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We pay enough in tuition and get off half a day every Fri. not to mention every Yom Tov. The kids have enough “days of rest”,so who thinks we should ban the annual mid-winter break? Now I need to keep up with the Kleins and the Schwartzes and take my whole family away to Great Wolf or Florida???
As for the teachers and all school employees who will find this post very annoying,let me tell you that you get off a whole summer,and still get paid,and if this would be any other job in a store or office,it wouldnt just come with a week-ten days off in the end of Jan. just for nothing….
Also,didnt we just have anice break two weeks ago when our schools got cancelled for 3 days??
I understand its nice to have the kids home for a couple of days so they can go out and do some nice activities and bond with friends and family,but a week or ten days is just too much…
Whos with me? Let us storm the schools in protest!!
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seriously, your issue is that kids have enough days off and now you need to keep up with the schwartzes? those are the most rediculous arguments! as it is kids barely get any physical activity in school, and people want to ban sports and exercising, and now they cant have time off either….these poor kids….
it is YOUR problem that you feel that you need to keep up with the schwartz’s, not mine and certainly not my childrens. i DONT feel like i have to keep up with them, although i love them dearly and think they are wonderful neighbors.
our family vacations have always been to educational/historic places, so while they are not in school, my children are still able to learn something. also, this is a rare chance for our whole family to spend time together. no one said you have to go somewhere big or expensive or far away. again, that is YOUR desire to keep up with the schwartz. (by the way, they must be wonderful people, because everyone is always complaining about having to keep up with them, and i cant imagine wanting to keep up with someone who is not an amazing person)
as to teachers getting off in the summer, youve obviously never been a teacher. most teachers i know spend the summer trying to prep wonderful lessons for the next year. dont know if youve ever tried to prep, but it doesnt take 5 minutes. as for the rest of the staff, they dont get off the entire summer! my mom has 4 weeks to take off as she wishes, on condition that everyone coordinates their vacations so that the office is always covered.
as for the kids, as ive said they deserve and NEED a break from all their hard work. by the way, i cant think of ANYONE I KNOW who has a week to ten days off. my sister has quite a few kids, and although her kids vacations overlap, none of them have off the exact same days, except for kids in the same schools. most kids have off three MAYBE four days, and all the boys i know have off LESS days than the girls which means the family cant go away anyway because SOMEONE will be missing school.
if you want to take all of that away from YOUR children then get them a tutor for that week. dont take it away from MY children too.