jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoScience says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkScience says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?www.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause school is entirely geared towards parents. Nothing about school is actually good for the people going through it, but the system doesn’t actually care about them, and isn’t designed to.
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down5·1 year agohonestly abolish school. I can’t imagine subjecting my hypothetical child to what I went through.
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI wouldn’t go so far as to abolish school completely, but things definitely need to change. Kids deserve so much better
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agohere’s one suggestion: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-to-learn/201711/educations-future-what-will-replace-k-12-and-college
minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoExactly my feeling. I wouldn’t put somebody I hate through that; why the fuck would I do it to someone I love?
Because school is entirely geared towards parents. Nothing about school is actually good for the people going through it, but the system doesn’t actually care about them, and isn’t designed to.
honestly abolish school. I can’t imagine subjecting my hypothetical child to what I went through.
I wouldn’t go so far as to abolish school completely, but things definitely need to change. Kids deserve so much better
here’s one suggestion: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-to-learn/201711/educations-future-what-will-replace-k-12-and-college
Exactly my feeling. I wouldn’t put somebody I hate through that; why the fuck would I do it to someone I love?