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Lunch time is supposed to be a break from studying. (Study haul? I don't know this term.)

• ben_w 2y ago
  I'm assuming voice entry mistranscription of "study hall"?
• Retric 2y ago
  Auto corrupt of study hall, also known as a free period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_hall
  • Symbiote 2y ago
    That would be very unusual until the final two years of school in England.
    • Retric 2y ago
      As a predefined period sure, but I assume kids in crutches still skip PE and whatnot, though you might be calling it something else. Whatever you call a disruption in normal education such as when a teacher gets in a car accident on the way to work and suddenly there’s a non educational period for kids.
      • ben_w 2y ago
        > Whatever you call a disruption in normal education such as when a teacher gets in a car accident on the way to work and suddenly there’s a non educational period for kids. Supply teacher. No idea how the details were worked out, but there was always a substitute if the usual was unavailable for whatever reason.
        • Symbiote 2y ago
          The school's own teachers would cover for an injured colleague in an emergency like this. The lesson timetable will be written to ensure there's always some teachers free. Given more notice, the school phones supply teachers (or an agency for them). Some of these teachers will expect to be ready to get to a school with very little notice. In the worst case, where the cover teacher has not had chance to discuss what lesson is needed, they're going to say "let's go through the last chapter in the textbook" rather than "I give up, fiddle on your phones".
    • ben_w 2y ago
      I only saw them in A levels, not during my GCSEs. But the GCSEs were September 1998 to June 2000, and the UK government loves to fiddle with education, so I wouldn't be shocked if you told me that had changed.