Year-Round School

It seems like every year school starts earlier. Where I live it started on August 5th, and that was only because they moved it back from August 2nd to save on the air conditioning bill. Well, if they wanted to save on the bill why don't they just move it to September 1st like it used to be, and have the kids get out in early June, give them 3 full months off? But that isn't about to happen, actually there is talk of making federal laws for year-round school.

The original intent of giving kids the summer off of school was so they could help out on the farm during the summer. Now-a-days there are a lot less farms, and many kids don't have anything to do so they are getting into trouble. So due to these factors, many think it would be a good idea to have year-round school...maybe just have more breaks; go to school for 6 weeks then off for a week. I don't like this because what about the high school kids who are getting jobs during the summer and gaining work experience. To me, that is much more valuable than what you can learn in school. If they want to make requirements, have the kids 16 and up work at least 15-20 hours a week during the summer whether it's paid or they have to do it for free just to fulfill the requirement. And pick up all the younger kids whose parents work on the school bus and take them to school and let them play all day....government paid baby-sitting.

And there are many others who suggest the United States is falling behind other countries because we let our kids off for almost 3 months a year and they aren't learning while other countries go year-round. Well first off, who cares what other countries are doing, we are America! We are #1, and we do our own thing! Secondly, all the smartest people in the world come to the U.S. and we reap the benefits. So since they come here, why do we need to create more mathematicians and scientists on our soil, let's just relax and let them come to us! The foreigners who come to America do so for one reason: money. They know America is a Capitalist nation where they can make tons of money since they are at the top of their field. Instead of being the best surgeon in India and just getting by, go to America to be the 100th best surgeon and get rich!

So why would we want to stop this? It doesn't make sense to discontinue the way we have always done things. The United States is the most powerful country in the world and it has been that way for a long time...why should we want to be like other countries who aren't as successful? Perhaps the people in the second group would like to create a year-round school because they know that the more America's Capitalist foundation is uprooted, the less foreigners will want to come here. They believe if we are going to adopt a socialistic model, we need to change the way we teach our own citizens. I believe this is the motive behind year-round school.

While the people in the first group may have honest intentions, the folks from the second group put their intentions under the guise of keeping kids out of trouble. Then sometimes they are so bold as to say we need to catch up to other countries. These people don't like the structure of America and they would like to create an economy based on the Socialist model. There is no doubt this has entered into American politics, and year-round school is part of the plan for maintaining Socialism once it arrives. Well, I hope it never arrives! We all need to fight back to protect our abilities to create our own wealth and livelihood within the Capitalist system we have.

JB