The Underworked American Child

Re:The Underworked American Child by timr on Saturday June 13, 2009 @09:36PM (#656687)

You're the exception, not the rule.

For the other 99% of children, the benefits of longer school years are well documented. Even for the "exceptional" children (who usually aren't as exceptional as they make themselves out to be), longer school years are good -- the question of time spent in school is entirely independent of the subject matter studied, or how it is taught.

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Re:The Underworked American Child by bokonist on Sunday June 14, 2009 @01:51AM (#656862)

Well documented? Where? Links?

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Re:The Underworked American Child by johnnybgoode on Sunday June 14, 2009 @01:57AM (#656864)

I'm going to guess that whichever study came to this conclusion, it took "good for students" to mean "higher grades" or some other bogus measure.

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Re:The Underworked American Child by da01 on Sunday June 14, 2009 @12:12AM (#656796)

Did the study mention whether or not it mattered if it was a government school or a private school?

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