A high school history teacher of mine explained that it's supposed to fit into the five-day work week of parents. Children wake up, get ready for school and get taken to school, and in theory it wouldn't interfere too much with parents who generally have to be at work between 8-10.
So basically children are being forced to wake up early so their parents don't potentially miss a half-hour of productivity lmao
Are you *sure* your elementary school started at 7:00 AM? That's incredibly early for an elementary school. My entire teaching career, secondary schools have started between 7:20-8:00, and the elementary schools almost always start later because the school buses pick up the high schoolers first.
Are you *sure* your elementary school started at 7:00 AM? That's incredibly early for an elementary school. My entire teaching career, secondary schools have started between 7:20-8:00, and the elementary schools almost always start later because the school buses pick up the high schoolers first.Yes. And strangely, my school district had elementary schools start before junior high & high schools.
A high school history teacher of mine explained that it's supposed to fit into the five-day work week of parents. Children wake up, get ready for school and get taken to school, and in theory it wouldn't interfere too much with parents who generally have to be at work between 8-10.Are there that many corporate jobs that require being at your desk by 8? My previous jobs were 10, 10 and 930, except one-off meetings. But even for 8-4 or 8-5, students getting off at 2-3 means parents would still need afternoon daycare, or picking up their kids & returning to work to finish their shift. What if students started later but there was an option for morning day care instead?
So basically children are being forced to wake up early so their parents don't potentially miss a half-hour of productivity lmao
I remember my high school had a precise 8:23am start time and I think my middle school was 7:30am. I can't remember beyond that.Im glad I dont have to wake up at those hours anymore. Adult life > student life.
Those times aren't bad at all. Wake yo ass up.
Are there that many corporate jobs that require being at your desk by 8? My previous jobs were 10, 10 and 930, except one-off meetings.you are not this oblivious
But even for 8-4 or 8-5, students getting off at 2-3 means parents would still need afternoon daycare, or picking up their kids & returning to work to finish their shift. What if students started later but there was an option for morning day care instead?Its a lot more work getting kids ready for school than them getting dropped off somewhere (like afterschool care, home, or a friends)
A high school history teacher of mine explained that it's supposed to fit into the five-day work week of parents. Children wake up, get ready for school and get taken to school, and in theory it wouldn't interfere too much with parents who generally have to be at work between 8-10.
So basically children are being forced to wake up early so their parents don't potentially miss a half-hour of productivity lmao
Ive taught in primary schools that started at 7.
Yes. And strangely, my school district had elementary schools start before junior high & high schools.
Are there that many corporate jobs that require being at your desk by 8? My previous jobs were 10, 10 and 930, except one-off meetings. But even for 8-4 or 8-5, students getting off at 2-3 means parents would still need afternoon daycare, or picking up their kids & returning to work to finish their shift. What if students started later but there was an option for morning day care instead?
I will agree that 7AM is way too damn early for a primary school. Although, from my experience, usually everyone agrees that that time is way too early, and there's a good chance that there are some logistical reasons that they start that early (i.e. shared bus company with another school district).
I teach in a school district where high school started at 7:50 AM, middle school started at I think 8:25, and the elementary school started closer to 8:50. I think that...seems to work. The school time is generally built around the parents' workday - if school started at 9AM, only parents who don't have jobs would be able to take the kids to work.
That's why most schools have afterschool programs and why it's really bad for schools to cut them. Hell, I'd argue that these afterschool programs really should be mandatory or damn near it, because nothing is worse for a kid's development than going home and scrolling on social media for a couple hours until mom and dad get home.
Sometime around 7:30-8:30Then you wouldn't get out of school until 5-6, and then have several hours worth of homework and not get to go to bed until 12am or so.
All the way through school I was too tired to focus properly for the first couple of classes. It would have been so much better if school had started at 10
Then you wouldn't get out of school until 5-6, and then have several hours worth of homework and not get to go to bed until 12am or so.
Then you wouldn't get out of school until 5-6, and then have several hours worth of homework and not get to go to bed until 12am or so.Many teens still probably stayed up that late. Teens have a later clock, on average, than adults, making really early start times even worse.
Then you wouldn't get out of school until 5-6, and then have several hours worth of homework and not get to go to bed until 12am or so.
Im glad I dont have to wake up at those hours anymore. Adult life > student life.As an adult I miss those times. My current job has me start at 4 or 5 am occasionally
basically state sanctioned childcare that aligns with the standard parent work schedule,
I mean, is this supposed to be bad? Public education for kids with schedules that mostly aligns with work schedules for parents