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On one hand it’s unfair for UMC parents to tsk tsk the practice of hot housing academics on young kids. They have less to worry about as far as maintaining their child’s class status. But in this case they are right. [b]No expert in education thinks pushing down academics is a good thing. The idea that kids should go to 8 hours of school and then do academics afterward isn’t an education ideal[/b]. The Asian communities that do this are a disaster and no one would say otherwise. [/quote]

This is a huge exaggeration though for elementary aged kids.  None of them are attending hours of schooling each night.  Most of them are maybe doing a couple enrichment classes for only a few hours total per week.  It's just not as big of a deal as you're making it out to be.  Also, elementary kids are not going to 8 hours of school each day.  They're doing fewer than 7 hours, and by the time you account for lunch, recess, specials, and the rest, they're doing only about 3.5 hours of academics per day.   [/quote]

No.  Try 5. 
Let’s at least have an honest conversation here.[/quote]

I'm looking directly at my kid's schedule.  They spend 1 hour on math, 1 hour on Social Studies or Science, and 1.5 hours on Language arts.  The rest of the day is filled with specials, lunch, recess, morning meeting, "quiet time", pack up time, and so on.  There really are only 3.5 hours of academics in a 6 hour, 45 minute schooldays (FCPS school)[/quote]

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