According to 10 shocking facts about Korean schools - Grrl Traveler 2010, Korean high schools around the globe have a 16 hour school day. Parents, guardians, educators and several other people believe that having a long school day can benefit a student 's education and increase academic achievement. However, I believe that constantly doing work for a major period of time, results in many negative impacts. Coming back to the original statement, I believe that having a 16 hour school day creates many negative impacts on the school, its education model, and ultimately the students themselves. Therefore, I pose this question. Should school end earlier throughout the day? This is a commonly asked question around the world that needs to be considered.
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Without the time for those activities, a student 's mental and physical health can become negatively impacted. Spending quality time with family is very critical for a child 's wellbeing. Having time with family is important for creating lifelong memories, building strong connections with siblings and parents and for having fun. Without this, a child will become less connected and that could potentially lead to mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Families spend just over 8 hours a week together due to modern life demands (School, Work, e.t.c). Reducing the school day hours will make it easier for family members to invest more time together. Secondly, completing homework, projects and studying for important exams is very crucial during middle school and high school. Ending school earlier will allow students to receive extra time to focus on their work for school. Having the time provided at home could improve the quality of the students work. 49% of students in secondary school take over an hour and a half to complete their homework and 39% of elementary students take just over an hour to complete their homework as well. The statistics above show that students are taking a big portion of their personal time to complete school tasks. As a result of having a shorter school day, students will be able to balance out work time and free time evenly as they have longer breaks after school. Thirdly, many students enjoy taking part in different sports and daily activities after school. There are many mental and physical health benefits when a student exercises. According to the RWJF/Harvard/NPR survey in 2015, Parents appreciate the effects that daily activity has on their child. 88% of parents said it boosted their physical health, 81% said it teaches them dedication and discipline which
Without the time for those activities, a student 's mental and physical health can become negatively impacted. Spending quality time with family is very critical for a child 's wellbeing. Having time with family is important for creating lifelong memories, building strong connections with siblings and parents and for having fun. Without this, a child will become less connected and that could potentially lead to mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Families spend just over 8 hours a week together due to modern life demands (School, Work, e.t.c). Reducing the school day hours will make it easier for family members to invest more time together. Secondly, completing homework, projects and studying for important exams is very crucial during middle school and high school. Ending school earlier will allow students to receive extra time to focus on their work for school. Having the time provided at home could improve the quality of the students work. 49% of students in secondary school take over an hour and a half to complete their homework and 39% of elementary students take just over an hour to complete their homework as well. The statistics above show that students are taking a big portion of their personal time to complete school tasks. As a result of having a shorter school day, students will be able to balance out work time and free time evenly as they have longer breaks after school. Thirdly, many students enjoy taking part in different sports and daily activities after school. There are many mental and physical health benefits when a student exercises. According to the RWJF/Harvard/NPR survey in 2015, Parents appreciate the effects that daily activity has on their child. 88% of parents said it boosted their physical health, 81% said it teaches them dedication and discipline which