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A longer school day and school on Saturday??? Anyone hear about this?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 310110" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>And I think this is the real issue. Everyone in the US knows that there are homes where the kids are living with drug addicts who are in gangs, and since the parents have no investment in their kid's educations, they aren't going to learn. And if they are in poor areas, there aren't the taxes for good schools, which doesn't matter anyway because where education is NOT valued, kids don't value it. </p><p></p><p>I think parents play a big part in education. Without much exception, high-income, high-achieving areas of the country, the schools are great and the kids learn because the parents insist on it, both to their children and put pressure on the schools. In middle-of-the-road areas (like mine) I feel schools are middle-of-the-road. And where nobody cares and few graduate, the kids pick up the bad aura toward learning. In some areas you can get your face beaten in for being studious. Heck, you can get killed.</p><p></p><p>I don't think a longer day or year will help that. </p><p></p><p>At any rate, I doubt this will pass and I'm hoping for healthcare, not this <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" />. I'm fine with things as they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 310110, member: 1550"] And I think this is the real issue. Everyone in the US knows that there are homes where the kids are living with drug addicts who are in gangs, and since the parents have no investment in their kid's educations, they aren't going to learn. And if they are in poor areas, there aren't the taxes for good schools, which doesn't matter anyway because where education is NOT valued, kids don't value it. I think parents play a big part in education. Without much exception, high-income, high-achieving areas of the country, the schools are great and the kids learn because the parents insist on it, both to their children and put pressure on the schools. In middle-of-the-road areas (like mine) I feel schools are middle-of-the-road. And where nobody cares and few graduate, the kids pick up the bad aura toward learning. In some areas you can get your face beaten in for being studious. Heck, you can get killed. I don't think a longer day or year will help that. At any rate, I doubt this will pass and I'm hoping for healthcare, not this :raspberry-tounge:. I'm fine with things as they are. [/QUOTE]
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