As an adult I would not be happy to find that I must now do all my leisure activities at the office. If I wanted to play sport it would now have to be at work with people from work. If I wanted to play a game it would have to be with the people I have just spent all day with. I cannot think of any adult I know who would be prepared to live their lives like this.
It doesn't seem much of a life; it's very institutionalised. When are they supposed to have some time to themselves? I think a very necessary part of childhood is finding out who you are and what it is you enjoy doing. How do you get the opportunity to do this if you are always doing your timetable of activities devised by your school?
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