While I agree that many holidays have been over commercialized, I have to speak on the school holiday bit.
In California, and in many other states, students attend school the same number of days each year (180) regardless of which holidays, breaks, vacations, etc. the district chooses to have off. Students having a holiday, say, Columbus Day, off, does not mean that they are missing out on a day of education. It just means we will go one day longer into the summer.
On a similar note, where I work, students do not attend school on Columbus Day, but the teachers do. Our contract is for 185 work days, so there are a handful of times when we are here even though the students are not.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2008-10-09 07:22 pm (UTC)In California, and in many other states, students attend school the same number of days each year (180) regardless of which holidays, breaks, vacations, etc. the district chooses to have off. Students having a holiday, say, Columbus Day, off, does not mean that they are missing out on a day of education. It just means we will go one day longer into the summer.
On a similar note, where I work, students do not attend school on Columbus Day, but the teachers do. Our contract is for 185 work days, so there are a handful of times when we are here even though the students are not.