Friday: Should Students Have Friday Off From School

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Students should have Friday off from school because students get a two day break but they go to school for five days every week. It will give teachers an extra day to get work done with having to watch a class and will give kids an extra day to be kids and have fun with their friends.
It will give teachers extra time to grade papers and homework.The kids have fun with their friends. Imagine you have three kids in middle school and you want to take a three day vacation. You can’t because the kids have school.
Students should have friday off because the weekend will be better.
They can have more fun over with their friends and spend time with family members.When they have fridays off they can do more of their homework over the weekend so

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