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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a cultural Catholic, and think it's extremely disrespectful to use other religions' Holy Days without also using Christian Holy Days.

This would all be solved if we had year-round school, with large breaks in every season. It would reduce brain drain. Daycare and camps would adjust to offering care for the 4 large breaks throughout the year. And it would mean people with means could spread out their travel across four seasons, which is so much nicer than cramming everything during the hot summer months. And people wouldn't get so distressed over missing a few days of school for weather...
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I mean I agree with almost everything you say except that people who need their kids to be in school (for various reasons) will ALWAYS be DISTRESSED over missing days for weather.  They aren’t really upset by the days, they are upset that something else is controlling their choices and not able to recover from that disappointment easily.  The purpose of personal tech is to make us believe we have control over our lives so when reality (like a snowstorm) hits and someone has to impose reality on them, the result is a hissy fit.

The same principle applies to vaccines and traffic laws.  We have been trained by tech to think we control things we don’t.[/quote]

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