How would you feel about getting out of school at 3:00? Taking enrichment out of the school schedule would allow a shorter school day for students. Along with getting out at 3:00 students would still be completing their normal classes as usual.
At Carter High, enrichment class is at the end of the day from 3:00 until 3:30 when students get to go home. At the end of the day, students go to different classes depending on their schedule. For example, on Monday’s students go to their first period class and on Tuesday’s students go to their second period class and so on. From a student’s perspective, senior Aashna Desai explains “In enrichment all we mainly just play on our phones or talk to our friends. You rarely see anyone doing homework because we are all so tired and ready to go home.” If enrichment gets taken out of the school schedule, it will allow students to have more free time after school to do things they need to get done for the day such as: homework, sport practices, and work. Senior Ploomie Messer, one of the band majors and who participates in extracurricular activities, says “It would be nice to get out of school at 3:00 because I usually always have a busy schedule after school.” Most stress in students is caused by school so, if we take enrichment out then students would get extra time to relax and have a break from school. Senior Aashna Desai also explains, “School is just so long and stressful that sometimes I feel like I never get a break.” Most students leave early during the school day because they do not want to stay the whole time but getting rid of enrichment can cause an increase in student attendance rates. If students know they will be going home at 3:00 then it will be less likely to cause them to want to ditch school or get signed out. Some claim enrichment is helpful in some ways by providing extra time to catch up on school work, time to catch up with your friends or to ask your teacher about class/home work but removing it from the school schedule can allow more free time for students, relieves stress, and increase the student attendance rate which would be more beneficial. Enrichment is unnecessary because it causes less free time for students to do extra activities, increases stress, and decreases the student attendance rates.
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