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steve308
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JAN 30, 01:22 PM
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A school calendar controversy has taken hold in Connecticut after the Stamford School Board voted to remove two holidays, Veterans Day and Columbus Day, meaning students will not have those days off for the next two school years.
Surprise, it's a Democratic state.
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olejoedad
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JAN 30, 01:34 PM
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I'm surprised that Blumenthal isn't all up in arms about this as he's a Vietnam veteran.
Oh, wait....[This message has been edited by olejoedad (edited 01-30-2024).]
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olejoedad
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JAN 30, 01:36 PM
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 [This message has been edited by olejoedad (edited 01-30-2024).]
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rinselberg
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JAN 30, 01:40 PM
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JAN 30, 01:56 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by steve308:A school calendar controversy has taken hold in Connecticut after the Stamford School Board voted to remove two holidays, Veterans Day and Columbus Day, meaning students will not have those days off for the next two school years.
Surprise, it's a Democratic state. |
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To be fair, it looks like they're not able to meet the number of days they're required for education. I actually used to live there, and the school district was so shitty (even in Greenwich), that my parents sent me to a prep school in another state. Never the less... knowing almost everyone there is liberal, they likely picked two holidays that would be missed the least. Since white liberals aren't really big on military and hate Christopher Columbus, it was an easy win to get those two days back. The same committee also tried to eliminate Rosh Hashanah and the Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr (where everyone gets to slaughter animals). But both of those were quickly shot down.
Stamford is an old town that needs a lot of help. My dad used to manage a ~500 room luxury hotel there in the early 90s (we lived in the hotel's manager suite). The entire town is corrupted. Even the trash companies are run by the mafia there. When my dad was General Manager, his first job was to cut spending and return the hotel to positive cash flow. He switched to a lower / cheaper sanitation company, and the local mafia threatened him. My dad was born in a shed during the NAZI occupation of the Netherlands, and he was not going to be deterred. First they threatened him. He did it anyway. They threatened him again, and he refused... so they vandalized both his cars in the parking garage of the hotel and fled before security and police could apprehend them. They threatened him again, and he refused, so the dumped a dead body (prostitute) right in the courtyard in front of the hotel lobby and drove off. He refused to change. They threatened him yet again, he refused, and they pushed someone off the top of the building nearby who went splat in the street right in front of the hotel entrance. My dad still refused and went to he local newspaper, who wrote an article about his fight with the mafia. They never bothered him again.
So when I see people saying they want a "father figure" when they elect a president, or they want a "role model," you see... I already have a **** ton of role models. That's just my dad... ask me about my mom.[This message has been edited by 82-T/A [At Work] (edited 01-30-2024).]
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olejoedad
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JAN 30, 02:22 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Was Columbus a veteran? |
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He was a veteran sailor.
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rinselberg
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JAN 31, 10:14 AM
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My suggestion would be for the teacher(s) to focus (some of) their classroom(s) on learning and discussion directly related to Veterans Day and Columbus Day, in so far as possible and practical.
Offhand, I would say have the Veterans Day learning on Veterans Day, and the Columbus Day learning on Columbus Day—although I guess it could be the other way around. 
As I sit here about 2500 miles distant from the nearest real estate in Connecticut, and not being much of an activist, I do not plan to forward my suggestion to anyone, beyond memorializing it in this way, on the forum.
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williegoat
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JAN 31, 10:17 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
My suggestion would be for the teacher(s) to focus (some of) their classroom(s) on learning and discussion directly related to Veterans Day and Columbus Day, in so far as possible and practical.
Offhand, I would say have the Veterans Day learning on Veterans Day, and the Columbus Day learning on Columbus Day—although I guess it could be the other way around.
As I sit here about 2500 miles distant from the nearest real estate in Connecticut, and not being much of an activist, I do not plan to forward my suggestion to anyone, beyond memorializing it in this way, on the forum. |
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Who are you and what have you done with rinselberg?
(That is actually a good idea.)
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williegoat
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JAN 31, 10:18 AM
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The only ones who deserve to get Veteran's day off are veterans.
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