Posted on 09/01/2017 8:30:55 AM PDT by Salvation
Interesting, isn’t it? Longer school years, bigger and bigger budgets, constant “improvements” in educational methods, and yet our children are getting worse test scores than ever.
My children go to a private Christian school, but even their schedule is coordinated with the local public schools. Classes started here around Aug. 9th, IIRC. But my children get out before Memorial Day, and get a week fall break in October, so it is not all bad.
Fascinating. I hadn't thought of that.
That’s roughly our community college schedule, too.
The socialists don’t like families bonding during summer break which is why they want to indoctrinate the kiddies year round!
I think they also start earlier to build in more snow, ice weather days. Seems like even the treat of a snowstorm and school is cancelled or delayed.
I think in my whole 13 years of schooling living in Iowa at the time we maybe had 10 days off. Most years none. I think one year there were 3 snow days. We thought that was amazing.
Liability fears. Schools here are closed - the whole county - if there is a single bus route which cannot be safely driven. One evergreen-shaded back road is iced over, and all the kids stay home, and all the parents who counted on the schools' being open are up a creek. And I try not to chortle.
It pained me this past Monday to see our local schools open for the new year. Until this year, our Virginia schools didn’t open until after Labor Day. I was comfortable with that, expected it, as it was the way it was done in “my day.” Maryland’s governor completely reversed their picture whereby they used to open the last of August and now it’s after Labor Day. So the two states have flipped on that.
So much of what used to be “family time” has come to an end. Dinner together? Seriously? What I used to look forward to about the Christmas (”Winter”) break was being together and time to play board games. Couldn’t take time for that when school was in session. Kids had homework, Mom had PTA, Dad had to work to cover it all. (at home mother).
At least I am seeing the young professional parents that I know making the effort to spend all their time with their kids on weekends, perhaps trying to compensate for the long week days with barely any time for each other.
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