I have never understood the reasoning behind “Ditch Day”.
How does this improve or enhance the learning experience?
What productive purpose does it serve?
How does it help the students, the community, the parents, or the teachers?
Perhaps, a LONG time ago it may have been a fun little lark, but like many vestiges of times gone bye it serves NO purpose and has become yet another drain on those it once benefitted.
Jeez, was high school THAT long ago for you?
Based on what you wrote, you probably asked for homework every day. Ha Ha.
Sometimes kids do stuff that is not inherently “good for them.” What boggles my mind is how the parents and schools have taken what was a “blow off” day and turned it into an organized event. What is wrong with these people? Can these children think for themselves?
I don’t recall Senior ‘skip day’ being a policy of the schools, or intended to be educationally ‘useful’. It’s just something the students took it upon themselves to do. (I grew up in PG County and have always lived here.)
I don’t know if we ever had a day like this when I was a senior. There was no shooting; I know that much. I think some of the kids may have taken off on a whim & used the “skip day” as an excuse if they were called on it. Why doesn’t someone figure out what was different back in those days(in this case the 50’s) & see how things were done differently?