"enigma" <enigma@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "dejablues" <dejablues@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I find it very weird that kids go back to school before
>> Labor Day! We don't even get the class assignments and
>> schedules until the last week in August. I have a 5th
>> grader in elementary school, a 10th grader in high school,
>> and a freshman in college, and they all start cl***** on
>> Sept. 3rd. We haven't even gone on vacation yet!
>
> i think it's stupid to start cl***** before Labor Day. we
> were just told told Boo's school starts Aug. 26. we had
> already made plans a month ago to meet an online friend from
> Australia for a train ride (Conway Scenic Railroad, the dinner
> train to Bartlett) later in that week. so, he'll go to school
> one day & then miss one or two days... stupid, but we're not
> changing our plans.
> besides, what's the point of a couple days of school, then a
> long weekend? that makes 2 short weeks where nothing gets
> accomplished anyway. it's a big part of what makes the whole
> mandated 180 days of school a joke.
> lee
They don't have to give out a schedule earlier that that? At least we
have
the whole next year's schedule before school is out the previous year.
Sounds like Boo will get more out of the train ride and meeting friends
from
the other side of the world than school. Last year we went to Mexico and
the girls missed one day of school....one of those bogus half days...and
we
let then know ahead of time why, plus we went to the Aztec Museum and took
photos of ruins and brought back stuff to share, as they were studying the
Aztec and Mayan culture. And they got unexcused absences!! Even though I
went twice to the 'graduation coach' to discuss it.
ridiculous
>
>
> --
> Last night while sitting in my chair
> I pinged a host that wasn't there
> It wasn't there again today
> The host resolved to NSA.
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