ForumsWEPRIs obama going to make school days longer?

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EpiKc
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I don't want a longer school day, if it gets too long I won't even get enough time to do my homework! C'mon Obama, don't do this!

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Zega
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i find that everyone that's in power is an idiot in some way.
You are in power of your own body, therefore, you are an idiot. So am I.
sonicheroes95
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^ha ha. not exactly what i ment.

Indiagamerz
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Indiagamerz
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Thats mostly local choice

Darkroot
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Personally if I was in high school again, I would want it to be longer.
I find school more interesting then siting at home and basically doing nothing. Knowledge is power.

XVERB
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i hope so.. some americans are really just dumb compared to other countries like germany.

Kasic
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i hope so.. some americans are really just dumb compared to other countries like germany.


One, there's dumb people everywhere. Two, attempting to teach dumb people more stuff in less overall time won't get you anywhere. More school time isn't the answer, it's a different curriculum.
7432200
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Uhh Actually he can because the secretary of education works for him and has to do what ever the president says. But if you go to private school the same rules dont apply

Kasic
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Uhh Actually he can because the secretary of education works for him and has to do what ever the president says


Fail. Obama just can't say, "School days are now 23 hours a day" Congress has to approve. He can't do anything on a whim really.

You can only cram so much information into an adolescent's mind


What information is that? At school they don't teach us anything. Every 5-6 class periods at my school we go over something "new" otherwise, I just sleep or read a book, because doing pounds worth of paper of busy work is just not doing anything for anyone.
dms269
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Fail. Obama just can't say, "School days are now 23 hours a day" Congress has to approve. He can't do anything on a whim really.


Congress can't change school days since that power if left up to the states. Congress could withhold money from schools unless they make the school day longer just like they did with NCLB to require states to have a standards they test on.

Have schools go to school 4 days and a week and make the day longer. You would save a ton of money due to transportation and food costs.
314d1
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He has little control over it, so I doupt so

sonicheroes95
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usually i sleep in class because it's nothing new. and paper work = boring.

SilentQ
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Well as I live in Ukraine, even if Obama DID manage to brainwash Congress and all the states, I still wouldn't be effected.

Basically, my school is in between American and Asian schools. So it's still pretty challenging and I can't afford to sleep. Also, the classes are really small (ranging from 6-12 students a class >.&lt so I even if I did sleep, I'd get caught.

Pau11Wa11
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he better not. and if he duz im gonna shit

Kyouzou
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he could but right now its not even an issue considering his time is tied up with the war and that freaking health bill (which needs to go back to whatever god forsaken hell hole it came from!) over 2000 pgs! Seriously?!

Riou1231
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Let's hope not... School days are long and tedious enough for me already... And if he does, POW! Right to the moon!!!

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