More School: Obama would curtail summer vacation

Yahoo News ^ | September 27, 2009 | Libby Quaid, AP

[Tidbit]

WASHINGTON – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.

"Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas," the president said earlier this year. "Not with Malia and Sasha, not in my family, and probably not in yours. But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom."

The president, who has a sixth-grader and a third-grader, wants schools to add time to classes, to stay open late and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go.

[Gabz]

Maybe we should look to our community's example with fire protection with regard to schooling.

That's not a half bad idea at that..........

Community enthusiasm and involvement is also very high in this area for our volunteer fire services.

[wintertime]

Also, our entire county has 3 policemen. That's all. They give speeding tickets, deliver court notices, and are on stand-by during the occasional auction for failure to pay taxes.

The reason we don't need more than 3 policemen is that nearly every household in this county is armed. Our citizens are self-protecting their families. Could this be compared to homeschooling families who self-educate their children? Yes, I think so.