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> For time, US teachers will only spend 6~7 hours of their day with kiddos. So using up to two hours of that for lunch eats into a huge chunk of the short day
by em500 3y ago
> For time, US teachers will only spend 6~7 hours of their day with kiddos. So using up to two hours of that for lunch eats into a huge chunk of the short day (some of which is already more recess!).
By what norm is this a short day? Here in the Netherlands, standard elementary school hours are 8:30-15:00, minus about 1 to 1.5 hours of lunch+breaks, with Wednesday only 8:30-12:30. So on average barely 5hr/day. Anecdotally, schools days in other European countries (DE, FR, UK) are not much longer.
- pepa65 3y agoAnd elementary students in the Netherlands would usually go home for the lunch break, as most schools are walking distance from home. (At least, when I was that age...)
- wil421 3y agoI think elementary is 7:45-14:15(2:15pm) with some outside recess time and lunch included. Most likely the have a sports/gym class too. They also have half days on most Wednesday. This is specific to my county in the US.