Mandatory Summer Classes for Students Taking AP/Honors Classes

The con does prove some valid points, but most of what he says can be arguable. I shall start with my rebuttals in this argument, and work forward in the given argument order.My Opponent’s Case: It takes a drastic financial toll on schools, because of school budget cuts.Though this might be true, it is highly subjective. It is mostly based on location, external funding and other factors that contribute to the overall feasibility of a summer school. If the school manages to have a budget cut, there are loopholes to the situation, that could require external funding from the entire district, which means that all students taking said classes in the district meet at a single school to study for their education gap. There is also a mandatory fee in most schools that have a summer course for students to take, so that there is more funding. The same thing happens during the school year; the parents of students pay their teachers’ salary, as well as additional fees for other things. I’ve personally seen district funding, and it works quite effectively, assuming that most students behave well, and staff can vary in size, depending on the budget. This can be very flexible for a school like yours, considering the fact that janitorial staff and administrators aren’t as much of a priority during the summer courses, as they are during the fall. Suppose we have a possibility of 85 AP and honors courses combined, and an initial funding of only 9,500 dollars. We can write this in an equation, like; Total = Cost Per Student + Original Budget. So in our case, it would be Total = (Class cost variable) + 9,500. With the amount of students attending, it is a definite way to ensure that summer school funding is a lot easier to manage, and is not constrained by any fall school budget cuts that could happen. In conclusion, finances and budget cuts are sound because staff can be limited with multiple students, it is simple to earn money needed to fund these projects, and because it helps with school budget cuts, rather than progressively making the budget smaller and smaller.(Sources: http://nces.ed.gov...http://www.usnews.com... )My Opponent’s Case: Brain drain only occurs if students aren’t partaking in any learning-oriented activities.I have to stop you on that one, because creative activities have little effect on the brain’s learning process, and can potentially harm it even. Your idea on learning-oriented activities is very broad, considering it could be anything from sitting at your laptop to learning an entirely new instrument or language. Each of these activities have but a minuscule effect on the brain’s learning process. Now, you may claim that it does have a potential effect on the memory of the brain, but it is still not helping the flexibility of memory, considering the fact that something like learning a new instrument would be pointless if you’re already in honors or AP BCO. Learning languages also don’t help, if you are taking a language already, because it would stress out the brain more than it is already, as you have claimed in your 2nd paragraph argument, sentence 2, line 3. Though it is true that most students are assigned summer projects, the summer projects don’t cover everything that is needed for the education gap that is being missed during the summer. It is moreover an overview sometimes, than it is a preparation for future years. I would like to point out that I would personally prefer just being able to catch up on just the education gap that I miss when I decide to take AP and/or honors courses, so that there isn’t any extraneous courses, but it should be mandatory for anybody deciding to partake in such courses, where previous learning material is crucial to the subject. It would be a difficult year to get a passing grade with little to no material learned because of that education gap that was missed. For example, in my precalculus idea, it would be hard to pass on a subject such as A.P. integral calculus without taking on calculus first, because key ideas, such as the mathematical symbols like delta, theta and others will be important to know when taking on A.P. integral calculus, because instructors assume that you know most of the material that you should have learned taking calculus, but if you were not to take calculus over the summer, you would be pretty confused with the material that is being learned inside of the classroom. This suggests that it helps the educational needs of students.(http://bebrainfit.com...)My Opponent’s Case: Most students summer plans are jeopardized by summer school, and are already busy because of summer assignments. Though this might be true, it is entirely variant on the student’s agenda over the course of summer, but there are ways around this problem, which is what I am going to point out now. From what we know, you are taking classes in 3 dimensional creation and animation, as you have previously stated in paragraph 3, sentence 1, line 1. You claim that these classes are stress-free and non-tiring. If you looked at my first source in my first argument, you can find that summer school is also extremely stress-free, and boosts memory retention, because the lessons are panned out so that it isn’t stressful on the students, and is also not focused in on one, boring, concentrated lesson. Now that we have your agenda addressed, we can solve the problem.Certain summer classes allow programs that do not request your presence at the school, but rather assigns you classwork online that allows you to take the class whenever you feel like it. This helps students with these exact time constraints you have over the summer. Most schools have accustomed to this idea, for the exact reason of student absence. Most colleges offer online summer programs, because most students are taking on other jobs. This shows that it is feasible for most of the general school populace, and for those taking honors and/or AP courses. Not only this, but some classes offer the same resources online, as they do learning in school. With this method, there would be no teachers or any faculty needed, which is why this method is effective for some schools, promoting my claim that summer school is cost effective.(http://get-started.devry.edu...)My Opponent’s Case: Most students taking courses are already promoting the idea of education over summer.I might be incorrect, but I did not see a lick of information that was reinforcing this idea. This idea would be subjective, because it is moreover an assumption without proof, than it is factual data that could be observed.My Opponent’s Case: Summer school is typically only for underachieving students.Though this is typically true, it is highly recommended for students taking AP and honors classes, because of the education gap between normal classes and AP or honors classes. Again, as I have said in previous arguments, creativity has little effect on the brain’s memory flexibility, learning obviously helps exercise the brain, and the lessons aren’t always in a classroom or boring. Though it is true that other courses can improve student’s problem solving skills, it is highly subjective. I will go back to my language scenario. Language is a definite subject. It is kind of hard to use problem solving in situations like this because language is typically constant, and there is hardly any loopholes through it. If you do decide to use said loopholes, sentences could start becoming nonsensical. This is something that is unavoidable, and only definite terms dictate how you talk in said language. The same can apply to your scenario. If you can’t find an exact code, you can use a loophole, but then it has the possibility of being hard to read, or causing unnecessary lag for programs that you create.My Opponent’s Case: Summer school creates another school semester, and is overall unfair.Now, I might need to clarify this, but I am trying to make classes mandatory for those entering the AP and honors program, because of this education gap that is between courses. I am not claiming that every AP and honors student should be taking these summer courses. The more specific focus should be of the education gap, because that’s the area that most students will be lost in when first joining AP or honors classes. Giving credit to students attending is entirely up to the school’s choice. You seemed to have forgotten that AP classes don’t count towards high school credit, but rather towards college credit, which helps students get into decent colleges. Not to mention that it is agreeable that most students taking these classes have proven to get better chances in colleges, but typically have a B average. To get the best score, it should be recommended to take these summer courses to get that education gap filled in. Most colleges actually prefer that you get A’s in all of your AP/honors courses, so this summer school will help students get A’s, which in turn helps them get ready for college. The reason most honors/AP students graduate quickly is because they exceed their peers in knowledge, which in turn means that they should be ready for college.A Resolution: I agree on the possibility of taking a placement test to see if students know material in summer class, but there is no test specified for this type of thing. I hope the viewer sees how obligatory summer school is for students.