Comments on: Outdated Maxims http://stevekinney.net/2008/07/outdated-maxims/ Educator and Designer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:11:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Scott Fox, Author of Internet Riches http://stevekinney.net/2008/07/outdated-maxims/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Scott Fox, Author of Internet Riches Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:18:41 +0000 http://www.stevekinney.net/?p=91#comment-12 Yes, rules so outdated that they seem arbitrary are as common at school (your post) as at work (Jonathan's post). The school rules that always bugged me the most were about scheduling. Why start at 800am and end at 230ish? Why take off 3 months in the summer? There were probably good historical reasons for this but my guess is that they were based on an agriculturally-based economy's calendar and/or an industrial economy's work habits rather than on best practices for education or efficiency. Yes, rules so outdated that they seem arbitrary are as common at school (your post) as at work (Jonathan’s post).

The school rules that always bugged me the most were about scheduling. Why start at 800am and end at 230ish? Why take off 3 months in the summer?

There were probably good historical reasons for this but my guess is that they were based on an agriculturally-based economy’s calendar and/or an industrial economy’s work habits rather than on best practices for education or efficiency.

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