^ Agree completely!
I was rather irked with the school schedule this year... they had at least one 'holiday' a month... the obvious ones of course, but also things like Cinco De Mayo (that's one freaking battle that we weren't even involved in for Pete's sake)... and so on... so that there is a break every month... NOT always for teachers, but for students... I don't get it. When I was in school we didn't get all these holidays and we did fine, AND we didn't have the insane amount of stuff to cover OR the standardized tests to cram for either... one more reason we're trying HSing...
I think FEDERAL holidays should be ones that apply to all citizens... Independence Day, absolutely. New Years sure, it does mark the end of the year (and that'd be the TAX year) for everyone. President's Day, I can do that since they're POTUS... not the Prez of Texas or Montana etc. They were everyone's President. Thanksgiving, while not originally celebrated by many (there weren't that many HERE!) did take place here and marks a Non-Violent meeting of whites and reds... one of the few so I don't mind celebrating it! Memorial and Veterans ABSOLUTELY... without those men and women we wouldn't freaking be here... OR we'd be bowing to the Queen or speaking German. Those are holidays that effect all of us as Americans... not based on race, sex, religion, etc.
But, adding in special stuff that only certain citizens celebrate... well, we're getting to the point where everyone wants to have recognition for ALL of THEIR special days... if we did that, given our very diverse bloodlines, beliefs, traditions, etc. there would be NO work days... or at least very few... that didn't have SOME holiday somewhere... just like nowadays we're having to print government forms in a dozen languages so we're also likely to have to shut down to celebrate everyone's holidays.
OR, we could do the floating day thing, employers allow employees to choose which holidays they celebrate... and the only ones that shut down the entire country are the ones that actually have a thing to do with the entire country...
*braces*
Lol!
