School should be a time of learning, wonder and social activity. [Someone once said that it could be as diverse as magazines on a news stand.] But public schools function more as taxpayer-funded babysitting, laden with bureaucracy and one-size-fits all curriculum. Little or no competition with incentives to provide creative education. It makes good fodder for comic strips though.
We had strikes in our schools when I was a kid. We didn’t get out of school one year until June 15th. They took Christmas vacation from us so we wouldn’t have gone so long in the summer.
Ironically, every school that I attended (I’m 80) has been torn down or replaced, however the one-room school houses that my parents attended still stand.
pacmandreaming over 11 years ago
Yeah, that’s pretty much how it was for me as a kid, too.
Phosphoros over 11 years ago
School should be a time of learning, wonder and social activity. [Someone once said that it could be as diverse as magazines on a news stand.] But public schools function more as taxpayer-funded babysitting, laden with bureaucracy and one-size-fits all curriculum. Little or no competition with incentives to provide creative education. It makes good fodder for comic strips though.
NE1956 over 11 years ago
Wow. A Grim. (You had to be there).
alleyoops Premium Member over 11 years ago
When I was a kid, school started the day after Labor Day and was out by the end of May.
iced tea over 11 years ago
We had strikes in our schools when I was a kid. We didn’t get out of school one year until June 15th. They took Christmas vacation from us so we wouldn’t have gone so long in the summer.
GuyGilchrist over 11 years ago
It’s fun to write as an eight year old!
Tin Can Twidget over 11 years ago
Ironically, every school that I attended (I’m 80) has been torn down or replaced, however the one-room school houses that my parents attended still stand.