Why Do Americans Love to Blame Teachers?

[tabbycat31]

40. I never lived on a farm

So I didn't need the summers off to work on a farm, but I can tell you another reason many schools have summers off. (I also had more friends from the camp I attended every summer than from school and I always looked forward to seeing my friends at camp).

No air conditioning. Most people would not go to the office in 90+ degree days without a/c but have no problems sending kids to a school without a/c. We always ended in late June so there were a few days where it was just unbearable in the classroom (especially elementary school-- the high school had some rooms with a/c and always had the finals take place in those rooms). In my elementary school (late 80s/early 90s) the only rooms with a/c were the principal's office and the nurse's office. From 3rd to 5th grade, I was in the top floor and it was an oven in there.