Why Do American Schools Have Such Long Hours?
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Published 2017-12-13
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Yes 7 hours of school, Then another 5 hours of homework That’s the problem.
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Chinese schools: laughs in absurdly long hours
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School is created to teach us students how to be employees with a 9-5 job
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Scientists: students need 8-10 hours of sleep every night School: Five. Take it or leave it
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"keeps students fresh " what are we? fruit?
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a 15 min break for every 45 mins!? WTF WE DONT EVEN HAVE A 5 MIN BREAK 😳🙄
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Schools: students need more rest for class time! Also schools: class starts at 7:30AM
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Fun fact : The OG school system was meant for factory workers That hasn’t changed over the last 150 years And there telling us where preparing you for the future Or are you really just preparing us for the past
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To be honest I strongly believe schooling 5 days a week is very exhausting. It should be 4 day school with 3 day weekend. Humans need to rest you know..
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“In Japan and South Korea, they have higher test scores than the US." yes, but Japan and south Korean schools are very difficult, also their suicide rates are some of the highest in the world. 💀📈📊
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The American school system is horrible
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“With hot lunch served every day” laughs in cold american lunch
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Japan and South Korea do well academically but have you seen their student suicide rate?
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“In Japan and South Korea they have higher test scores than the US, why?” Because no one in my classes ever pay attention
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but it doesn't even stop there folks, yes basically homework is just school but your at your house.
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*Graduates* “Hmm, I wonder if that place down the street will hire me if I tell them about all the battles that happened during WWII.”
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American schools: 7 hours of school Filipino schools: hold my compulsory subjects- Laughs in ten hours and nine months
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2:29 LMAO if you think school lunch looks even remotely like that, then you have never been to an American school... our lunch is practically just a small pile of colorless sludge
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I hate the American school system so damn much. Also how do you get 15 minute breaks for every 45 minutes? The only break we get is lunch, which is a short 20 minutes.