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At my previous job we were discussing this, I think because it was up for a vote in California. My friend's argument was that children would be walking to schoo
by alert0 6y ago
At my previous job we were discussing this, I think because it was up for a vote in California. My friend's argument was that children would be walking to school in the dark and more would end up getting hit by cars. It was really funny to me that we won't consider that our school schedules are stupid, or that our driving requirements or vehicles are somehow inadequate, but no, in fact it is time that is wrong.
- bosie 6y agowhy are the school schedules stupid? aren't they inheriated by the work schedules of the parents?
- mcny 6y ago> why are the school schedules stupid? aren't they inheriated by the work schedules of the parents? the whole idea that schools are places to dump your kids so you can go to work is stupid. we can't have it both ways. i've been saying this for a long time but unless people revolt and refuse to have children until we "pay" people to raise their children, things won't get better. lets see where they find more consumers to buy/pay for crap when everyone just refuses to bear children. i don't necessarily mean pay as in with money but with worker's rights which I guess does translate to money...
- freewilly1040 6y agoIsn’t that already happening?
- formerly_proven 6y agoEven in locales where workers have strong parental leave rights, school is just a place to dump the children. The distinction between countries where school is a place to dump children versus countries where school is seen as an institution to further the countrie's standing has been made very obvious in the COVID crisis. The former countries just closed their schools and made a figleaf attempt at covering that (e.g. weekly work assignments). The latter countries dumped resources into offsetting closed schools, e.g. turning public TV into school TV, significant eLearning investments etc. From this we can learn that school is a place to dump children even - especially - in rich, western countries with strong worker rights; meanwhile countries like Mexico fall into the latter category.
- bosie 6y agoi don't think this follows. school is a kindergarten, as children require supervision. if the quality of the school is good too, great. if not, not great. mixing those two characteristics up doesn't help anybody
- bosie 6y agoyour entire argument seems to be based on parents wanting to stay home and raise their children. Some might, a lot of people don't want to do this. If both parents want to work and have a career and/or a job that isn't a fulltime nanny, I don't see how the pay component you are arguing about is at all relevant?
- cwhiz 6y agoWhat’s the difference between changing the time and changing our schedules?
- protonfish 6y ago2 things I can think of right off the bat are that changing schedules can be done per-person, per-industry, etc. and doesn't have to be forced upon everyone whether it's good for them or not. Another reason is the technical difficulties of readjusting all time keep devices, scheduled software, etc. is a nightmare that should be avoided if you can. It's hard not to see that adjusting individual schedules is the easier and more effective implementation.
- cwhiz 6y agoThis reminds me of the idea that we could cut traffic if we staggered office hours. In theory it would work but in reality businesses don’t operate that way. I feel fairly confident that the end result of this would just be that everyone changes their schedules together. Too many industries are linked.
- dennis_jeeves 6y ago>we won't consider that our school schedules are stupid, Or the fact that most schools itself are stupid.
- Pxtl 6y agoSaskatchewan cities are very far north, so sunrise is very late. Sask does not do time changes, they're on permanent DST.