5 Day week and CCAs

wcafe SG

I realised that alot of secondary school have taken to adopt the 5 day week and conveniently push all the CCAs which were originally scheduled on Saturday to weekdays. This has a great impact on the students as CCAs on saturdays were actually meant for students to engage in productive and healthy activities in school instead of loitering around in shopping malls or going out on the streets. By closing the schools and locking them up on Saturdays, the school are actually shutting out the kids from going back! With the focus now on an all-rounded education, depriving students of saturday CCAs make them more prone to become even worse "mugger toads" for the hardworking, and cause the less hardworking to play even more. Is that a desirable thing to have?

5 day week. Should it be 5 days study and Saturdays let the kids enjoy their time with their friends in school, playing their favourite sports or having fun at their uniformed groups or other activities? Poor kids deprived of all the fun of growing up. STUDY STUDY STUDY is all they do now. What all rounded education are we talking about... Rolling Eyes

the.raven SG

and no more schools man. you think you are gaining knowledge? its not knowledge man, you think you are gaining knowledge. but its not knowledge, its Fucking mind control man. The teachers dont know true knowledge man, they cant know, man. This is FUcking BUllShit, man.

and no more lawyers man, like no more law making, and law enforcing. no more judges man. how did we get to this degenarative stage, where one man has to call another a "Judge". right, now tell me I cant stay in my home no more. And no more bankers man, and no more C-E-Os with their big Fucking Air-o-planes flying here and there man. This is Fucking BullShit, man.

sgboy2004 SG

since cannot work on Sat, then go on Sun lor Laughing

btw, mi o level nia Sad

_Aaron_ SG

Hmm, didn't know the 5-day workweek affected Secondary schools.

But does it matter?

It just means that their week is more packed, and besides, on saturdays after CCAs i see them usually troop off to the nearest mall or Lan Game shop anyway.

Its just a slightly more concentration on Monday-Friday, that leaves saturday for them to sleep late, and go out with less stress.

I don't see a problem with this.

glassdance SG

5-day work week applies to my school but we still have to go back on saturdays if we're REQUIRED to.
So what's the point?

foxwalk SG

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sourpickles SG

actually...the 5 day week was created coz of the gov's pro-family stance.it was created to encourage parents to spend more quality time with their kids on the full sat and sundays-to foster bonds and blablabla.

well,what my jc did was shorten all the lessons by 5 mins so we end school earlier,and then CCA is after school.that way...we still have our CCAs,just not on sat.but its still unclear if my jc's rankings will drop or whatever due to the shorter lessons.then again,ranking for JCs have been abolished.ha ha.

as for mugger toads...hmmmm....its good to mug once in a while i guess.not 24/7.

thank goodness i've just finished my a levels.so i won't really be embroiled in this cca mess i hopeeee.

01024G SG

It just means if I work on Satudays, it will be counted as OT. Laughing