I felt guilty for a minute yesterday that my kids have school on Friday~Veteran's Day. That's one difference between private and public schools. Public schools follow state policies and laws...private schools make their own rules~policies, days off, vacations, and which holidays to observe. I was slightly embarrassed, but then started thinking about all the things my kids will do at school on Friday, on top of their regular work~moments of silence, history lessons on different wars, art project commemorating the day, collecting food to donate to veteran centers, class discussions on why it's important to remember veterans and what being a veteran means. Now I'm a great mom~ I read to my kids, museums, teach them about the world, give them activities that enlighten and challenge them, blah blah blah...but in no way could I fill Friday with the same amount of veteran "activities" and teachings as the school will~and really that's just getting my moneys worth! One family I heard is planning a very special afternoon of a play date and Chuck e Cheese's...did the veteran's fight for the right to eat bad pizza and touch germ filled video machines??
So I don't feel guilty anymore...I feel lucky that my kids go to a school that takes the responsibility of teaching my kids about things I'm too dumb to teach them! I mean really isn't that what school is for?!
*Note: Found out this morning the older kids will also have a veteran visit school and talk to them about their experience...I'm not sure how better to spend the day!
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