In what countries do they go to school on a Saturday, and why do they?

@bijouxbroussard Police officers are horrendously notorious for their personal grudges. Don't expect me to trust them or defend them.

@Crazychick My brother was a police officer for several years. I know that there are good ones and bad ones, like in any profession. But my point remains. You’d want to be treated [b]fairly[/b], I assume, without any personal grudges being a factor ?

@Crazychick [quote]that the majority of people want the status quo to remain the same as it was when they were children, therefore most of us do not see change as positive[/quote]

Well I'm the exception to that. I was subjected to both corporal punishment and simple bullying, victimisation and intimidation by my grammar school teachers in the 70s. I was so happy when education moved from beating education into kids to treating them with some respect.

Also when I was at school gay relationships below 21 were illegal again something I'm glad when my children were at school was eradicated.

I grew up in the 70s I'm glad my kids didn't is what I believe.

@Moonpenny "They" would have made perfect sense. "[b]They[/b] don't have a conventional school week in a public school because many of the students are boarders" sounds right, even more so considering you shifted into a "they" format in the next sentence ("Having sport on Wednesday afternoon breaks up the week because they have long working days which usually go onto 7pm, after which they can have free time"). Admit it, I am right about that as well. :)

@Crazychick The point I made was clear enough IMHO and was read as such by others on the thread. If you want to talk about semantics and syntax, I think you're deliberately moving away from the point of your question.
I've enjoyed listening to other people's ideas, experiences and opinions but I prefer to interact with people who post questions who are more tolerant and accept other people's views more readily and with much more grace.

I'd also like to point out that in many of your posts you do say...." Where I live/where I come from we think/consider blah blah blah ...... I know you're from the UK but please don't use this blanket term when you have no idea what other British people think. We don't need to be represented in this way on SW. I certainly don't.

You asked a really good question but as usual, when you don't like what people say, you trash your own good intentions 🤷‍♀️

@Moonpenny How do I trash my own good intentions?

@Crazychick Different schools, different timetables...

@Moonpenny Yes, I know, but they are all Monday to Friday. One school might do maths on Monday and Thursday, another school might do maths on Tuesday and Friday, but they are still within the conventional limits.

@Crazychick But [b]all[/b] schools aren't Monday-Friday. However, in all schools the timetable is decided upon by government guidelines and then fine-tuned by the senior management of each school depending on its specific requirements.

@bowman81 I don't class (no pun intended) University as "school".

@Crazychick Gotcha! Us old farts kind of lump it all in as Schooling. 🥴

@Crazychick Yes, it was intended as a reply to your comment beginning “Not in school...” Typed it in the wrong place. Sorry.

@MartinII I see a lot of this on here. People often post comments in the wrong place. If I do that I delete it and repost it where it was supposed to go. Lol :)

And I’m a teacher 😂@Crazychick

@AthrillatheHunt Then what was the apostrophe in "Saturdays" in aid of?

I swear I didn’t put it there. And I’m giving you a”F”, even though I love em sassy.@Crazychick

@royalblue1193 And the USA, of course.

@Adaydreambeliever It's the first I've heard of it.

@Crazychick okies.. they also worked from early morning to late at night..

See my comment about both Jews and Muslims having Saturday as their sabbath.@TurtlePink