I'm sitting here in Oklahoma and I can't go any place because of the ice and snow. It's a beautiful thing to look at, and nature won over the bug problem this year. However our schools have been closed for a week. People are fighting viruses that are seasonal, and it's hard to go any place. I truly think it would be a great idea if schools let out December through February for the annual break. Then started the new school year in March. I think it would be an attitude changer for folks to start all of that just before Spring. That way everybody would not have to rush for Christmas and the old year could end with the holiday of Thanksgiving. What do you think?
2007-01-19 04:27:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
No. Not everybody in the US lives where it's so cold and snowy that the schools get closed. In the summer, the schools can get very hot. Then, the schools would have to pay for heating (for the time right before they ended school and when they started it) and then for air-conditioning when it got to be over one hundred degrees in the summer. Ever think about how many things that would mess up? No summer camps, no swim teams, no playing outside in the nice weather, etc.
The school schedule works fine as it is.
2007-01-19 11:30:54 · answer #1 · answered by Supernova 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be a great idea! People with disabilities struggle more during the winter season in snow and ice climates, especially children. They miss school a lot because of weather and illness because their immune systems don't work as well. It would give them a more fair and equal chance with other students. Tourism would also increase in the winter in areas where people only came in the summer helping people to keep there jobs all year long instead of seasonally. Indoor water parks, local ski slopes ,museums, discovery center are just a small amount of things to do in the winter.....change is always good.
2007-01-22 14:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by hilbel 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a great way to spend your time off of school. Inside, cold and sick, or by yourself because all of your friends are sick. Summer is about getting out enjoying activities, living it up while you're still in school (cause that stops when you become an adult) and being with friends. Summer break was originally designed to help farm families. Although harvest season is normally associated between Sept-Nov, the majority of crops are harvested between Jun-Sep. Since children are no longer needed to work on the farm, a lot of schools have chosen to go to year around, i.e. 3 months of school and 1 month off (different schools, different cycles), provided you have met all academic requirements. I think it would be a pity to force our children to take a break during a time they can't or shouldn't be outside. Our children are fat enough, let them play to work off some calories.
2007-01-19 12:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by Larry R 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Who wants to spend six weeks locked up indoors because it's too cold/dreary/dark to go outside? Kids love the summer holidays because it's sunny and daylight until late meaning they can properly enjoy the time they have off.
Perhaps a better idea would be to give kids five weeks off in summer and give that extra week off in winter so children have longer before Christmas to prepare for the festivities.
2007-01-19 17:39:31 · answer #4 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never thought about that but it is a very good idea. You should go to the board of ed with that idea. Plus it would be an even bigger punishment for those that have take winter school. Trecking through the snow while everyone else is on vaca.
2007-01-19 12:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by MISS KNIGHT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I definatly dont think so, because think about it. Kids love days off. They dont like school. As I dont either. And the reason that I think it should be int eh summer is because look at it, inthe winter kids get all these free days off. If it was in the winter, then they would barely ever get off school.
2007-01-19 12:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by The Roman Maze 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think its a terrible idea.. there are to many holidays in the winter months plus the bad weather, school is cancelled and yeah ppl get sick, who wants to be sick on there vacation break... not me thats for sure... things are perfect as they are.
also alot of college students make there money during the summer months doing work outdoors like landscaping and construction...it is hard to make that money to pay for there education when they are out in the winter months and there is a less demand for employment for them. you cant just think about small things like being sick or bad weather... there is a bigger picture to look at that doesnt revolve around just you.
2007-01-19 12:41:53 · answer #7 · answered by rise_against2005 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The worst idea that I have ever heard. we teachers enjoy having summers off so the WE can enjoy the nice weather, work on our tans and get relaxed so that we can be pleasant and patient when the next school year begins.!!!!
2007-01-19 13:39:16 · answer #8 · answered by mother of Bridezilla 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that will only solve the problem for places with snow.
eh public schools in hawaii have already been crusified, theres nothing the doe and no child left behind can do to **** us over anymore cause we already dead.
2007-01-21 16:30:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
good idea! let kids travel to warmer climes in the winter seaason
2007-01-19 12:36:39 · answer #10 · answered by Daniel B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋