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School's out! The joys of the free half day.

Indonesia, like many countries, operates a shift system in schools, with children attending either a morning or an afternoon session. Now there's a proposal to change to a full school day. One concern of the Education Minister is that students do 'pointless activities' when they're not in class. Many Fifth Floor journalists grew up under the half day school system. Did they get up to 'pointless activities'?

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