Summer Vacation Essay

Summer Vacation Essay The most eventful thing that I have done this summer was to go and visit the Indianapolis Zoo. I had a really great time especially in hindsight. There were tons of amazing animals and I got to see some relatives of mine. It was a very long and eventful day even more so when you compare it to the rest of my summer. I'd even go as far to say the drive there and back alone was enough to make this the most eventful day of the summer! That day I woke up and did my normal morning routine; I took a relaxing hot shower, used the restroom, ate breakfast (yum), brushed my teeth, then I opened my bedroom closet to choose my outfit and get dressed for the eventful day to come. I then left my room to see a frantic mess of my siblings and mom getting ready for the trip. Now naturally I was told we were going to the zoo last night, however with my terrible memory (my memory is most definitely not something to be proud about...) I forget about the whole entire ordeal. After overhearing my two sisters screaming and fighting about getting dressed, I thought to myself "How is it that there room is much bigger than ours"(my brother and I share a room and so do my two sisters) "and yet they fight over getting dressed in it twice as much as we do?". Then I suddenly remembered that today was the trip to the zoo. I then went to go put on sunscreen because I already had a bad experience with sunburns earlier in the summer (ouch). After applying a nice coat of sunscreen I was ready minuets before my two sisters were (as always). Now the drive there wasn't too eventful, but it was nice to see the scenery of Indianapolis; I saw statues, gigantic fountains, and skyscrapers ( the next one always seemed to always stretch higher than the last). As soon as we made it to the zoo my family and I promptly went inside to use the bathrooms (which had some cool animal art on the stalls). Afterwards there was a bird show where the birds flew around and did some tricks. I thought to myself "This is a little gimmicky." but it was still fun. Then I suddenly noticed pair familiar faces approaching us, It was my oldest sister (who is a adult and no longer lives with us) and her 2 year old son (They arrived late as always...).

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Should Kids Have A Summer Break?

Bailey Kuhnert

Mrs. Misselhorn

5th Hour Language Arts

24 March, 2017 Should Kids Have a Summer Break?

Can you imagine going to an all year round –school? It must be horrible. You would have to go to school all year with short breaks in–between quarters. You couldn't go on vacation, you couldn't do activities, and summer is for family memories and its tradition. So why would we change tradition to go to school all year. Here are reasons why we shouldn't apply to an all year round–schools.

The first reason why kids should have summer beak is because the scheduling of activities would be difficult. According to Matt Tait, it is hard for schools share gyms with other sports. As well as, it will be hard to get gyms and make team meetings...show more content...

Most of the teachers also want to get summer jobs for more money. Teachers also just want to get away from the students (and it's the other way around too). Also, mothers that are teachers cannot spend time with their kids in school because they will be teaching (Nair), you couldn't go on vacations. This is another example why having all year round –school is not the best idea.

The third reason why we shouldn't have all year round –schools is because, its tradition to have 180 day's strait with 3 months of breaks and it gives us more important things to do in the summer. According to Julia Sines, to have a 3–month summer and do more fun activities to do all summer is better than going to school year round. Kids want to go on vacations with their parents. Some athletic kids won't be able to play travel sports. Scientist say that year round school kids drop out by their senior year (Sines). Most juniors and seniors work in the summer for money for colleges and to save up, but they won't be able to get money. It's more American to have 180 straight days with 3–month break. Billee Bussard stated, "It is an idea that has been tried and failed for more than 100 years," (Sines). So talking to that quote, why would we start now. Kids love going outside and swimming and playing games and making money, but because the kids go to year round schools they only have 3 weeks to do these fun

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"Hooray!" I shouted, I am so excited about today. Why am I so enthusiastic you may ask, because today is the first day of summer vacation.We were on our way to the beach Every year me and my family visit the beach for a whole month. So as you can see there is much to be excited about. As we drove along I could barely wait, I could smell the fresh, salty ocean air. I asked my parents "are we there yet." They replied with one word, yes! This year in particular is extra exciting because we are going to rent a new beach house. We had arrived as I leapt up out of the car to my dismay the new beach house wasn't as great as I had anticipated.

My parents and I went for a walk around town. As I was dragged into the Pirate Museum I listened to stories of the pirates and their treasure. The stories were not at all what I had expected they surprisingly were very interesting. One story in particular was the most interesting about pirates who had supposedly buried their treasure on this very beach. When we returned home I went outside searched for more about this new found buried treasure. I felt the hot, dry rough grains of sand on my feet. As I searched I heard someone call out "hey what are you doing." As I looked up I saw the face of the kid from the beach house down the street. I replied, "I am looking for the buried treasure."The kids name was Joe and he wanted to help me on my quest. We decided that the next day we would look for clues around town.

The next day we split up and looked for clues I went to learn more from the Pirates Museum and it's workers and he asked around people town and looked for other places that might help. From my second trip at the museum, I was told much more about the pirates who sailed the deadly ocean seas. I could practically feel the windy, cold rough seas of the ocean. I learned this city used to be the hideout for the pirates, and that there was also a map hidden somewhere to lead you to the treasure. Part of the map was kept here in a secret room but the rest was yet to be found. I was overjoyed with this incredible news and ran quickly to tell Joe. If we found the rest of the map we could find the treasure. I saw my new friend Joe walking towards me, he had also