Back when I attended grade sch-gaol the stretch from Presidents day to the Spring break was about 17 months long. We did NOT have “teacher work days” or any of that namby-pamby stuff either!
At 180 days, the school year in the USA is one of the shorter school years in the world. And the culture that is almost anti-school during the summer, or even Thanksgiving or winter or spring, break doesn’t help. No wonder elementary, and some middle school teachers spend about 2 – 4 weeks each year reviewing the subject matter from the previous year.
I don’t remember any extra days off other than 2 days for Thanksgiving, Christmas was from the day Dec 24-Jan 2nd. No spring break but Good Friday and Easter Monday. We got out of school during the last week of May – but didn’t start school until the Tuesday after Labor Day – so 3 solid months off. This was in Michigan in the 50s and 60s – there were no Monday holidays and I really don’t remember if we got either Washington’s or Lincoln’s Birthday off – probably not. The kids here in Florida start in mid-August and end in first full week of June. Are those both the same amount of school days – I have no idea.
Concretionist 17 days ago
Back when I attended grade sch-gaol the stretch from Presidents day to the Spring break was about 17 months long. We did NOT have “teacher work days” or any of that namby-pamby stuff either!
MeanBob Premium Member 17 days ago
Wait till you have a job and at best, get two weeks off. Unless you live in Norway, but you don’t.
Bilan 17 days ago
Makes it just a little tougher to complain??
All this time I thought Frazz understood kids.
zodismoon 17 days ago
I thought I heard that in China or Japan that they don’t have a summer break at all. Or I could have misheard this.
joe.altmaier 17 days ago
Everbody complains about how short breaks are. Forgetting, I guess, the two days in seven they have off every week.
sandpiper 17 days ago
A kid wants to complain, he/she will find something. They become adults with the same trait, but are a much larger pain in the . . . end.
Ceeg22 Premium Member 17 days ago
You have no idea how fast time flies
Rotary12 Premium Member 17 days ago
When I was a kid, summer break lasted what seemed like a year.
DaBump Premium Member 17 days ago
Yes, I’m a happy person by nature, but I don’t let little things stand in the way of a good, satisfying whine.
Drbarb71 Premium Member 17 days ago
Or forget what you have learned!
prrdh 17 days ago
Queror ergo sum.
Teto85 Premium Member 17 days ago
At 180 days, the school year in the USA is one of the shorter school years in the world. And the culture that is almost anti-school during the summer, or even Thanksgiving or winter or spring, break doesn’t help. No wonder elementary, and some middle school teachers spend about 2 – 4 weeks each year reviewing the subject matter from the previous year.
Rose Madder Premium Member 17 days ago
I don’t remember any extra days off other than 2 days for Thanksgiving, Christmas was from the day Dec 24-Jan 2nd. No spring break but Good Friday and Easter Monday. We got out of school during the last week of May – but didn’t start school until the Tuesday after Labor Day – so 3 solid months off. This was in Michigan in the 50s and 60s – there were no Monday holidays and I really don’t remember if we got either Washington’s or Lincoln’s Birthday off – probably not. The kids here in Florida start in mid-August and end in first full week of June. Are those both the same amount of school days – I have no idea.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 16 days ago
I think Caulfield is affecting the other students.