• WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    the timings for school and its length were not dictated by health needs nor education needs.

    it was chosen to match parents work schedule, and to aclimatize children to factory work.

    so its not out of ignorance of the childs well-being, but indifference to it

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      26 days ago

      it was chosen to match parents work schedule

      I can’t find a good source, but from what I’ve seen its actually student work schedules that dictate school start times.

      Elementary and Middle Schools tend to start much later in the day (in part to conserve buses). But local Chambers of Commerce and Rotary Club groups will often lobby for earlier high school start times so that students are out of school in time for a 5pm work shift.

      • sheogorath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        25 days ago

        In some countries the school start at 6.30 AM so that parents can take their children to school before they start work at 8 AM.

  • Nefara@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    I was an incredibly angsty teenager, mad at the world and hostile to just about everyone by default. Apathetic, grumpy, and uninterested in physical activity or the things I liked as a preteen.

    After having a baby and getting very little sleep for 6 months I recognized some of my old patterns. Turns out, it wasn’t just part of being a teen, I was chronically sleep deprived. I was up at 6am most days back then, when I would sleep until 1pm on weekends. I think a lot of teens are unfairly characterized as angry and defiant when they’re operating on half or a quarter of the sleep they need.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Ah yes, I remember those accusations of grumpiness. It’s the classic “MY issues are because of the circumstances around me. YOUR issues are because that’s just who you are.” The lack of empathy so many adults express is truly concerning.

  • scott@lemmy.orgEnglish
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    27 days ago

    The way I see it, you’re probably freest from the ages one to four Around the age of five you’re shipped away for your body to be stored They promise education, but really they give you tests and scores And they predictin’ prison population by who scoring the lowest

    So much of the education system is centered on child abuse and grooming children to accept abuse as adults