| >No I'm not. Lab is a public school restricted to district 2 in NYC. Assuming a drive (I wouldn't put a 13 year old on a subway in NYC alone) it's a 15 minute commute from the furthest possible location in the district to the school factoring in morning traffic (according to Google). I said up to an hour and a half, In this case you have to tack on a half hour if your numbers are right, but it's not like the issue doesn't apply to rural areas with longer travel times. In addition, you didn't address the larger point that it's simply cutting it too close; you can never account for mitigating circumstances people have in their lives that shave off available time for homework, meaning they have to choose between finishing their homework or getting enough sleep. And the fact that many people that age need 9 hours not 8 hours of sleep. >Socialization in addition to lunch, recess, and homeroom on weekdays? Homeroom and recess is not socialization for kids that age. Socialization is hanging out with your friends after school for two hours discussing things of interest and relevance to you or doing something you actually enjoy. You can't assume the time in homeroom, recess, lunch, etc. are actual socialization; opportunities for socialization in school are usually very restrictive and arbitrary. If it isn't socialization by the choice of the student on their own time you can't assume it's actually happening. >I'm sorry but if you're aiming for academic rigor sacrifices have to be made somewhere. Sacrifices of what? Adequate sleep? Eating breakfast in the morning? Having free time to hang out with friends after school? You're not addressing the fact that according to the author, empirically many students were sleep deprived according to their parents, so clearly it's the school giving unreasonable burden. |