set up by the school systems and by the emphasis on testing. Doesn't everything revolve around tests? Schools are so set in their traditional ways and don't branch out into others things, so these students are going to suffer because of this fact. Maybe new tests should be made on new material. School systems need to just move out of the comfort zone.
Maybe we should pace ourselves throughout the school year, instead of having whole days that are filled with absolutely no learning. This will help our students not feel as stressed under the pressure of a more compacted day. I believe that the way our school year is set up actually has a bad affect on the students. Those stressful days when we try to cram everything in that the students need to know, make our students reject the enjoyment of learning. We are teaching them that learning is a lot of work that puts a great deal of pressure on them.