Just keep swimming

During the last few months of school (well from now till the beginning of June) the kids take off 2 hours of class every Wednesday to go swimming. Doesn't that sound awesome? Wish we did that! However, this doesn't take the place of their gym class, it replaces other classes- like math, English, and science. That means they are getting 2 hours of schooling less per week for 3 months- the 3 months right before their exams. I thought 4.5hrs of school a day (22.5hrs/week) was a small amount, but add 2 hours of swimming every Wednesday plus their normal gym and religion classes every week and they're in class less than 20hrs per week for the next few months. That doesn't even count the enormous amount of time spent trying to get them to pay attention, etc in class. I don't mind the swimming excursions because it means I can just sit around and talk with the teachers or work on something else. But seriously here's some "food for thought"- Spain's future is getting less than 20hrs/week of class time...