+113 The educational system should stop being so damned biased and just give vacation for every holiday of every recognized religion ;) amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Clever, but just... not really.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Hey all I'm saying is....if you are going to give vacations based on religious holidays, why not go all out?? it would only be fair and I could use some more sleep. @Rocky How so?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Our summer would be greatly shortened, if it even existed anymore.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I was going to say something like that

by Anonymous 14 years ago

There is a set amount of days you are required to go to school. If you take days off, you need to make them up anyway.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Precisely. I think it's like 180 or something.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

In New York, some schools have their summer break in late june b/c they had so many Religious holidays

by Anonymous 14 years ago

IDK I've seen people absent for various reasons throughout the school year and still pass the exams and still pass the class because they still learn the material and do their work, it is no different except now you are extending it to people of all religions and people who don't get sick, skip school and aren't lazy.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

There is a certain amount of school days per school year that there have to be. Sure, you can miss a few of those, and it's not like you as an individual have to make it up in the summer, but you can't just remove some of those for the collective student body and expect it to be okay.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, but whats up with certain religions getting their holidays off and others not? The constitution grants everyone the right to practice their religion....

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's why they don't call it certain holidays anymore. Usually they just call them (officially) Winter Break, Fall Break, Spring Break, etc.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well I think its all B.S >_

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It may be. :/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I was just having a discussion about this earlier. My friend was really pissed that they only got the weekend off for Hannukah.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol. I can't wait for Ramadan.

by Anonymous 12 years ago