Do you think this is an appropriate measure to save funds? Is it practical, or beneficial? As a student, i'd admit to liking having fridays off, but I don't know how it would help me or hurt me as a student. I'd have more time to sleep, and relax, and my life would be less stressful. However, some of my more experience and discussion based classes, like spanish, english, or band, would seriously suffer from the lack of class time; part of the integral learning experience of those classes is to interact with others, so class time is precious.
Also, this isn't solving the problem of lack of money; it's postponing the issue. By shortening the school week, Hawaii is spending less money, but Hawaii is not learning to spend less money while keeping 180 days in the year. Also, this doesn't make any money, it just avoids spending. There's a difference.
How would you solve this problem? Would you congratualate the Hawaii state government for a practical solution, or tell them that something seriously needs to be changed?
I personally feel that, although class time is important, that a four day week would be more beneficial to students. I agree, life would be a lot less stressful and I think as students grew more accustomed to every weekend being a day longer that they would start to make more time do more schoolwork over the weekends.
ReplyDeleteYou make a really good point by saying that cutting a day off the week doesn't really resolve the spending issue. For now, it is practical. But if money continues to stay an major issue in this state, a more long term solution must be devised.
I was shocked when I read this. The notion that an entire state can just decide that their students do not need five days of school every week. I agree that it does not solve the spending issue at all.
ReplyDeleteThe only way that this works is if the students have extra work to do on the friday to make up for the lost time.
I don't think that cutting school is necessarily the most wise choice to "reduce costs". There is a problem in this in itself- Hawaii's focus should be on increasing revenue rather than reducing costs. Cutting school in all honesty won't be beneficial for the students (be honest), as a Thursday to Monday break every week will leave students with possibly too much free time for their own good.
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