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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
Summers off isn't like a religious holiday or anything.
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Of course it is (minus the religious part). But then we actually called it "Summer Vacation" (or at the least Summer Break), and not "Summers off" Back when I was in school. Which surely implies "No school." Alice Cooper even wrote a song about it.
Seriously, though... I take your point. But I do believe there's a little more to my point than you're willing to admit, as well. I don't believe teachers should be able to academically punish students who don't turn in home work on the first day of school. Whether or not most parents would complain about summer homework is beside the point. It is still my contention that there is no official authority to assign mandatory, graded reading homework over summer break. They've just simply manufactured their own authority and no one questions them on it. And if they do have the authority, then why do I hear nothing about math, geography, government, social studies, or science homework being mandated over summer break?
"Algebra Test on polynomial equations first day back! Be ready."