Literacy Mondays

Studies show that reading makes kids smarter. It's no wonder that all teachers love it when kids read. At every school the teachers encourage reading. Everyone knows that. So at my school the teachers have required every kid in the school to read on Monday during resource, instead of getting our homework done. However, this policy does not allow students like me to be the best we can be. Aren't Mondays bad enough? I like to usually get work done on Mondays. On Fridays teacher assign homework and say we can do it over the weekend, but let's be honest-- we barely do any homework on weekends. That homework that's assigned is due on Tuesday, so I often times like to get it done during resource on Mondays. We middle school students are given lots of homework, and now the teachers want to take away our time to do it. Lots of kids rely on resource to get some work done because various sports and clubs take up most of their after-school time. If kids have their work done and they want to read, they may. That's a pre-established rule in resource. So why isn't the school allowing kids to get their work done? Honestly, I love language arts. I feel like it lets me express myself in creative ways. When I come in I know I'm ready to start learning and working on my most recent projects, but before that we get a nice refresher on a book we've been reading. We spend a half hour reading every day, so I don't think we need an hour straight of reading when we need to get work done. In my opinion, Literacy Mondays are completely redundant. We read about 30 minutes a day in language arts, we read after we finish a test, and we read at least six books per school year. Enforcing reading is pushing kids away. If teachers keep doing this, kids will stop reading and their education will suffer.