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8AM? School must start very late where you live. Classes started at 7:45 for me, so wakeup time would've been more like 6:30.
My bus arrived at 6:15am. We had to get up even earlier here.
At that point, why even go to sleep?
Same for high school. I was one of the furthest-out kids so we started super early. I would later be in an AP class that required I get to school on my own by class start at 07:15. We finished at 14:30, but those of us in band kept going for a while. Then any other clubs/activities. When I did theater, I'd get to school around 7am and not leave until 11-12 hours later.
Luxury!
Really? Where do you live? In the UK schools run from 9am-3.30pm.
Germany. Started at 7:45 and ended anywhere from 1PM to 4PM.
Brutal.
Worst I've had in Germany was 7:50 AM to 5:30 PM, that was fun.
G8 was a great idea with no drawbacks whatsoever.
Where I grew up in the States, the elementary, middle schools and high schools shared a transportation department. Because of this school start times were staggered as buses would pick up highschool students and drop off at school, then make runs to pick up the elementary and middle schools, again staggering to accommodate different start times.
This meant that students at any of the schools could get dropped off anywhere from 25 minutes early to just before classes started (from 7:30-9:00am.) The end of the day was also staggered, with school getting out between 2:30-3:30.