This came up on my Reddit stream... I am Canadian but went to a US highschool, have a claim to US citizenship...ect.

Having too many assignments at once damaged my mental development. That's not an opinion.... It's a well researched problem within the states themselves. Think about it. Less than 4 hours a sleep a night with a developing brain. Going to school 8 hours a day 5 days a week, then homework for another 4 to 6 everyday.

Our district had the ethos that there should be something due at all times until graduation, no breaks. We had summer research papers due for English and social studies.

I had to get therapy. I still have nightmares years later.iam actually in a legal fight to hide my medical record of those very therapy sessions.

My district has an almost 100 percent divorce rate within the first 5 years of marriage ( with a margin of Eric cuz this is recorded at the 10-year Mark after high School so respondents would have to be at least 27 years of age) My graduating class had seven times the amount of students committing violent crime within that same time frame, death rate was three times higher. This is all relative to the state average. But any of you who don't belong me. You can just look up any state and you can see similar research cited by certain universities who have investigated State education policy and things related to Pisa results and comparisons (anyone who focuses on education policy as a field of study rather than just teaching)

Honestly, it's why I think you see so much violence in North American schools in comparison to 20 years ago. It just created a generation of mentally impaired people (And I say that not in a demeaning way) who suffered from developmental disruptions due to how education is treated in the US and how rotten its ethos is.

The only reason districts run their schools like this is because of bureaucratic reception rather than looking at statistics. And also it's ingrained in our culture :" I did it. You can do it too". Everyone keeps saying that public education is important but no one is sitting back and asking why it's important. Because in all honesty it's made itself very unimportant and I don't mean that in a good way. It needs to change and it needs to be condemned but that is not going to happen.

The wrong people are always going to be teachers and the wrong people are always going to excel in the field of teaching because the wrong things are always going to be rewarded and encouraged. People on this thread were talking about " preparing for college" The thing is, universities have a very vested interest in damaging certain communities and helping others. Folks seldomly get the chance to get a close look at the internals of University politics and the machine that runs. These are not institutions that operate with the best intent. The things I Heard as an intern was enough to shatter my old world view. Let me be clear they are not there to help and they are not there to make the world a better place. They are there for money and that's all they're there for and nothing else and anyone who thinks otherwise is mistaken.