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A tangentially related story: Seattle's public school teachers are threatening to strike. One of their demands (in addition to pay and such) is that children ge
by BrandonY 11y ago
A tangentially related story: Seattle's public school teachers are threatening to strike. One of their demands (in addition to pay and such) is that children get at least 30 minutes of recess per day for elementary school students.
- heynk 11y agoAnd it looks like they're getting the recess, but we'll see about the rest.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoWhat a world where teachers have to not just demand something so basic but have to threaten to strike over it.
- zo1 11y agoI wouldn't quite call it "basic". Just look at all the confusing/opposing anecdotes being exposed in the article and the comment section here. If anything, without more evidence, we might as well chalk-up the pre-school teachers' threats to strike as being self-motivated. I.e. Preschoolers getting more sleep = being calmer = 30mins break for teachers + easier time after nap time.
- Retra 11y agoStill, a 30 minute break isn't something they should have to strike for.
- eevilspock 11y agojust 30 minutes? That's insane.
- hugh4 11y agoI assume that's recess, in addition to lunch.
- gohrt 11y agoSo? Lunch is waiting in line and sitting at a table -- often sitting quietly, in schools where the adults are strict. Recess is physical activity.
- hugh4 11y agoReally? I didn't go to school in the US. Do they really spend the whole lunch hour sitting around? We went outside, ate our sandwiches or bought lunch from the canteen, and then played for the rest of the hour. The whole "school lunch" thing in the US I find bizarre.
- Avshalom 11y agoHour? We got 30 minutes. Technically 25 minutes with a 5 minutes passing period (to get to back to class). Even with the school taking staggered lunches that still meant 1000 kids on lunch. It could easily take 20 minutes to go t through the cafeteria line. Though that was highschool. I can't remember middle/elementary well enough, though even then I really don't think it was an hour.
- Pyxl101 11y agoWhat is the opposition arguing for instead? No recess at all? For elementary school students? Ridiculous.
- VLM 11y agoI have grade school kids and the testing regime is brutal and the educational system produces about twice as many teachers as the economy needs so a teacher who's kids don't improve enough on multiple choice tests will have their career destroyed, which means a financial death penalty because the student loans can't be discharged, which means the destruction of their lives and families lives. So its kind high stakes for the teachers.