Traditional schooling is outdated and useless for modern-day students. In the article Busting the Myths About Year-Round School Calendars, Jenifer Graves writes that, “Historically, the National Association for Year-Round Education has defined a year-round calendar as one with no break longer than eight weeks. Under that broad umbrella, it’s useful to draw a line between “extended-year” calendars, which typically expand instructional time to 200 school days or more, and “balanced” calendars, which have the usual 175 to 180 school days but rearrange them—shortening the summer vacation and extending fall, winter, and spring breaks.” (Busting the Myths About Year-Round School Calendars) Modern day students are more likely to succeed with a year-round school schedule. Kids need breaks nowadays. It's proven that kids retain more information over short breaks, more often instead of losing it over long