Reduce homework, lengthen schooltime

I will address all of Pro’s point in this post in the same order as Pro. Before we continue, however, I must note that I’ve never seen the 9-3 school day in operation. I have only seen the 7:30-12:30 (Primary) and 7:30-6:00pm (Secondary). I. Life. Firstly, I will address the issue of the added time. In Pro’s proposal, he adds 120 minutes total to the day, 40 minutes lunch, 20 minutes ECA, and 40 minutes others. Note that this proposal is practically impossible to implement. The latter 40 minutes are fixed near the start or end of the school day. This does not at all enable a student to learn more via spaced presentation than already present. Why? Let us suppose that in a hypothetical situation half the class decide to take the first 40 minutes and the second half the evening 40 minutes. This forces (with emphasis) the teachers to teach both 40 minutes, negating completely the proposal Pro gave in solution to my argument regarding cost. What if each class elected collectively which portion of the day they would chose to spend in free time? Well, this creates a different problem, and one much harder to rectify. Suppose 49% of the class chose differently from the majority, this 49%, should they be disappointed, begin to text,[1] etc. in class, negating absolutely the spaced/massed presentation proposal from Pro. What next? Class Police? The proposal made by Pro only proceeds to shift the schedule towards the middle of the day. It does not at all fundamentally change the number of classes or the way in which information is given. Note that Pro has only allowed the inclusion of one extra shorter class, which does not add much at all to the learning process. My apologies, my conclusion calculation is in error. It should be only 40 added class minutes, with which I expanded on the many problems above. I made an error in assuming two blocks of 40 minutes. From personal experience, many service sector companies like to employ part time workers, mostly students, during the peak hours. This corresponds to 5pm-8pm. This allows students not only to gain sales experience, but also a small means of income for the student. Note that Pro’s proposal would negate this valuable source of experience or force the student to sleep later, which actually would negate any benefits the proposal might give, if any. Note that taking the 40 minutes in the evening does not allow for a proper completion of homework. As Pro admits, homework is vital to the learning process. Sleep deprivation is actually very harmful to the brain, “When a person is taught a new skill his or her performance does not improve until he or she receives at least eight hours of sleep. ”[2] Note that at least 8 hours of sleep is needed. Getting work experience would be absolutely impossible. That is, unless one removes social life and family bonding experiences, work experience will be very hard to come by. II. Spacing Note that in my counter-proposal I used the fact that technology is increasing. An increase in technology means that exercises can be digital and formatted in such a way that it utilizes the spacing effect. It would seem that our two sources are in conflict. At least, superficially. However, note again Pro’s quotation. We tend to remember better if we are in a similar situation. The assertion that school is more akin to work is just that. (Not to mention that it contradicts my own work experience)In fact, there has been studies that show that people who work from home are more productive than those that worked from an office. They are more productive by 13% [3]. What does this show? This shows simply that people are more productive, as well as learn more, in a more comfortable environment. This is contradictory to Pro’s assertions (No offence). Mine are study based. Pro states, “On comfort, I concede homes are generally more comfortable, although friends can mitigate this discomfort. .. ”In this he fails to note that the same problem is encountered when in class, possibly even worse. (With distractions such as texting, doodling, daydreaming, and note-passing. .. The list is long. ) III. Cost Pro proposes to debase private tutoring costs. This is equivalent to regulating the free market, which, however, is a totally different debate. Pro must show how debasing private tuition costs would actually help his case. Reducing private tuition costs would actually encourage students to get tutored, meaning that there would be less time for them to gain work experience and less time to sleep. Furthermore, even were we to increase teachers pay, that would still not prevent the vast majority of them from wearing out, as I said in the previous round. Pro must address this pressing concern. I wonder how an added 40 minutes of work is not increasing the workload. Sure, it is an assertion, but that does not at all address the fact that 70% of U. K. teachers spend all their nights preparing for lessons. This does away with any form of benefit that an added 40 minutes of time in school could have given. IV. Mischief I am unfortunately unable to reply to this point. This is because Pro has not broken down his statistics sufficiently. He does not give the time of day in which mischief is committed. If mischief is committed after 5pm, then his proposal has absolutely no effect. If the mischief is committed before 3, then it has no effect. Pro must show that mischief at 3-5pm would decrease under his model. There is actually been an increase in violence in schools [4], which does not at all seem affected by Pro’s proposal. V. Working This point is directly related to my first. However, I do not at all understand how Pro’s proposal has any effect on summer vacation, unless he wants to eliminate it. If he does not, then there is no dispute there. Note that Pro’s proposal is in relation to the daily workings of the school system, not the vacations of it. I would request a clear link be made between this point and the resolution. Conclusion With that, I would like to conclude and await Logic’s no doubt fascinating final reply. I have shown that there are serious problems in his proposal, these he must solve or show that they are not in fact problems at all.1. . http://usatoday30.usatoday.com...; . http://www.sciencedaily.com...2. . http://serendip.brynmawr.edu... 3. . http://www.stanford.edu...4. . http://www.fbi.gov...