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<DIV class=RTE>Donovan,</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">A lot of it depends on weather, there is no set time frame that a year round school would require.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">When its time time cut, farmers cut like hell. I've seen times when we've gone through harvest with very little rain and other times when it seems to rain the day after it dries out enough to cut.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">The same holds true for haying, its not just a matter of cutting and baling. If its too wet it can mold or even light a barn on fire (If its not salted well) Too dry and alfalfa loses its leaves, leaving the less nutritious stems.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Then there is the other work, pulling and spraying weeds, readying equipment, repairing winter/spring damaged roads so grain trucks can get to and from fields without breaking an axle. The list of chores is endless.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Would a farmer's money be better spent on having a teenager do the "grunt" work or have his hired hand/mechanic pull weeds rather than inspect/repair equipment?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Farm work doesn't pay a whole lot, most adults won't do it and kids fill a much needed gap.</DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com></I><BR>To: <I>Kai Eiselein <fotopro63@hotmail.com>, vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] year round school</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 24 May 2006 22:42:11 -0700 (PDT)</I><BR>
<DIV></DIV><BR><SPAN class=232212921-23052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 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 face=Arial color=#0000ff 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
<DIV></DIV>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:
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<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 </DIV>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>
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<DIV class=RTE>There are valuable things to learn outside of a classroom, Donovan, something school can't give.... practical experience.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Maybe student test scores would be higher if they had to use what they learned in real-life.. before graduating. </DIV>
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