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5th grade classes typically have hours without interruption. I'm pretty sure I pee once before lunch too if I don't have a terrifying and dystopian social credi

5th grade classes typically have hours without interruption. I'm pretty sure I pee once before lunch too if I don't have a terrifying and dystopian social credit system docking me for the priviledge of emptying my bladder.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
I'm sure every school is different, but I've observed 5th grade classes (I was planning to become a teacher at one point), and they never went longer than an hour, at least not without a quick stretch break or something.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  Stretch break? Never heard of it. Class 1 → Class 2 → Class 3 → Recess → Class 4 → Lunch → Class 5 → Class 6 Fourth grade and under, insert Milk Break between 2 and 3. But that's it.
  - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
    The break is only if it's an abnormally long class. If there's six classes + lunch + recess, none of those classes should be longer than an hour. Remember, school is usually seven hours or less, and you need some time between each class for the kids to get from point A to point B.
    - KirinDave 7y ago
      Not sure where you're from, but here in western America most 5th grade activities aren't split between classrooms. They have one or two primary teachers and one primary workspace for the whole day. That class based split appears in middle school, which is Grade 7 onwards.
      - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        I've seen 5th grades in the US where the kids are walked between classrooms for different classes, specifically in order to "prepare them for middle school." In other cases, I've still observed some sort of break. You can certainly construct a scenario where this bathroom policy makes zero sense, but you can also construct one where it's a bit more logical. I feel like we're missing a lot of context here, and absent information to the contrary, I'd rather assume the best than jump to outrage.
        KirinDave 7y ago
        Why should we? Schools are universally reviled in the US because of what they have become. Mindless drudgery and ineffective teaching techniques mixed with a sullen workforce prepping the next generation of sullen workforce. Wealthy individuals counteract this with extensive (and expensive!) private tutoring.
watwut 7y ago
In schools here, continuous class is 45min and there are breaks between them. No one has hours without interruption.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  Most American schools are like that only from middle school. Elementary schools have teachers traveling between classes instead, if they bother changing the teacher at all. Breaks are simply recess and lunch periods.
- KirinDave 7y ago
  American schools are pretty terrible and have only gotten worse. Even private institutions.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago

I'm sure every school is different, but I've observed 5th grade classes (I was planning to become a teacher at one point), and they never went longer than an hour, at least not without a quick stretch break or something.

reaperducer 7y ago
Stretch break? Never heard of it. Class 1 → Class 2 → Class 3 → Recess → Class 4 → Lunch → Class 5 → Class 6 Fourth grade and under, insert Milk Break between 2 and 3. But that's it.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  The break is only if it's an abnormally long class. If there's six classes + lunch + recess, none of those classes should be longer than an hour. Remember, school is usually seven hours or less, and you need some time between each class for the kids to get from point A to point B.
  - KirinDave 7y ago
    Not sure where you're from, but here in western America most 5th grade activities aren't split between classrooms. They have one or two primary teachers and one primary workspace for the whole day. That class based split appears in middle school, which is Grade 7 onwards.
    - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
      I've seen 5th grades in the US where the kids are walked between classrooms for different classes, specifically in order to "prepare them for middle school." In other cases, I've still observed some sort of break. You can certainly construct a scenario where this bathroom policy makes zero sense, but you can also construct one where it's a bit more logical. I feel like we're missing a lot of context here, and absent information to the contrary, I'd rather assume the best than jump to outrage.
      - KirinDave 7y ago
        Why should we? Schools are universally reviled in the US because of what they have become. Mindless drudgery and ineffective teaching techniques mixed with a sullen workforce prepping the next generation of sullen workforce. Wealthy individuals counteract this with extensive (and expensive!) private tutoring.

watwut 7y ago

In schools here, continuous class is 45min and there are breaks between them. No one has hours without interruption.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
Most American schools are like that only from middle school. Elementary schools have teachers traveling between classes instead, if they bother changing the teacher at all. Breaks are simply recess and lunch periods.
KirinDave 7y ago
American schools are pretty terrible and have only gotten worse. Even private institutions.