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You're looking at it from the point of view of the structure of society. From that perspective, you have a reasonable point.

But I'm thinking in terms of what children can take. I'm not sure a seven-year-old needs to work an eight-hour day. (I like the idea of leaving time for kids to do their "homework" while at school, though.)

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But children wouldn't necessarily be learning in a classroom the entire day. Even today there's a bunch of extracurriculars (band practice, sports, etc.) that occur between dismissal up until dinnertime.

If these "after schools" or "buxibans" (as I grew up around) became integrated into the school system itself that seems the most ideal. It would certainly kill off a secondary market of cram classes, for better or for worse.

Homework might not even be a thing at that point since they could just do it at school, as you mentioned.

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