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[quote=Anonymous]This point may have already been made, so apologies in advance if I"m repeating.  I grew up in a town where there was a large Jewish population (I am Catholic).  We had all the major Jewish holidays off.  I was always under the impression that we had these days off since such a  large percentage of the student population would be taking these days off  and that would disrupt the academic schedule if a large portion of a class were missing.  This does not happen for Christian holidays, as others have pointed out. We either already have the day off, the holiday falls on a Sunday, or the services are offered pretty much at night.  For other religious holidays (Muslim, etc), we did not have the day off, but children who observed these holidays were given a day pass for any homework that was given on that day.  Also, no tests or quizzes could be scheduled for the day after any type of religious holiday (not just Jewish and Christian).  I guess because I grew up in this situation, I really don't understand why people are so annoyed by it.  [/quote]

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