In the essay, “School’s out for Summer,” by Anna Quindlen, she writes about the prevalent hunger problem in the United States that’s amplified in the Summer months. Anna Quindlen uses many familiar rhetorical devices to efficiently get her point across to us, the reader, throughout the entire essay. Anna Quindlen effectively gets her message about child hunger in the United States across by using rhetorical devices and appealing to emotions. The main message of the essay is to inform the reader of the child hunger problem in the United States that spikes during summer months.
This shows that children are going home and not being fed. The author uses metaphors and similes to create imagery and figurative language. For lots of poor families, school lunch programs has become a
Amber Renslow 10/03/17 English 101 In “Fremont High School”, Jonathan Kozol discusses the many issues facing students and staff at Fremont High. He discusses the school’s failure to provide the students with what they need to succeed academically. Kozol is able to create a powerful essay by using first hand accounts and court records to expose the problems that affect students at Fremont High School. Kozol’s use of quotes aids in creating a strong piece by showcasing the problems that students and staff find most important to them.
After the yearlong ordeal of barely surviving, a few weeks of relaxing and being well fed will be blissful to the Coates Academy kids. All the children have to do is sit back and relax. Clearly, not needing to work to survive removes stress from the kid’s lives, which further shows how much of a paradise they inhabit. Next, the teenagers
With a four-day school week helping schools and students, the only other people to help is the parents. The four-day school week would lead to lengthened school days, giving the regular-hour, eight to five, working parents the ability to cancel out after school care. One parent even said it herself “‘I approve of the four-day week’” (Johnston). “Sixty-seven percent of parents stated that their child liked the new schedule, 60 percent of parents thought their child was doing well, and 82 percent of students stated that they liked the calendar’”
In the article “ A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe, she is giving her point whether she needs a babysitter or an a adult supervision. In this case, if a child is left alone without adult supervision the mother would be arrested. Even though the author disagrees of being arrested and living their children alone, I believe that a children that is under the age of 10 need adult supervision. Elementary students need supervision because it 's safe and it better in case of any emergency. Luscombe mentions that there was a “ 9 year old daughter in a park in North Augusta, for several of hours and she had a cell Phone”, No matter if the kid has a cell phone or the parent works close by, the child should not be left alone because
Traditional school versus Year round school The idea of year round school is starting to be more the topic of discussion. Many people are for the idea of year round education and many are against it. “If our country began on a year around schedule, it would have seemed bizarre to propose the summer- off schedule as a superior way to educate students” says Principle Hazel Colebank. Although some may feel year round school is great for bettering education, changing what’s considered normal could cause more harm than good.
“What’s your favorite time of year?” “Summer!” This is a common question asked by an adult, and a typical reply from a child. Of course summer is their favorite time of the year because they have summer break! 10-12 weekes full of sun and fun!
School is finally over. 8 ½ months of hard and stressful work has finally come to an end… for 2 ½ months. Ahh, time to relax, unwind and have some summer fun…. Until it all comes to a screeching halt! You clear out your backpack and come across a binder labeled “Summer Reading List” and another one labeled “Summer Math Packet”. Suddenly, you realize this is not a beginning of a summer break, but rather a beginning of an extended fifth marking period.
In the United States there are many children and adults that go hungry, due to financial problems. With the economy and how high cost of living is, it’s hard to provide, food for the family. The results of hunger on children in America are not having the right nutrition, can have serious implication for a child’s physical and mental health. Also food insecurity is harmful to all people, but it is particularly devastating to children.
Since at least the 1970’s, the topic of year-round schooling has been debated by many people. This new system is spreading across the nation fast, in fact, in 2011-12, there were about 3700 schools that operated on the year-round schedule. (Zubrzycki 1,3). Like any other controversial topic, there are both benefits and drawbacks to the year-round schooling system. For instance, a definite benefit would be that, “...with one group of students always on vacation, a school that was built for 750 students can serve as many as 1000.
In her narrative essay “The Sanctuary of School,” Lynda Barry recounts a story from her childhood that illustrates her relationships at school vs her relationships at home. She tells us how public school was her sanctuary from her unstable home life. It was a stable environment that she depended on. She tells us this when she says ,"[F]or the next six hours I was going to enjoy a thoroughly secure, warm and stable world." Unlike at home, her school was a place she was noticed and cared about.
Therefore, if school was to cancel this activity, many children that are like Barry would have nothing to relieve and relied on. School had always been known to help and educated children’s of all ages, but when it comes to certain situation, school is like another home for children. It provided a new life for children’s and help them regain and improve on their mental stress. For example, Barry ran away from home at night to come to school because it the only place she feels content after her parent argument that night. Without even recognizing that she is gone like any other family do, Barry feel happy because she had more time to spend on school every morning just to paint and draw.
In 1954 students in schools started integrating to other schools, before this big event, kids were put in separate schools. This was due to their race. R.V. Cassil wrote the book, The First Day of School which revolves around two members of a family (brother and sister) that are forced to go to an all white school. The book starts off with John messing with his bowl of cereal, while talking to his mother about why his sister, Audrey, is not down stairs yet.
Should Schools Keep Summer Break? I believe that schools should keep summer break for their kids. There are many ways, having a summer break contributes to schools and the community. It is an American tradition to get out of school for the hot summer months.
