# What is going on in our schools? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977 "2003-01-31T22:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/121 "2003-02-10T20:32:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > > > [@](#): > > > > And what about private schools that are religious? You believe that my tax dollars should be used to pay tutition to a religious organization? > > The separation of church and state prevents that. Ahem, [no it doesn’t](http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/06/27/scotus.school.vouchers/). ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/122 "2003-02-10T20:49:01Z")
Thanks **emarkp**. I should have included that cite in my posts! ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/123 "2003-02-10T22:47:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Most 3 day holiday weekends are now 4 days so the teachers can get a full 3 day weekend on some tropical island. Does anyone else find this statement ironic, to say the least? ---
**Author:** ![fauxpas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e480ec/32.png) [@fauxpas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fauxpas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/124 "2003-02-11T05:08:10Z")
OMG!!! This is unbeleivable! BY age 5 I knew all that stuff and so did my classmates…well…some of them…🙂 But still…im shocked!!!..shocked!! To hear this kind of junk happening in our world…no sorry…make that our States!!! There should be a press conference about this kind of malarky and such. Better yet we should all send letters to our state’s Administraiton. Im saddened by the lackadascious state of sagacity our children have become. ---
**Author:** ![fauxpas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e480ec/32.png) [@fauxpas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fauxpas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/125 "2003-02-11T05:12:47Z")
Sorry…typo…i meant lackadaisical. or did i mean the antediluvian of our society. No i think I meant the equilibrium of today’s standards compared to those of Alaska…well…lets stick with the first one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/126 "2003-02-11T05:22:57Z")
Say what? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977/127 "2003-02-11T21:12:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robertliguori \* > \*\*Does anyone else find this statement ironic, to say the least? \*\* Amazingly so, yes. My father is a high school spanish teacher (and an excellent one), and I don’t recall him or any of his coworkers skipping the country for a madcap tropical getaway at the first sign of a 3 day weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-our-schools/151977.md?page=6)