4 Day School Week

[Ash1280]

Four day school week.
Students can use Friday off maybe ?
How would students and teachers handle this if it happens ?
Will it make a better student ?
Comments ?

 

[Peter Parka]

No, it's bad enough having brats running round the streets causing trouble all summer, at the weekends and the numerous other holidays they have. They have it easy as it is so fuck knows why anyone would think they need another day off which they wouldn't use to study.

 

[AnitaBeer]

Kids don't need more days off of school! They don't learn enough as it is right now.
They have way too many stupid days off as it is.

 

[Zorak]

I'd be in favour of not just a 4 day school week, but a four day working week as well. But that's a different topic; my outline for a school 4 day week might look as such:

Schools need to be encouraging individual study rather than large scale group sessions.
If I had my way, I'd completely reform the school calender, and operate an 11 month year, 1 September to 1 August for example. I'd then change the week to a 3 or 4 day week, or even a 3 and a half day week. They'd get less time off over summer, easter and xmas, only a week either side and I'd completely do a way with "Half-terms."
Classes would be completely changed too, instead of taking 30-50 kids for an hour a week, teachers would take 5-10 kids for half an hour twice a week.

But what do I know... Let's just cram as many kids into one class as possible, give the teachers some impossible and completely arbitrary target and hope for the best come exam time.

 

[porterjack]

we dont need no educasion

we dont need no thought control

 

[Springsteen]

When I went to school many years ago (98-03 - i'll leave you to decide which century) we went Monday to Friday. Registration was 8.55-9.10. First lesson was 9.10-10.10, first break was 10.10-10.30, second and third lessons were 10.30-12.30, lunch was 50 minutes, afternoon registration was 1.20-1.30, then two lessons from 1.30-3.30. Then we went home. Now I think with the way the working world is they should have to go five days, but I'd change it to 9-4, some schools do operate that way anyway so it wouldn't be a major upheavel. I, like Zorak would cut down on the holidays. I'd start school on the first Monday of September until the nearest normal weekday to Christmas eve, then let them have until like the 4th january off, something around that date. Then off till easter Maundy Thursday till the Tuesday after Easter Monday. Then off until the last Friday in July until the aforementioned September date.

On the idea of a four day week, i don't agree with it because I don't think it'd be of any use, plus they have 'teacher training days' anyway.

One thing I would do is have schoolkids do a trade at school, or at least start one in year 11 so they have something to go into.

 

[Mystic]

Four day school week.
Students can use Friday off maybe ?
How would students and teachers handle this if it happens ?
Will it make a better student ?
Comments ?

...and they will start at 10AM instead of 8 or 9.

Personally i think its great. we have an extreme amount of teens dropping out right now and even just a slight change in the way the old system works might be the welcomed change these kids need to stay in school.

the four day week comes along with having no more summer holidays. this however is something i find hard to swallow as i really enjoy time with my son in the summer....however not all parents have the luxury of being home with the kids on long school holidays.

its a great idea and i do hope they do it.:nod::thumbup