Obama proposed a while ago that he would like longer school days and shorter summer vacations. The president also stated out how children in other countries, longer working weeks have always been a part of their school system. I absolutely agree that school weeks should be longer but to make such a sudden change could cause problems. Cultural differences play a huge part in this issue. For years other countries like Japan for example, have had longer weeks and a more strict school system. In the United States, schooling is encouraged but are not forced on students. I believe that every part of the world specializes in something better than others because of the way they have always but education first,so we should leave it to them. Not to say we shouldn't have a better educational system, which we absolutely do. If Obama would like to start having higher standards for students it would require less money to be cut from schools. Many countries see education as their number one priority which is why they put so much money aside for it.Of course, this sort of change won't happen any time soon, but this brings up another subject that the president may have mentioned many times before, which is how the United States needs to catch up and be better than other countries in as many things as possible including education. In conclusion, if we have time to make a universal health care plan happen because it is a really important subject shouldn't we focus on education more rather than cutting more and more money from the educational system ?
"FoxNews.com - Obama Proposes Longer School Day, Shorter Summer Vacation." FoxNews.com - Breaking News | Latest News | Current News. Web. 27 Jan. 2011.
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