The Wednesday Rule

The Wednesday Rule is a practice that originally occured in schools in Kuboia since 1996.

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.

Praise and defense
Former Kuboian president Zayn Tethor, who was originally against the idea, later praised it, stating that reducing the amount of school days has helped schools save money. Additionally, he mentioned how children and teachers are more productive and relaxed due to having an extra day off.

The additional day off has helped many businesses, particularly the hospitality and amusement sectors. A 2006 study claimed that restaurants, amusement parks and entertainment centres are very popular and busy on Wednesdays, and thus make more money on average than they usually would.

Criticism
Wednesday can be an expensive day for parents, especially those who do not have anybody to look after their children, meaning they have to take their children to work, or spend money putting their children into daycare centres or weekly social groups. Additionally, Wednesday can be a stressing day for children because of this. Some have also argued that the additional day off school is a scheme that only businesses benefit from.

To combat criticism that Wednesday is too expensive for some parents, a benefit, the Weekly Scheme Allowance was introduced in 2003.