I know this is typical for the US so this is more for US people to respond to. I wouldn’t say that it is the best system for work, just wondering about the disconnect.
I tried that in the university. It was a terrible idea and had to fail a couple of matters. Having exams at the same time and date didn’t help, either.
“Why no 9 to 5 school week simulation for students”
My first guess is: because kids are much more likely to rebel and destroy stuff than adults whose income depend entirely on them keeping their heads down. But what Senshi posted earlier in this topic is crucial, too, it is possible to keep kids inside schools for longer times without them wanting to destroy everything.
Not even just income, health insurance and future job prospects as well 🙃
I have the money to quit and wander the world for a year or two, but I would be abandoning my health insurance and it would be a huge black mark on my resume assuming I didn’t concoct some lie to cover it.
If you work a 9-5 in America like I do, you are tied to your labor in much the same way serfs were, you are just better compensated and can switch masters if you find someone to take you on
I think there is some nefarious reasons for the current setup but here’s a point I didn’t see. People and children especially can’t learn for 8 hours straight learning needs to be broken up with play time or eating or socializing. Then reinforcement of what you learned earlier before you go to sleep can be helpful. Ideally I don’t think homework should be learning new subjects or really hard at all it should be a cake walk of whatever was learned during that day.
“Ideally I don’t think homework should be learning new subjects or really hard at all it should be a cake walk of whatever was learned during that day.”
As professional educators, that’s what many of us intend. In my case, many kids just don’t really practice the new stuff in class, so when they get home they think it’s new. I fixed that issue a few years ago, but it’s crazy what a hard time some kids have with pretty basic self-regulation. I don’t blame anyone in particular, it’s just tough.
My high-school biology teacher suggested that we study during commercials with whatever our favorite 30 minute show is. She claimed it helps retention set in, and you will even link concepts to the show further assisting in information retention.
School in the US is designed to indoctrinate kids to be slaves.
