School Day Extended?

Imagine a world where students have a horrifying ordeal instead of normal school as weknow it. They wake up at 8 am, and kiss their home good bye until late at night. Aftersitting in that cramped chair for most of the day, students come home with endless loads ofhomework and assignments. With a great deal of courage, they trudge through themountains of work. After hours of hard work and brain cramps, they finally finish. Hoping togo outside to get some fresh air and exercise, they get smacked in the face with a coldreality; there is no time! It is too late in the night. Groaning, they go back inside. After fourdays of endless stress, it is finally weekend. Students rush through whatever assignmentsthey have, and speed off to enjoy their weekend, savoring the sweet taste of freedom. Infact, they enjoy it so much, none of them wants to go back to school, back to that place ofnever-ending work and stress. This is how a student would feel if TDSB implements thisplan. A school day should not, no matter what, be extended by another 75 minutes of class by sacrificing Friday. Students just cannot cope with the amount of homework, and the amount of exhaustion associated with the extra class.

School would just be too exhausting with 8 hours of straight studying. Many of thestudents are already tired with 6 hours of school. Just imagining that extra 75 minutesalone brings a migraine. After each class, the student’s minds are filled with new knowledgeof the subject. They need time to digest the knowledge. When students have too much intheir mind, they shut out many of the information from that point on. They get sick and tiredof it. The point of school is to learn knowledge. There would be no point in trying to crammore knowledge when the students are trying to block them out; it defeats the purpose ofschool. People may say that lunch would be the time when the students refreshthemselves, and “digest” the information from the morning classes. However, this is only atemporary relief. Students are still physically tired of sitting in a chair for so long, and wouldstill reject information that comes their way. “When there are too many new things for astudent] to experience and absorb, the potential for learning decreases” (scholastic.com).  Imagine an adult at work, forced to sit in that chair for another hour or more. It isagonizing, watching the clock, and waiting for the time ticking away. He/she will not getmuch work done at that point. [ The student’s situation is very much the same; they are too tired to go on for another 75 minutes.