Extend School Hours

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Don't you hate how long the school day is? I know I do, the school days are long enough without extending it by one hour. I think we should not extend the school day because the kids would be stressed. Also because there would be very little time to do things. Lastly i think we should not extend school because it would cost more. Firstly of all i think we should not extend the school day because children would be stressed. Children would be tired because 80% of students don’t go to bed until 11:00 which only gives most children seven hours to sleep. Because of only getting seven hours students would be tired during the day, studies show that we need at least eight hours, so they would most likely get in trouble. In China they

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