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I experienced secondary school in Ireland, France and Germany around 20 years ago and never saw this "15 minutes between class". In all three, as far as I remem
by dmurray 7y ago
I experienced secondary school in Ireland, France and Germany around 20 years ago and never saw this "15 minutes between class". In all three, as far as I remember, we had 3-5 minutes to get from classroom to classroom, a lunch break of 40-90 minutes, and one or two other breaks of 15-20 minutes. I think this is completely normal in Western Europe.
- emilfihlman 7y agoDamn, I bet the success in education in Finland can be hugely attributed to just having actual recess between classes for all the classes and through the whole basic education (comprehensive school and upper secondary / vocational school). Here's actually a somewhat recent news on the matter (in Finnish https://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/aivotutkija-valitunnit-voivat-selittaa-suomalaislasten-koulumenestysta/767720/ https://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/aivotutkija-valitunnit...) and here's https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UC_7A7Zpe-FEK__blB6g21swi4HFLLhEdhLeODWPmNA/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UC_7A7Zpe-FEK__blB6g... a somewhat normal (though day length variation seems to not happen much in this schedule, it does happen all the time in that you can have shorter days by either going to school later or leaving earlier, too) timetable for an 8th grader.