When I was growing up and going through school, we always got Thanksgiving day and the day after off. Then about 5 years ago or so, I started hearing places that would give their students the day BEFORE Thanksgiving, that Wednesday off. Now, I hear about this - my old high school has it this year where the students get this whole WEEK off! I am like WTF?? Is the feeling that since 3 days of the week are vacation days that the whole week is shot? So, why not go ahead and cancel that whole week?? Maybe it is only like this where I live, but is that the case now? That the whole week of Thanksgiving is one where people get that whole week off? Unfortunately, I still have class tonight, so that is one place where this new "call the whole week off" thing does not apply.
Yep...school district down here (Texas City ISD) is giving students the whole week off. Here's my thoughts on it. When I was a kid, school started around Labor Day. Labor day was kind of the "official end" of Summer for kids. You had a big BBQ and then went to school. When I started Jr. High, though, school was beginning to start earlier and earlier. August 29, August 28, August 27. Eventually, they moved the start of school back to August 15-16. This is a pretty feeble attempt at preventing the dreaded "forget everything over the summer" syndrome that affects children so badly. Of course, there is a limit as to the number of school days per year that a school district can have, so they have to add all these extra days off during the school year to make up for the days lost during Summer. They did this by adding a couple extra days off for Thanksgiving and by adding those wonderful "teacher inservice days" where the Teachers throw a wild orgy in the teacher's lounge and pass it off as work... All in all, this is just a half-assed attempt at year-round school, and idea which most parents are strongly against because it screws up their vacation plans...
Down here, my kids get off at noon the day before. I always try to take off work and take them to the movies, there is always a good one that comes out around this time.
We still hold classes this week, though I don't think after noon on Wednesday. I'm giving a quiz Wednesday morning. Some people weren't very happy with that one. But I know what happens when a school gives the students Wednesday off. Then they start wanting to leave Tuesday night and skip Tuesday afternoon. etc. No matter when it is, they will want to take some extra time. Unless it's a whole week. Which seems ridiculous, so close to Christmas and all. (by the way, I am strongly opposed to the idea of year-round school... don't get me started on that one... there should be a rhythm to life, and people need that break to pursue other things and clear their head...)
At my kids parochial school, they will get out of school today and of course be off the rest of the week. I don't like how they are trying to extend school to a year-round thing. Three months of summer is the greatest time of the year for kids and for teens, it presents a chance to make money with jobs. I used to work the boats during shrimp season and I'd make a couple of thousand for some hard, nasty work, while all my friends made a few hundred bucks working miminimum wage jobs almost as ****ty.
Back in the day when a one income/dual parent family was the norm, a three month break wasn't a big deal. Now that a lot of families have both parents working or worse the parents don't live together, the kids end up in day care anyway. So what's the problem with a year round school?
I don't remember how it worked in high school. I officially have class on Wednesday, but some Profs cancel. Not this year, I have a quiz in my last class on Wednesday.
I find it funny that most colleges give Thursday and Friday off, but everyone knows the school will shutdown Wednesday around noon. UT always sends an e-mail. Why they don't just announce Wednesday as a holiday ahead of time beats me.
IT doesn't always work out that way. Some profs will give a quiz, or have a test scheduled, or an assignment due, etc.
Yep, I'm in Fort Bend ISD, and we got the whole week off, puls last friday was the Senior Skip Day, so we got 10 days off for total
At my school, we get out just the 3 days (before, on, and after Thanksgiving) but we got off early today, which is pretty much why I'm posting right now. However, considering the amount of actual work done yesterday and today, it wouldn't make much of a difference if we had the whole week off. Most of the time, we just watch a movie or have makeup days with "short weeks" like this. YEAH! I also don't have basketball practice all week either, though I have a game today. Hopefully, we'll score more than 30.
Ya, at our school is the friday before the thanksgiving break, don't know why is that day, but it has always been that way.
My 2 kids go to year round school. They get out around July 4th every year and go back the same time the other kids do. I am a divorced father, if they don't go to school in the summer, they are in day care. When they are out of school after a few weeks, then they start asking when they go back. I wish they could have the summers I had when I was a kid, leave the house at 9 in the morning and come home around 6 for supper. Walk in the house with the bottoms of my feet black as night. Those were the days.
In cy-fair ISD we had a week off for quite a while.. dating back to when I was in elementary i know.... I have this week off from college as well which I know most people don't.. i think that has to do with the fact that most everyone is from out of state though so they figure a week makes it easier but i dunno.. we get out for xmas later though so it all evens out
