Why I hate Tories - with examples

[Brennus]

Longer school hours... would it make any difference to kids at boarding school? It would mean rather then dual income families paying for after school care it would be free or more time covered. Make longer lunch and breaks, add in more sport and music and art... It might mean better educated, socialized and fitter kids.

That assumes that the level of quality of education would not suffer from an extended school day or that extended hours in the company of other students would be better for the social skills of a child. This proposal requires testing before we can begin to conclude what benefits it may bring. I fear that when a Tory suggests such a reform, it is done more from their own (likely very beneficial) experiences of the Public School system, rather than from empirical observations.


OT Capitalism has been an incredibly beneficial economic model for humanity on the whole, the challenge now is to reform it, to develop a successor model of economics which maintains the same level of productivity and oppulence but is both sustainable and prevents the excesses of capitalism being transformed from personal wealth into political power.

[HoreTore]

That assumes that the level of quality of education would not suffer from an extended school day or that extended hours in the company of other students would be better for the social skills of a child. This proposal requires testing before we can begin to conclude what benefits it may bring. I fear that when a Tory suggests such a reform, it is done more from their own (likely very beneficial) experiences of the Public School system, rather than from empirical observations.

There is no science available which points to extending school time equals more learning. In fact, what we do know is that what a student learns from in the last hour of day is significantly less than what they learn from the first hour. This isn't exclusive to education though, we also know that job productivity goes down with each passing hour.

Now, we also know that the big summer break is a problem, as the students productivity is lower after than it was before. Removing it altogether isn't the answer, however.


Few politicians ever listen to what educational scientists have to say, and almost none of the those who do are conservatives. Thus, it is no surprise that their "ideas" are utter garbage.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Now, we also know that the big summer break is a problem, as the students productivity is lower after than it was before. Removing it altogether isn't the answer, however.

Few politicians ever listen to what educational scientists have to say, and almost none of the those who do are conservatives. Thus, it is no surprise that their "ideas" are utter garbage.

I agree with everything here. I never understood why we let student proceed to forget 25% of what they learned the year before because we give them 3 months of little to no mental exercise. A better way to go about it would be spreading out the time off across the year. Give the kids a week off every now and then and keep the education consistently coming all year round.