Debate: Should the School Day Be Longer?
While more time in the classroom may benefit children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is it right for everyone?

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: Everyone needs plenty of rest, school should not interfere with that.
Warrant 0: people can rest at night
Warrant 1: people need to rest
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: Children need down time to have fun and be young.
Warrant 0: Schools could incorporate down time and fun into a longer day
Warrant 1: Schools can't incorporate down time and fun in a longer day
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: Adults tend to begin to wear down around 3 in the afternoon, it is logical to believe that children would do the same.
Warrant 0: children do not have more energy than adults
Warrant 1: children have more energy than adults
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: My children's schooldays are too long to keep their attention.
Warrant 0: children could be afforded a mid-day nap were the day lengthened
Warrant 1: children wouldn't be afforded a mid-day nap were the day lengthened
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: It is not the job of a public school teacher to raise children - that is the parents' job.
Warrant 0: parents are absent much of the time
Warrant 1: parents are at home much of the time
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: Everyone needs plenty of rest, school should not interfere with that.
Warrant 0: the school  day is only 7 hrs long there is still plenty of time in the day for an adequate nights sleep
Warrant 1: the school  day is  7 hrs long there is not enough time in the day for an adequate nights sleep
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should not be longer
Reason: It is not the job of a public school teacher to raise children - that is the parents' job.
Warrant 0: parents need a break from all that tiring raising they're doing
Warrant 1: teachers need a break from all that tiring teaching they're doing
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should be longer
Reason: Everyone needs plenty of rest, school should not interfere with that.
Warrant 0: people can rest at night
Warrant 1: people need to rest
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School day should be longer
Reason: Children need down time to have fun and be young.
Warrant 0: Schools could incorporate down time and fun into a longer day
Warrant 1: Schools can't incorporate down time and fun in a longer day
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School day should be longer
Reason: Adults tend to begin to wear down around 3 in the afternoon, it is logical to believe that children would do the same.
Warrant 0: children do not have more energy than adults
Warrant 1: children have more energy than adults
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School day should be longer
Reason: My children's schooldays are too long to keep their attention.
Warrant 0: children could be afforded a mid-day nap were the day lengthened
Warrant 1: children wouldn't be afforded a mid-day nap were the day lengthened
Correct warrant: 0