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Re: 4 Day School Weeks- Good or bad idea?
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2010, 12:12:48 AM »
Yes! Martin....we don't do that. Although I will admit there's some rather, eh, "liberated" stuff you can do in the extra free time you have. (And I never will wear flip-flops to class. I bruise easily.)

BTW, I mentioned to a few people about a former 8th grade teacher who came in our Physical Geography class and told us that air pressure increases with height.  :thrilled:

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Re: 4 Day School Weeks- Good or bad idea?
« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2010, 05:26:40 PM »
I'd have to say I'm on the fence with this one. It has been rumored and talked about from time to time through Haslett as far as I've known. I like the 3 day weekend idea, but gosh, silly me, I don't think the saving money concept would really be that effective. Cost-cutting measures keep getting implemented, and it continues to get worse. This year 5 teachers or staff members may be laid off, next year 15 or more. It's like in a drought situation... limiting water usage or issuing bans on it don't help the situation or make it better at all... they only make it harder to deal with. Sure this idea may help now, but it is nowhere near the save all solution for balancing budgets. More will still happen in the future.
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Re: 4 Day School Weeks- Good or bad idea?
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2010, 06:29:55 PM »
I'd rather have off Wednesday and just have school M/T/R/F, as opposed to a three day weekend. Otherwise I get too "schoolsick" from not seeing my friends for a prolonged period of time.

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Re: 4 Day School Weeks- Good or bad idea?
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2010, 07:52:48 PM »
I'd rather have off Wednesday and just have school M/T/R/F, as opposed to a three day weekend. Otherwise I get too "schoolsick" from not seeing my friends for a prolonged period of time.
Same here dude as being away from school leaves me to a lonely weekend and so forth..

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Re: 4 Day School Weeks- Good or bad idea?
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2010, 08:01:35 PM »
There are good sides and bad sides to both, I suppose. The extra study day, for some, can be a very useful opportunity to rest and catch up. The downside to that, I think, is that the parents still have to work regardless if their children are in school or not. I guess I have to say that I'm against that idea, because in the real workforce you don't get extra days off to relax and catch up (usually). It can save money, but to keep this generation of children from getting any more apathetic and lazy, we need to keep a consistent schedule through the workweek.

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Re: 4 Day School Weeks- Good or bad idea?
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2010, 10:05:33 PM »
to keep this generation of children from getting any more apathetic and lazy


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I wrote a blog on this here. It's the 2nd post down.