Opinion: Should students take EOCs if they have a passing grade?

How would you like extra days off for Christmas break and summer break? The days we take EOCs are preventing these extra days. When thought about, EOCs are actually useless if a student is already passing the class. With EOCs still scheduled, it can cause students to fail the class when they were not before; because of this it can cause stress on teachers and it can cause stress on students. Taking out the EOCs would prevent these effects and allow students to have extra days added to their breaks.  Students take finals in each class for two days before their Christmas break and summer break. They take first and second period finals one day and the next day they take third and fourth periods finals making that two half days before their breaks. EOCs could cause passing students to fail if they make a bad grade. This forces students to retake the class for no reason. Teachers seem to always be rushing to make sure grades are in on time but if students do not take the final then they will not have to worry about grading it last minute. It causes teachers to stress when there is a deadline to put grades in. When the time comes, students are stressing themselves out by studying and making sure they know the material. If EOCs become unnecessary then students will be stress free, not worrying about their grades. Seniors Aashna Desai and Ploomie Messer can agree that they are easily stressed out a couple days before their finals. They can strongly agree about how stressed out they become when they are studying for their finals. Although taking the EOCs can benefit the students’ grade, EOCs are useless when the student is passing the class already. If a student is already passing a class, they should not be forced to take an EOC in that class. This causes stress, an eventual failing class, and more stress on teachers to get student’s grades entered.