02-25-2007, 03:49 PM
I'm convinced the public schools are creating a mindset of "time off" entitlement in our children, increasingly so every year.
My kids are in private school, but--aside from the fact that they are in school a full 7 hours every day, compared to the EVER SHRINKING number of hours the public system has--they follow the days-off schedule of the public system, which is flat-out stupid.
Recently, what with holidays, in-service days,and the like, combined with "unexpected" bad weather (in February? unexpected?), my son went to school about 3 days out of 2.5 weeks. By the end it was a struggle to get him back into the routine.
Kids today are EXPECTING that work weeks are on average 4 days, and that there are plenty of "holidays" off. They will struggle to understand the concept of working for a living, unless they are part of a system (union, government) that follows the same days-off lunacy.
For sure, overall they won't be well prepared for the idea of working for themselves.
[quote Kap]I agree with you that one parent should stay home for the sake of their children's well-being if the family could afford it. However, there are parents, especially single parents, who have to take on jobs that barely pay the rent.
Yes, but please don't fall into the trap of trotting out the extreme situation to try to disprove the general situation. Grateful11 is completely right in that family priorities are screwed up, and those people need to hear his message. He isn't aiming at the truly poor. He's aiming at those who THINK they're "poor" because they otherwise couldn't afford the more expensive house, the Lexuses, and the 84" plasma and "home theater" system.
My kids are in private school, but--aside from the fact that they are in school a full 7 hours every day, compared to the EVER SHRINKING number of hours the public system has--they follow the days-off schedule of the public system, which is flat-out stupid.
Recently, what with holidays, in-service days,and the like, combined with "unexpected" bad weather (in February? unexpected?), my son went to school about 3 days out of 2.5 weeks. By the end it was a struggle to get him back into the routine.
Kids today are EXPECTING that work weeks are on average 4 days, and that there are plenty of "holidays" off. They will struggle to understand the concept of working for a living, unless they are part of a system (union, government) that follows the same days-off lunacy.
For sure, overall they won't be well prepared for the idea of working for themselves.
[quote Kap]I agree with you that one parent should stay home for the sake of their children's well-being if the family could afford it. However, there are parents, especially single parents, who have to take on jobs that barely pay the rent.
Yes, but please don't fall into the trap of trotting out the extreme situation to try to disprove the general situation. Grateful11 is completely right in that family priorities are screwed up, and those people need to hear his message. He isn't aiming at the truly poor. He's aiming at those who THINK they're "poor" because they otherwise couldn't afford the more expensive house, the Lexuses, and the 84" plasma and "home theater" system.