The school day should be longer so that students have more time to learn and are better prepared for life after high school. what is an effective counterclaim to this claim? working at after-school jobs, participating in sports or other activities, and spending time with family and friends can also teach teenagers important life skills. an extended school day would also discourage teenagers from getting into trouble or participating in dangerous activities. if students spent more hours in school, they would be able to delve deeper into specific topics that interested them. spending time learning is more important than other activities, such as working at an after-school job, playing sports, or spending time with friends.

An effective counterclaim to the claim that "the school day should be longer so that students have more time to learn and are better prepared for life after high school" is the following one:

Working at after-school jobs, participating in sports or other activities, and spending time with family and friends can also teach teenagers important life skills.

Life is not only about school, grades, or gaining knowledge at different school subjects. One needs to mature in a personal level as well, that is, it is necessary to learn other kinds of life skills. Therefore, by having an after-school job, participating in sports and spending time with family and friends, teenagers certainly develop and evolve not only intellectually (that can be provided mainly by school), but also as individuals who live in the real world and need the proper skills to succeed and survive.

the following what exactly?

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.