Thread: Re: OT: 4-day schooling?

sf <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:43:19 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Give me back my school taxes or teach year round. No summer vacation!
>>
>>For or Against?
>
> I'm for year round schooling. Times have changed and we haven't
> changed with them.


Shouldn't we all be smarter than our teachers if they did THEIR homework!!!

Andy

On Sep 14, 6:42*pm, sf <sf.use...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:43:19 -0500, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >Give me back my school taxes or teach year round. No summer vacation!
>
> >For or Against?
>
> I'm for year round schooling. *Times have changed and we haven't
> changed with them.

I have mixed feelings about it.

For lots of us, summer vacations were valuable times where '
we learned a lot of practical stuff:
construction (forts),
physics (how fast was that bike going when you attempted to
turn and wiped out?),
mediation (be nice to me, or I'm taking my ball and going home)

If I thought kids would be turned loose to discover those
things, I'd be in favor of summer vacation. However, as I
understand it, many kids just plop down with their game
device or computer and never see the light of day, or are
in structured programs that don't let them learn to get
along without supervision. Blow that.

Better to keep them in school all summer.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:22:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I have mixed feelings about it.
>
>For lots of us, summer vacations were valuable times where '
>we learned a lot of practical stuff:
>construction (forts),
>physics (how fast was that bike going when you attempted to
> turn and wiped out?),
>mediation (be nice to me, or I'm taking my ball and going home)
>
>If I thought kids would be turned loose to discover those
>things, I'd be in favor of summer vacation. However, as I
>understand it, many kids just plop down with their game
>device or computer and never see the light of day, or are
>in structured programs that don't let them learn to get
>along without supervision. Blow that.

Unfortunately that's the way it goes for most. We're lucky enough to
live in a city that offers great summer (day) camps through the park
system, but you have to be able to afford it... it ain't cheap.
>
>Better to keep them in school all summer.

I like the year round system that has broken the year into quarters
with breaks between and I think it would be good for everyone. The
problem is that schools need to be locked or you're going to have
teachers sneaking in to work, because that's what they do. "Down
time" is when they reorganize the room and catch up with paperwork.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sep 15, 12:48*pm, sf <sf.use...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:22:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>
>
>
>
>
> <angelicapagane...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I have mixed feelings about it.
>
> >For lots of us, summer vacations were valuable times where '
> >we learned a lot of practical stuff:
> >construction (forts),
> >physics (how fast was that bike going when you attempted to
> > * *turn and wiped out?),
> >mediation (be nice to me, or I'm taking my ball and going home)
>
> >If I thought kids would be turned loose to discover those
> >things, I'd be in favor of summer vacation. *However, as I
> >understand it, many kids just plop down with their game
> >device or computer and never see the light of day, or are
> >in structured programs that don't let them learn to get
> >along without supervision. *Blow that.
>
> Unfortunately that's the way it goes for most. *We're lucky enough to
> live in a city that offers great summer (day) camps through the park
> system, but you have to be able to afford it... it ain't cheap.
>
>
>
> >Better to keep them in school all summer.
>
> I like the year round system that has broken the year into quarters
> with breaks between and I think it would be good for everyone. *The
> problem is that schools need to be locked or you're going to have
> teachers sneaking in to work, because that's what they do. *"Down
> time" is when they reorganize the room and catch up with paperwork.

Why? Let 'em work if they want to. It'll make up for all of
those snow days.

When I was a kid, snow had to be like 3 feet deep before
we got a snow day. Now they seem to have a snow day
every time the sky clouds up. Wimps.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:

> When I was a kid, snow had to be like 3 feet deep before
> we got a snow day. Now they seem to have a snow day
> every time the sky clouds up. Wimps.
>
> Cindy Hamilton


George Burns said:

When I was a kid I had to walk 10 miles to school! That's why I never went
to school."

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:01:38 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Why? Let 'em work if they want to. It'll make up for all of
>those snow days.

No one is paid for doing nothing. If districts with snow days conform
to other districts, any missed days are tacked on to the end of the
school year or in the case we're imagining - the end of a quarter.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article <[email protected]>,
sf <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:01:38 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Why? Let 'em work if they want to. It'll make up for all of
> >those snow days.
>
> No one is paid for doing nothing. If districts with snow days conform
> to other districts, any missed days are tacked on to the end of the
> school year or in the case we're imagining - the end of a quarter.

It takes at least a direct order from God to not have to make up snow
days. The folks in charge are very definite, No School - No Money. So
they almost always get made up. So what's your choice, have a snow day
and stay home inside in the dark, or make it up very late in the spring
when the days are long and you could have been playing outside and
having fun?

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

In article
<[email protected]>,
Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote:

> It takes at least a direct order from God to not have to make up snow
> days. The folks in charge are very definite, No School - No Money. So
> they almost always get made up. So what's your choice, have a snow day
> and stay home inside in the dark, or make it up very late in the spring
> when the days are long and you could have been playing outside and
> having fun?

I'll take the snow day. I probably had six snow days in my school life.
I live in the high desert. A lousy day at the beginning or end of summer
vacation couldn't compare. On snow days, I was released outside as was
every other kid that had just hit the jackpot. Jackpots are important
where I live.
I also loved them as a salaried employee who couldn't make it to work in
a 4wd. They are unexpected jewels.

leo

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:18:12 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I'll take the snow day. I probably had six snow days in my school life.
>I live in the high desert. A lousy day at the beginning or end of summer
>vacation couldn't compare. On snow days, I was released outside as was
>every other kid that had just hit the jackpot. Jackpots are important
>where I live.

Snow days weren't delft out willy nilly when I was a kid and like any
normal kid, I lived for them. We also got an occasional tornado day -
which was better weather for outdoor play.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.