“Year round schooling doesn’t sound bad to me,’
It does to me. Kids need a break. They are not adults; and even adults get vacations.
Kids need downtime; time to do nothing; time to waste; time to try and often fail; time to oversleep; time to stare into space; time to pursue their own interests, as ‘useless’ as they may seem; time to daydream. They aren’t machines.
If I had not had summers free of school I would have killed myself.
I hated every single minute of school. Hated is too weak a word.
I agree. The best memories I have are of the long days of summer, sitting in the crook of the walnut tree and daydreaming... moseying down the street to the neighbor kid’s and seeing what they were up to... putting on magic shows and charging all the kids a nickel each... hide and seek just as the sun set and just before you were called in for the night... sneaking out and laying on the grass, staring at the stars in the middle of a moonlit night when it was too hot to sleep... collecting pop bottles for the deposits so you could go to a movie or pay to go for a swim at the local pool (and have enough for some chips and a soda). Summer was also a time when I read great works of literature and childhood classics... this time in a kid’s life can be golden.
“Kids need downtime; time to do nothing; time to waste; time to try and often fail; time to oversleep; time to stare into space; time to pursue their own interests, as ‘useless’ as they may seem; time to daydream. They aren’t machines.”
+1
I just moved my kids into a home from a condo and watching them run around in the yard and hang out on swings together is close to the most rewarding experience you can have!
Kids need to be kids, they have the last 50 years of their life to work year round or to work long days, the adolescent and preadolescent brain need to do nothing but obseve the world for big chunks of time
“Kids need downtime; time to do nothing; time to waste; time to try and often fail; time to oversleep; time to stare into space; time to pursue their own interests, as ‘useless’ as they may seem; time to daydream. They aren’t machines.”
+1
I just moved my kids into a home from a condo and watching them run around in the yard and hang out on swings together is close to the most rewarding experience you can have!
Kids need to be kids, they have the last 50 years of their life to work year round or to work long days, the adolescent and preadolescent brain need to do nothing but obseve the world for big chunks of time
Indeed it is the wild imagination that leads to innovation. To take that away from our children, to take that ability away, to disallow wild freedom of imagination is to doom them in their adult lives. Twelve hour school days under constant control...the evilness of such an idea is astounding.
The only thing that comes to mind at the moment is the wife beating husband/boyfriend who doesn't let his woman out of his sight, the religious cults that use constant observation to brainwash and the child abuser...dear Lord save us.
“Kids need downtime..”
Absolutely. Children are not little adults. Summer is for kids to rest, read what THEY choose (not the educators), and bond with their FAMILIES. This idea only separates parents from their children. It is evil. Plain and simple. If a parent loses time with their children then they only become “producers” of humans... sort of like cattle.