My Twitter debate with Cornelia on basketball and the longer school day

Tweeting with @Corneliagracchi -- Historian, Teacher, Gardener, Traveler,Grandmother. Very Old, both Soul and Other Wise

Cornelia:  
You are a coach. Is it better to spend more time or less time practicing? Sorry for being a grouch. We owe our students good ed.

Me:
More time (than what?) practicing might be good for my players. But I wouldn't let mayor and pols tell me how long practices should be. 

Me again:
Ur a historian. Tell me, exactly how many minutes of practice do MY players need? And tell me how you decided? 

I'm on a roll :
Tell me, what should I have them practice in that extra time? Dribbling? Passing? Rebounding? What? 

Me again: 
Yes, more practice would help my players. But not if time was used to prep for bubble tests about basketball. 

Cornelia:
Agree on bub test,but if unions, whch I strongly supp, obj to more time in classrm, makng a foolish pedagogic and PR error.

Me: 
I agree. But unions aren't necessarily opposing longer school day. Just the way it is being done in Chicago. They R right

Cornelia: 
Geez, an old lady cant keep up with yr tweets. I agree a fine line exists here wch is why we cant lose right to collec. bargain 

Me: 
Yes, fastest Tweeter in the midwest. Thanks.

Cornelia:
See, all that extra time you spent practicing has paid off!

Me:
Yes, but kids can't practice that in school. Tweeting is banned. So is FB and all social networking at CPS. 

Cornelia:
If you mean banned while in class, this old Dry as Dust says Hurrah!

Arrrgghh! An old school-er. Can't win.