| If schools were to adopt a year round schedule do you agree the school week should be shortened to four days? |
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Asked 2 years ago
by Chipmonk  United States |
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Kinda squirrely; very opinionated; not always right; not always willing to admit to being not always right. :)
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If I were a student I'd say "agree." If I was a working parent with daycare worries I'd say "disagree." Since I'm neither I'll say "undecided, but leaning toward agree."
Undecided. a three day weekend sounds good but there's less continuous time to gain momentum in terms of school days (esp. allowing for sport, excursions etc.)
Where I come from, CA, this system has been in place for many, many years. My mother, who is 90, taught under this system in the Bay Area. Then it was called the 45/15. Nine weeks on and three weeks off; and with three rotating groups. It can cause problems with family vacations and babysitters but eventually people adapt. I don't think four days a week is a good idea. Children lose continuity fast; summer off was bad enough. With this system school buildings are not sitting vacant and unused for months and they can accomodate more students.
When the work week is shortened.
Because so many parents do work a 5 day week, it would be very difficult to shorten the kids day to 4 days. Who will watch the kids on the other day? Granted schools aren't in the position to provide kids with care, but that is a fact of life. As long as parents have to work two jobs to make ends meet, this should not happen. Not enough day cares and not enough people you can trust with your kids. When my daughter was small, I worked at night and my husband worked during the day. Not many night jobs available these days. I now watch my grandchildren so my daughter doesn't have to worry about daycare. Not everyone has this option.
I guess things have changed since I was a kid. Mom stayed home, dad worked.. made enough that mom didn't have to work -- was still able to own two cars, a house in the suburbs, and eat three squares per day in ratios guided by the food pyramid. Modern life sucks, huh? :)
Of course we didn't have broadband and cell phone bills.. it wasn't all roses way back when. Kids had to play outdoors instead of online. Wasn't so bad though, we didn't have to worry about drive-bys.. not even in Brooklyn.
Chip, that changed decades ago. It has been a long, long time since most women didn't work.
It roughly coincides, BTW, with he destruction of unionism and the shipping of manufacturing jobs to third world countries. All the economic 'improvement' we've been subjected to since the RAygun zapped us has made it impossible for most families to live on one income.
Wow.. time flies when yer blindfolded. :)
So, what you're saying is, it's not that people have gotten greedier and desirous of living way beyond their means, right?
Most people I know don't actually need two incomes but their adopted lifestyle demands it.
I love my job so would choose to work in some capacity regardless.