Submitted by benpinette t3_11sgnxb in Maine
vestafell t1_jcfjw5c wrote
Reply to comment by bigtencopy in Do you think Maine should mandate later start times for high schools? by benpinette
8-5 like a normal person!
Mental focus requires training and discipline. It doesn't come naturally!
MikoTheMighty t1_jcjzgf0 wrote
Most jobs generally don't involve learning new information, every day, having take-home off-the-clock assignments, and then being tested on it. Even in a job with a lot of novelty, it still isn't comparable to the sheer amount of information you're being asked to learn at school where you're also expected to be a generalist and not a specialist.
I'm currently in a masters program while working a fulltime 8-5. Even just taking one course at a time (instead of a half dozen different topics) school still requires far more of my mental energy than my job, and I spend much more time at my job.
A lot of research has already shown that grown adults at 8-5 jobs experience a drop-off in ability to focus after several straight hours. I don't think it's realistic to expect better outcomes for kids being taught for 8 hours every day.
vestafell t1_jckgwhi wrote
>A lot of research has already shown that grown adults at 8-5 jobs experience a drop-off in ability to focus after several straight hours. I don't think it's realistic to expect better outcomes for kids being taught for 8 hours every day.
Maybe it's because they weren't trained from a young age to adapt to those kinds of routines.
And not just straight classroom hours, but also socializing time, club time, sports time, lunch time, quiet time.
Most high-achieving high schoolers already do what is essentially 8-5, if not more. Mandating it for everyone will bridge the gap in achievement and alleviate social inequality in the long run.
bigtencopy t1_jcfl6dn wrote
I would have hung myself from the Southern Aroostook basketball hoop if it was 8-5
vestafell t1_jcftpsu wrote
Not suggesting 8-5 constant classes! Maybe a long lunch break with time for socializing and sports mixed in during the school day
bigtencopy t1_jcfx5by wrote
That sounds so terrible.
vestafell t1_jcfyq2s wrote
I mean, that's what adults deal with sooner or later
bigtencopy t1_jcfzdvl wrote
Sure, but why make kids lives even shittier? Let them enjoy being a kid before hell starts for them. My goal was to be at skill as little as possible and I turned out great. Have also never worked a 9-5
mxservice t1_jcky9ko wrote
We should have them in cubicles, factories, or pumping gas by 8th grade. Might as well get them accustomed to it.
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