While I know that there are individual teachers, and perhaps even administrators in the school systems who care deeply about the needs of the students they teach, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the bureaucracy as a whole expect our children to fit their needs rather than the other way around. The examples are legion, but here’s one more: high school kids eating lunch at 10:30 am or earlier. Researchers think this may *gasp in shock* lead to the formation of bad eating habits. Ya think? Of course everyone knows that making a kids eat lunch as much as 8 hours before they can expect to be fed dinner is a bad idea – but hey, schools are crowded, schedules are tight and heck, what are we suppose to do – turn ourselves inside out just so we can act in the best interest of the students? Yeesh!
Kids serving the needs of the schools
Posted by Rebecca Trotter on February 19, 2006
https://theupsidedownworld.com/2006/02/19/kids-serving-the-needs-of-the-schools/
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/ February 19, 2006I agree with you 100%. My children’s last school went in at 8:15am, which meant the children were up by 6:30am. How is this good for children, and how are they supposed to learn that early in the morning when they are still tired. Lunch by 10:30am, as you mentioned in your post, makes no sense at all. We’ve since moved, and now the children don’t have to be to school until 9:15am. The school systems these days have little interest in the children – they are more worried about their budget, and what they can do to make their work day end earlier.
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