
Voice of Youth
EP 20. School Scramble — Micah on Why School Feels Too Long by Hayes
<p>Host Hayes interviews 10-year-old Micah, a fifth-grader at Hemeter Elementary. Micah shares mixed feelings about school — he enjoys math and reading and playing sports at recess (football, soccer, king of the hill) and hopes to go to Harvard to become a lawyer with his friend Bennett — but says the school day feels too long and some subjects (like social studies) seem unnecessary or could be learned from books. He also outlines a typical school day (morning work, math, ELA, recess, gym, lunch, writing/reading, and rotating science/social studies) and mentions Friday STEAM activities like Lego robotics.</p><p><br><...






