The Wednesday Rule

The Wednesday Rule is a pratice that originally occured in schools in Kuboia from 1996 to 2012. It was reinstated in 2018.

In September 1995, Trevor Reef announced that there may be plans to cancel the five-day week schools had been using in Kuboia since its formation. The idea was to cancel schools on Thursdays, allowing younger children to “learn things outside of school” and allowing older children to study.

In February 1996, Reef confirmed that from August that year, schools would only run for four days a week, with children getting Wednesday off. Reef said that Wednesday was the chosen day instead of Thursday because ”everybody thought it made more sense”.

The Wednesday Rule was also going to be implemented in the Island of Sally (a major trading partner of Kuboia), although since the official school week is already only four days long, it was scrapped.

Removal of the practice
In October 2011, Bruce Harlock confirmed that after an eight-month debate, that schools would begin opening on Wednesdays again from August 2012. After receiving severe online shaming and negative feedback, Harlock later revealed a month later that schools can have shorter days on Wednesdays at first, before the days become full days. The full five-day week returned for all schools by January 2013.

It was reported that the rate of absences by students in schools had greatly increased in 2013, and that the average exam results from 2012 to 2013 were the biggest drop in Kuboian history.

Revival
In April 2018, it was announced by Harlock that the rule would be reinstated from August that year, with all schools, and even certain companies, dropping Wednesday altogether.