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Basically the only merit to it that I can think of is that it prevents kids from having to walk to school in the dark, but then again that could be remedied by not having school hours be absurdly early in the morning
When I was a sleepy 14 year old, having all of those 9am school starts was awful. Making kids go to school at 7am is fucking child abuse.
No, they couldn’t possibly have brought you in at 7am and kept you there through the late afternoon. Next you’ll be telling us you walked uphill both ways and had to go in on Sundays.
When I went to school in Japan the school had an "optional" first class that started at like 7:15 and went until the official start time of like 8:00. Though it was on paper optional, it really wasn't optional and all students were expected to be there for it except me, the foreign kid. School ran until like 4pm I believe and then you had extra curriculars like clubs and other groups that students were also heavily encouraged to be a part of which could last as late at 7pm or get out by probably 5-6. Also have fun commuting to school, add another chunk of time pre- and post- day for that, took me like 20 minutes one way by bike. There was also sometimes stuff on the weekend too.
No, what I know is really quite different. But that’s not so strange, most countries do things a bit differently when it comes to schools, as the other person replying noted. The most unusual part of all of this to me is that you liked it.
Hey, aren't you the person who was saying you and everyone you know is up by 7:30 on weekends so it's fine to be making lots of noise then?
In sync to show that your opinions on time are bad and should be disregarded
No because you're a morning person who things everyone else should be morning people which makes you an insufferable piece of shit.
well that's just rude.
good post
I still disagree though 7am is in the realm of when noise is allowed and morning people must suffer in turn when we make noises at night. People are irritating that's a fact of life to be free of irritation is only possible for those who create their own prisons of sterile isolation
if you live around people you will be annoyed
If you make noises at 7am I will strangle you. I enjoy mornings, in part because they are nice and quiet. When I worked on construction sites we would do our best to do quiet work until 9, because we all acknowledged that making a lot of noise before 9 was just rude.
protestant ethic (and the spirit of capitalism) detected.
The protestant work ethic and its valuation of things like regular and early schedules, diligence in your dedicated lifelong vocation, and refusal of frivolous purchasing is largely responsible for the structure and dominance of capitalism.
Maybe check out The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber and do some self crit?
Did your government put you in an incorrect timezone or something?
Every time there's DST change in my country a bunch of articles pop up that explain the following consensus put forward by sleep scientists:
During DST, most people sleep less (as in: not enough). There were studies where people got locked in windowless basements or something and they tended to adopt something like 25h rhythm (varies by person). That internal clock gets modulated back to 24h by exposure to sunlight. When people are forced to get up too early, they tend to no fully compensate by going to sleep earlier by a similar amount, due to the natural rhythm telling them it's too early for bed. This causes chronic lack of sleep, a permanent jet lag. Most of the working and school age population suffer from this during DST here, especially teenagers, since something something hormones makes them evening people.
The usual recommendation is to start school (especially for teenagers) not earlier than 9 normal time (instead of the usual 8 here). And to get rid of DST obviously.
its the same amount, there's two extra hours in the morning.
the amount of time in the day doesn't change. someone could utilize later start times to sleep and stay up later, even!
you 'had' them in the morning they did not go away
according to what? people sleeping in, working out, eating full breakfasts, they enjoy their time doing that. just because something doesn't occur to you doesn't mean it's incorrect
Yeah, they're both bananas things to say lol
Starting at 7:00 is actually very early, and harmful for the growth of most children and their learning. First few lessons are wasted because they're so tired.
I agree, starting children off at 7 am does sound ridiculous. Early morning classes are linked with poor academic performance across the age spectrum of students
We could also just make their schooldays shorter. They don't learn anything apart from being beaten down by keeping them in school for an inordinate amount of hours. There isn't really a correlation between time spent in school and academic performance https://junilearning.com/blog/guide/shorter-school-days/
And again whatever you feel about it, early morning classes have been shown time and again to be bad for the students. At this point you're advocating for vibes-based policy.
Yeah that's what I am saying - Vibes based. When you argue for large scale policy, you shouldn't do it based off of singular anecdotal experience, especially not when you are given proof of your anecdotal reference being wrong
To you, because it disagrees with your own opinion on the matter, you don't vibe with it. You are doing vibes-based solutions, and you refuse to accept the facts. This is not a good way to go about life.
We had 7:30 morning classes for extension electives (AP classes in US terms I guess) in Year 11/12 but the teacher wisely decided these would be at Mac Donalds. Also if you make me function before 10am I will stab you with a hat pin and set my stick insects upon your bleeding form.
fucking liberals
we started at 9
I remember having to get up at 6 to catch the bus, then getting to school and having to wait an hour for class to start anyway.
Waking up to be at school before 7 as a kid was literal torture, it's way too fucking early.