<span class="232212921-23052006"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">"What will farmers do without the summer help. You know, like driving truck, bucking hay...that sort of thing?</font></span><span class="232212921-23052006"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"> Hire "guest workers"?"-- Kai Eiselein<br> <br> Kai,<br> <br> I misunderstood you. I thought when you asked "What will farmers do without the summer help" if children were in school during summer, you were concerned about the farmers not having children for labor, not that children were losing valuable work experience. If that was your point, you should have brought that up, instead mentioning your grief for the farmers. <br> <br> I am 100% in agreement that all children should be taught real life and working experience in their yearly education, and it would increase their chances of survival and success in life. However, I fail to understand;<br> <br> 1) Why this cannot be done
with year round school?<br> 2) Why exclude this experience to just what can be learned on a farm during the summer?<br> <br> <br> Best Regards,<br> <br> Donovan J Arnold <br> </font></span><br> <br> <br> <br><b><i>Kai Eiselein <fotopro63@hotmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style=""><div class="RTE">Free, Donovan????</div> <div class="RTE">I think not, my daughter was helping with harvest when she was in third grade and earning money. I guess learning the value of work and that cash doesn't magically appear from mom and dad's wallet isn't a lesson?</div> <div class="RTE">She understands how equipment works, engines run, can build a bookshelf and can lay down a decent weld, Donovan. And that's not learning? </div> <div class="RTE">Oh, and lets not bring in the market animals she bought and raised with the money she earned. I guess
learning about profit and loss (Yes she lost money on a couple) and how to keep financial records doesn't count in the greater scheme of things.</div> <div class="RTE">She's had the same part-time job for three years, how many high school kids can say the same?</div> <div class="RTE"> </div> <div class="RTE">There are valuable things to learn outside of a classroom, Donovan, something school can't give.... practical experience.</div> <div class="RTE"> </div> <div class="RTE">Maybe student test scores would be higher if they had to use what they learned in real-life.. before graduating. </div></div>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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