Reply #537: Our school day was NOT short [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

I went to school at eight in the morning, left for home at four thirty. and had an afternoon of homework, which is a whole different rant... and the fight against it.

By HS the school day started at seven in the morning and was over by five thirty. We still had time for Fencing and English class at at yet another private place, Oh and I mean English as in Queens English... which was amusing when I came to California... so I joke that I am fluent in both English and American. I have freelanced in the past in the British market, and it is far easier for me to fall into that writing style by the way. Both Mexican Spanish and English use long sentences, that are fairly complex.

The PUBLIC school, since they did not have the extra load, started at eight and were done at three.. when the second shift came in, since you have morning and afternoon shifts. And no, not every kid ends HS, or goes to Preparatory school, aka prep school. Kids by HS either go to Prep school, or to vocational schools. There is that division, but unlike Europe there is no exam.

And yes, I did work harder. By the time I went to COLLEGE here, in the US... the first two years of General Ed, we were repeating high school... essentially. A few courses, like kids who take AP insert here. I was able to validate... just bring the physics textbook. They were amazed. It was the same textbook kids used IN COLLEGE for physics 300. So neither my sister or I had to take physics... and I screamed out of joy... but when I took astronomy as an elective that background in physics was very helpful.

My Chemistry textbooks in college were the exact same textbook, newer edition and in English. I mean it was kind of... you kid me.

Now my mom went to the AMERICAN School in Mexico city, oh around WW II. And we have talked about how the requirements for my nieces, even when going to a private school in Oh, were lower than when she went to school in the 1940s.

I might add, the schools in Mexico have also been dumbed down and that is a major subject of horror as well. I guess when conservatives take over the first goal is the rise of the idiocracy.

But this is why I say, kids can and should be challenged in school. They CAN hack it... at times they may need a little help, but they can hack it.