Stop Summer Reading

Summer reading is a horrible way to bring down childrens grades.

I hate summer reading.

Summer reading is a joke and is just a waste of time its summer lets us enjoy it, we only get so much time until we are graduated and wondering where the time went.

Stop summer reading!!!!! - Kyle Lombardo

Summer reading did not get my Death Star built?

Well-I can't read

stop summer reading

The summer reading assignment that was made mandatory is not needed. As a student taking multiple AP classes with summer workloads of their own, holding 2 jobs in the summer with only weekends off, now my "free weekends" must be spent reading a book that is not needed for my learning and is only talked about one day of the year ON TOP of my other AP assignments. it's just not fair to take away a kids entire summer for a useless reason

YES

The two book system is rather ridiculous. Neither book looks interesting. I found that last summer there were a variety of books available and an array of genres so many students could be satisfied but the two book system is irrational. We need to completely fix the system because like the articles of confederation the two book idea is garbage.

Summer reading has nothing to do with a job. It doesn't relate at all. One is work, and the other is an easy assignment you could finish before school ends.

False. Statistically speaking, a long period of brain inactivity will lead to a learning loss. Previously established lessons will dissipate from one's mind. The long period of doing nothing intellectual, will also render the brain in a stage of relaxation. Without an assignment over summer, the first day of school will be even harsher on a student. Therefore, the "stress" of a small summer reading assessment is necessary

High school drop out age is 16. Your argument is invalid.

Are you completely incompetent? Shakespeare's education, although slightly shrouded by mystery, was predicted to have ended at 13. Just because a student can take C++ or coding class does not mean they will be Bill Gates. Some minds are impressive, however, most are sub-par and need a curriculum to maintain brain activity during the summer break. You can not compare greatness to average.

This comment is complete rubbish. You draw the comparison between a job and high school. You mention a promotion, however, you failed to realize with promotion, you get more responsibility and often an increase in hours. Unless you are signed up for AP courses, the school-wide assignment is meager and if you are competent, the assignment will not hamper summer vacation to the degree suggested by you or others on this thread. The summer is a time for vacation, yes, but it is also a time to develop and prepare for the upcoming school year. If you or anyone are planning on taking an AP course, one should be well informed about the rudimentary principles of the class they plan on taking. The excuse, "it will ruin my summer" is therefore not valid and unless an actual argument is created, I do not fully support this petition.

Now that we know our options between the 2 books we can do. One is a Sci-fi novel that "has too many swears" ~ claimed by many of the teachers we have. And the other is about The MarketBasket Protest. So in reality we only have 1 book to read, and in this case We Are Teenagers. Nobody cares about MarketBasket, i even work there and i can claim that its the worst job i have ever had, and i have had many before it. In the defense of the students, i can determine that the majority of people will NOT enjoy the story they will be reading, which i have seen in this petition that in the defense of the reading. They claim that if someone likes the book, they should enjoy reading it, and not delay it to the end of the school year. As i can tell we have only 1 book to read, the majority of students will not bother to read such an Un-interesting story, and they will probably just go online and copy off of sparkNotes or something. I am on the side of No more summer readinf, or Allow Students to CHOOSE their own story to read for summer reading, as long as it fits the correct grade level. For example, i would Gladly do summer reading if i had an option of reading some World War 2 stories, and not Some Bull story that nobody cares about, like MarketBasket. On a summary, i would say, get rid of summer reading, or give students around 200 books to read, most of them.

Summer Vacation gives students a better feeling of feeling rewarded through going through the whole school year which makes sense in the real world. If you do well in a job, you'd get promoted with a higher pay. Also, Summer Reading prevents students to enjoy their own time outside in the real world in which is the best way to learn is to experience the feeling itself.

summer vacation for all!!

at least for the AP students cmon fam

Nobody within the administration is saying that summer reading should consume the entire summer. In fact, if you people were to work diligently and not get distracted or procrastinate, all AP work and summer reading should take a maximum of 2 weeks to complete (by two weeks I mean 3-4 hours each day). Sure the reading may take longer but if you were "going to read something you enjoyed anyway" why not just replace it with the book assigned. I understand that people learn and complete assignments at a different pace, but in all honesty all the arguments against summer reading are blown completely out of proportion. I assume most of you want to attend college, where you will leave the Tewksbury bubble and face people from all around the country, I can assure you that kids from other towns have a much larger workload than we do here at TMHS, and if you grow up convincing yourselves that you receive too much work, you will be in for a surprise. With that being said, I suggest that you people focus your attention on larger problems, not a petty summer reading assignment.