Reason #638,421,078,128 to homeschool

Homeschooling. It's not just for right-wingers anymore!

(Judging by my experiences with schools, it never was!)

Two elementary schools in southern California have opted to - on the spur of the moment - tack on an extra 34 days to the school year that was supposed to end tomorrow. This sudden schedule change has dashed summer activities and farming.

This despite the fact that school wasn't scheduled to end until June 18 in the first place!

What the fuck is wrong with these idiots?

The schools' excuse? Under state law, the schools' occasional "short days" were supposed to be at least 180 minutes, but they were only 175 minutes.

The "lost" time could be made up within a day. But the state refuses to count ANY of the 175 minutes.

America's corporatist brainwashing centers which are so loosely referred to as schools sure do want kids in their grip as much as possible, don't they?

"Clerical error", my knee. This was a carefully orchestrated fraud to make sure the kids were under the schools' spell for an extra 34 days. It's kind of like how every so often you read about schoolchildren being forced to take a standardized test twice because the school made some error in administering it or "lost" the results.

The good news? Most families are just ignoring the 34 extra days and going ahead with their summer plans. Regarding the 34 days, one mom said, "It's the school's fault. I'm not doing it."

If only everyone had that brave attitude.

I'd love to see how the schools react to having virtually empty classrooms all summer. They're going to look mighty silly when they cry "truancy!"

(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hECDamfgm3lLhGwQI_ymYkDGyy2gD98RQAI00)