content: If anything, the school day should be shorter.  I agree. If I remember correctly, I had 4 hours/day school from 1-4 grade, then 5 hours in 5th grade, and then 6 from 6th to 12th. This includes lunch break, as in school was between 08:00 and 12:00 the first four years. I stopped doing homework in 3rd grade and had no problem the next 9 years completing them in class or doing them the first few minutes before the teacher showed up to class. I'm no genius, but I can't see anything indicating that the kids today that have 6-8 hours/day school right away are ending up any brighter than me and my generation. (I'm ~30)