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Comment by ChrisBaldwin | Hacker News Reader

Statistics are just statistics. Nothing is sad about 6 minutes when the "average" American isn't in school.

the data is for "average American with a full-time job". This assumes that they have already completed their education. 6 min/day is about 36.5 hours of education, which seems quite a bit for a professional

6 minutes a day is impressive for a professional assuming it is not related to work.

Also, for some professionals, working at their job provides education for performing their job better. They should have split working and commuting from each other, or at least provided a split of the data.

You don't complete your education, just because you have a full time job. You should never stop learning new things (or revising your opinion/knowledge of things you were taught earlier).

They're not "just statistics", as they point to some interesting facts.

Americans for example travel less and work more compared to other countries.

"6 minutes of education" is definitively negative (although I would personally use "narrow (minded)" in place of "sad") when compared with "90+ minutes of TV".

"Education" may be just institutional. Personally, I don't have "education time" anymore, it's either during work, leisure or commuting, but I still learn daily.

My continuing education takes place at work and is part of work. I am also frequently being educated while reading, watching TV, browsing the Internet, or socializing. I don't see a description of what constitutes "education", do they mean purely "attending classes"?

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