Longer school days :(

[DirkGently]

Eh, oh no, you've got to go to school for a bit longer, oh no. God forbid you actually learn something in school.

It doesn't affect me since I'm already in college. Haha, suckers.

 

[konkwastaken]

it's not like high school aged kids do anything that demands their time. Homework as it stands is a joke.

Im not in the U.S. But in year 12 (final year) in Australia we get about 4-6 hours of homework a night. studying for tests and things is on top of that.

 

[Nostalgia]

I don't see how longer school days would help. It only makes everyone exhausted and more willing to get out by the end of the day, which is a major distraction during the time you're adding on. I'm sure we all know how that is.

Changing teaching methods would be far better.

 

[Jak The Great]

it's not like high school aged kids do anything that demands their time. Homework as it stands is a joke.

Im not in the U.S. But in year 12 (final year) in Australia we get about 4-6 hours of homework a night. studying for tests and things is on top of that.

I would say that that is a bit extreme, but that's doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: preparing you for higher education. Homework like that in university (or College) is not all that uncommon.

It may suck, but you'll form good work habits, and figure out how to structure your time so that you will have the time to do the things that you want.

Also I have no experience in the Australian system so I'm judging it based upon the European model that I was exposed to. Yes that was grueling, but I learned a lot and still had time to do the things I loved.

 

[Jak The Great]

But see I start my [school] day at 7:15 and I only get 30min. for lunch, that sound more like work to you?

Edit: and while every other school got off for presidents day, MLKJr. day, and columbus day and LA. got off for martigras, I was in school, learning absolutely nothing

Well that's close to work, but not quite. Lunch is still included in that time

As for the learning nothing: Follow option A, if you are that confident, and move on. No one is holding you back from advancing.

 

[Arcade_Fire]

Can't hurt, right?

might as well kiss the youth vote goodbye though...

 

[Skalman]

I've not had any first hand experience with American schools, but from what I've heard, the school system needs to improve.
I go to school from 8 am to 4-5 pm most days of the week and will do so for at least another year. When I'm finished with school the total amount of years spent in school will be 12 years.

This might be average? I'm not very familiar with schools in other countries.

 

[ae86gamer]

You young whippersnappers, with your longer school days. Back when I was your age, we had to go 12 years to school, for six days every week and we were happy about it!

lol and the sky used to be bluer and 23 cents could buy you groceries for a week

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Thank God I didn't chose to live in USA then... I am not sure if longer school time would help the country... Who knows, maybe it will work.

 

[Red Right Hand]

As a father of 3 (2 in school, one to start school in 2 years), I have to say that if this is what it takes to make our schools competitive with the rest of the world, and later for our work force to be competitive, then I'm all for it.
As a gamer, it wold be nice to be nice to play during the late night hours without the summer and winter break influx of whiny teenagers playing also. Not that I'm saying all teenagers are whiny, but you seem to see more during the breaks.

Thats because it's the whiny ones that can't take going to school for 7 hours a day and then staying up most of the night, it's the hardcore ones that stay on! Im telling you it's games that keep me going for fuckin school can't wait till im out!

 

[Kogarian]

Our schooling system needs all the help it can get, so pay raises (its actually pay-by-merit, so you only get more money if you do a good job), charter schools, cirriculum changes, and longer hours seem like a reasonable thing to do. Seeing as I will be in college by the time this takes effect, I'm all for it. Last year...I dunno =P

Your district is pay-by-merit? Ours uses a salary based on the number of years teaching.

No no no no no no, I believe I was misleading. What Obama's proposing is pay-by-merit raises. I don't know the details.

That was completely my fault, I misread what you typed.