Double your displeasure with some school doublethink

School districts in our area have been mired in corporate stupidthink so deeply for so long that if they start the school year after about August 10, it's a big story. But an Iowa district is considering starting its school year before August 23, and families there are angry that it's starting too early. In fact, there appears to be a state law in Iowa prohibiting the school year from starting before August 23.

Kentucky needs to be more like Iowa. A state law to prevent the school year from starting too early might be a very good thing for Kentucky. Summer break is useful for not only recreation but also agriculture and summer jobs. Some public officials and media outlets enjoy bashing small farmers, but farming is a necessary activity. No farms means no food. Central cities that don't have much farming also directly benefit from summer break, as this break allows more opportunities for summer jobs programs.

An argument has emerged lately that year-round school would prevent juvenile crime because schools are the only places that make kids obey. This argument is ridiculous. People should think - not obey. The past 4 years have been filled with enough "obey, obey, obey" garbage to last a lifetime.

Iowa is actually being very equitable and progressive by protecting summer break, while much of Kentucky keeps doing everything that big corporations and the media demand.

The biggest issue these days may be the doublethink surrounding this matter. Many schools were closed for 2 years over COVID, yet those who endorsed these closures are usually the same people who demand year-round school the rest of the time. They support two contradictory ideas. They want schools closed when they should be open, yet they want schools open when they should be closed. We have seasons for a reason. Seasons are nature's way of saying what's intended and what isn't. Why do you think city pools are open in July but not January? For humor?

Perhaps it's time for Kentucky to join several other states in passing a law that says the school year can't start too early.