Children and teens in todays society have a short attention span.

School takes too much time of the students day. 6-8 hours spent in a school can be pressuring on a student. It is also very ineffective to teach students for 6h a day. It is suggested to study for a short amount of time, taking a break, study again, repeat.

"How long is the ideal study break? MIT recommends one-hour study sessions, which involve “50 minutes of study with a ten-minute break”. "

https://www.oxbridgeacademy.edu.za/blog/how-long-is-the-ideal-study-break/

Students require more time to explore life at this age, and not waste precious hours in a non productive environment. 6-8h a day, 5 times a week, 4 times a month, 10 months a year, and 12 years of their life, gone to what most consider a "waste of time". They are not wrong. The school system forces students to be taught information that is non beneficial for forwarding the sciences of todays technology and development. Much of the information stuffed into a student is majorly considered useless based on their future needs. A student should have more time to explore and experiment life at an early age, and have more "say" in what they want to be taught. Teach students the simple basics, don't test them on it; let the students march forward.

The productivity of a student is short. Research suggests that a person at work is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes; Same goes for a student. Students will have the ability to learn more and pay more attention in a shorter amount of time. It also pushes the satisfactory sensation of "there is not much time left in class" leaving them excited and more happy during the day; enduring and sustaining better work habits and productivity.

https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/in-an-8-hour-day-the-average-worker-is-productive-for-this-many-hours.html

We are only asking the Ministry of Education to allow 1h of class time, 5m of class change time, and 2 15m breaks, totalling to a 5 hour school day.

Teachers should also be paid the same amount as they do for a 6-8 hour day.

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