To think a 5 term school year is a shit idea

[Edenspirits]

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.heart.co.uk/news/school-years-could-be-split-into-five-terms/

Honestly, I actually think the kids need time out of school in normal times where there is so much bloody pressure.

I know this year has been awful but honestly, what do they need to ‘catch up’ on apart from playing with their friends?

This endless pressure drives me insane. Kids don’t even start school in some countries until age 7 yet we have ours doing SATS and all kinds of nonsense. There’s literally no joy in our education system.

Aibu?

@Ihatemyseleffordoingthis

They need to catch up whatever education they missed.

They don't. This is bullshit. The curriculum isn't magic. The standards are arbitrary. Not all of what is taught or learned has value.

We've all been through a massive collective trauma (some more comfortably and with less tragedy than others) but the world has changed. Children and young people need time to process that, to play, to be free, to work out how relationships work with others, to heal. Not the pressure of catching up on a curriculum designed to monitor teachers based on out of date ideas.

Totally agree with this. The children need less pressure not more. Time in school does not equate to exam outcomes.

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland
Where I live kids go to kindergarten before school, then start school 7.
Very few of the kids can read before they start school but they learn very quickly when they start.