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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Actual answer one heard that unfortunately makes sense: school sports after class. If you start classes later everything gets pushed back to obscene times.

Personally my high school started a half hour in grade 12. Just that made a world of difference.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

that unfortunately makes sense: school sports after class

I disagree that it makes sense. Get the sports out of the school system entirely and have them be community-based or similar. I think that should apply that to most extracurriculars. I participated in sports, band, theatre, etc. so it's not like I just hated it (I would argue that art, band, choir, gym, etc. are still good to have in the curricula of schools, just not the traditionally after-school part).

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Makes sense as an answer to why it's so hard. Not that it's a good answer.

[–] Coach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sports are part of the reason many students even go to school. Taking athletics away from school would have a significant effect on dropout rates.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's certainly an issue that also needs solving.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s a pretty shit excuse at least for my schools times.

School starts at 7:20ish and gets out at 2ish and football, baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball (maybe more idk) games start at 7. We don’t need 5 hours between. Getting out at 4 would not change that. It would just allow those players to get home late as always but actually get some sleep (footballs on Friday so those aren’t huge issues but the rest of the sports are during weekdays, often multiple in a row, which means those kids are tired as fuck.)

Tennis, Bowling, Swimming/Dive, Cross Country/Track and Golf (and any others idk) are all at about 3 which gives students time to get to said place after school lets out. Pushing those to 5 instead wouldn’t be that bad they’d get out at like 7 or 8 and have time to get home, do homework, and still get to bed before 11.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We talking bout practice. Not the game. Practice.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No sport is practicing for 6 hours. They’ll get home at not horrible hours after practice. Most could still practice for 2 hours then work a short closing shift then sleep.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And do homework when?

School, Sport, work, sleep.

Miss dinner, homework, time with family.... What a fucking hellscape.

Also /woosh