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No; the comment you replied to sounded like a suggestion, not a description of reality. In the US, it's common for schools to start at 8:00 or even 7:30. Recen

No; the comment you replied to sounded like a suggestion, not a description of reality. In the US, it's common for schools to start at 8:00 or even 7:30. Recently there has been a push to start later to give kids more time to sleep. So pushing it back to say 8:30 or 9:00 (but not shortening the day, so basically everything just gets pushed back, and the kids stay up later, and need more time to sleep...).

cobbaut 3y ago
Thanks.
pwthornton 3y ago
My high school started somewhere around 7:22. I got up at 5:45 in high school. Just nuts. I get up for my joby job as an executive at 7:15.
- Ichthypresbyter 3y ago
  In general in the US I think high schools start and finish earliest, then middle schools, then elementary schools. The reason is purely practical- start times need to be staggered to allow schools to share buses, and having high school students get home first means they can look after their younger siblings until their parents get home from work.
  - Izkata 3y ago
    Mine was: Elementary school, 8am - 2pm Middle school, 9am - 3 something (3:20pm, I think?) High school, 7:40am - 2:55pm
gerad 3y ago
Yeah school starts between 7 and 9am, but we still have the problem on the other side in the US, schools end between 1:30 and 4pm (at least here in CA). Figuring out after care is an exercise left to the reader. It’s completely ridiculous, especially considering how sane many (most?) countries in the rest of the world have it.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  It's another problem that wasn't one in a time where a single income household could maintain a nuclear family. But like most child care, it's adapted horribly and the costs have skyrocketed. Granted, even if they were on 2 income households in the 70's, it was also a time where 10YO's were trusted to get home or even walk home unattended, so it'd only be an issue for the youngest primary students. That may still be the case in some Asian countries today, but certainly not in the US.

cobbaut 3y ago

Thanks.

pwthornton 3y ago

My high school started somewhere around 7:22. I got up at 5:45 in high school. Just nuts. I get up for my joby job as an executive at 7:15.

Ichthypresbyter 3y ago
In general in the US I think high schools start and finish earliest, then middle schools, then elementary schools. The reason is purely practical- start times need to be staggered to allow schools to share buses, and having high school students get home first means they can look after their younger siblings until their parents get home from work.
- Izkata 3y ago
  Mine was: Elementary school, 8am - 2pm Middle school, 9am - 3 something (3:20pm, I think?) High school, 7:40am - 2:55pm

gerad 3y ago

Yeah school starts between 7 and 9am, but we still have the problem on the other side in the US, schools end between 1:30 and 4pm (at least here in CA). Figuring out after care is an exercise left to the reader. It’s completely ridiculous, especially considering how sane many (most?) countries in the rest of the world have it.

johnnyanmac 3y ago
It's another problem that wasn't one in a time where a single income household could maintain a nuclear family. But like most child care, it's adapted horribly and the costs have skyrocketed. Granted, even if they were on 2 income households in the 70's, it was also a time where 10YO's were trusted to get home or even walk home unattended, so it'd only be an issue for the youngest primary students. That may still be the case in some Asian countries today, but certainly not in the US.