Weird school week
Our kids are enjoying their last few hours of the 2007-2008 academic year today -- by lunch time, the last one will be done with school and on his way home.
By all three accounts, this week has been a waste of time for the kids. Absolutely no schoolwork was done -- the kids have spent their week playing board games, going on field trips, and watching movies in class. Which makes me wonder, frankly, why the schools didn't just end the academic year last week.
I can appreciate that it takes some time to wind down the curriculum and clear out the classroom, but I'm no more interested in seeing the public schools act as glorified babysitters for my kids as I'm sure the teachers are in same. And given how many complaints I've heard over the past couple of years about what little time there is in the school day thanks to MCAS testing (here in Mass.) and No Child Left Behind, I'm a little disappointed that the faculty and staff couldn't find a more constructive way to end the year.
Having said that, I'm also glad that all three kids made it out in one piece. Now I just have to get through the summer with them being underfoot for most of it.