I’m going to be the poop in the punchbowl here-but yes, we are going to need to go to all year school, the sooner the better.
The Gnomestead has hosted some exchange students in the past. The kids, from Japan, Korea and Germany, all attended school year round and 4 out of 5 were light years ahead of their grade peers. Why we as a industrial country still cling stupidly to an agrarian school schedule speaks of an inertia we really can’t continue to follow.
Stop worrying about the indoctrination aspect and start worrying more about the indisputable facts regarding the rankings of American students. There are a lot of problems with the school system, this is only one of them, but it would be a start.
you’re a turd alright. my kids don’t want and don’t need to be told to be there longer than they already are. if parents compliment the schools by reinforcing the importance of education, the kids will be educated, even in bad schools. public school is more than half wasted time, either on stupid fluffy things or administrative gobbledy-gook. get good teachers, keep it all about the basics, and let them excel out of curiosity, i say.
More time in school solves nothing if they are teaching nonsense.
Three countries that haven't had to waste school time on PC classes for their countries' heroes of the 20th Century.
Sarcasm aside, I lived in Germany for four years, and the kids were a wreck. Back then, 6-8 YO schoolkids were given a battery of tests to decide if they would go to college, or to trade school. These kids were getting ulcers over the stress put on them by parents.
Like other posters have aptly stated, focus on quality class time, instead of quantity.
Mmm, mmm, mm.