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[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In my experience talking with school officials and reading between the lines of BS that get fed out by them, you get to take your pick because all are true.

  • sports are more valuable than the mental and physical health of all of the students. Boosters bring in fat stacks for the school and scholarships bring prestige and clout when it comes time to justify government spending.
  • so the teens can get out of school early enough to be exploited for free childcare by parents.
  • so they can be pushed into the labor force after school.

Really all of them are actual reasons that they start so early despite overwhelming research that starting later in the morning would lead to better academic outcomes and better long-term information retention.

Schools in the USA are not about education. They are conditioning centers to "prepare" kids for abusive expectations in post graduation employment.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Worked at a HS that started at 7 so kids could pick up their siblings after school. Many of them had jobs too - quite a few ended up being scheduled during the last class period too.

Schools in the USA are babysitting to keep the economy going. You can’t teach a class of 30. Students can do everything short of punch a teacher and you have to keep them in your room, so learning just doesn’t happen.