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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Public schools here don't get the day off (I think they did back when I went). There are lots of days we got off that they don't now.
IMO better than giving the kids the day off would be to use it as a special day to educate them about the day and what it's all about.
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Originally Posted by Tarana
We never got either of those days off. It makes more sense for the teachers to focus curriculum on these events than to give the kids a day off.
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Originally Posted by jersysman
I was talking about the same thing with some of the people I work with. This, as a day of from school, has been substituted by Election Day as a day off in the area of PA where I live. When I was a kid oh so many years ago, we went to school during Election Day. But, as time went by, this supplanted Veteran's Day. In our area, since they use so many schools as voting locations, security, especially after 9/11 is a priority, so they do not want people voting and kids going to school in the same buildings. So, that is one reason for the switch.
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Do your communities not have Veterans Day Parades? No special programs to commemorate the day? Or is it just another day?
Its very prideful to watch the parade here, and in other communities where I live.
As for "better using the day to educate them what its all about", we do that here during the school day.
As a matter of fact, during the first two weeks of the month lessons about Veterans Day are incorporated, Veterans are invited to speak to assembles, and programs are presented, especially in the upper grades.
If nothing else, perhaps this thread has reminded some that because of the sacrifices made by generations past, we are free to follow whatever path we choose.
My favorite quote, by Ronald Reagan, demonstrates why we have to never forget....
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."