On my way into work this Monday morning1, a coworker reminded me about how “when we were kids”, we actually got Veteran’s Day off.
I added that “when I was a kid” we got three consecutive Mondays off in February.2 Nowadays we get one inservice day, which is code for “teachers come to work but there are no students”, which is — in my opinion — decidedly worse than having normal classes.
Incidentally, I’ve had the mobile data on my iPhone turned OFF for the past 8 days, which makes me feel like I’m stuck in the “good ole days”.3
- Always a great moment, right? Monday morning? However, I can honestly say that for as long as I have been in the profession, more often than not, I actually look forward to Monday morning. Today just wasn’t one of them, though. [↩]
- Oh, the good old days. [↩]
- Or maybe just 2009… which given the recent rapid acceleration of technological innovation, is ancient times. [↩]