![]() ![]() As we know now, those respondents were wrong, but it makes sense that they would feel that way. It was much later, however, that the idea as a whole gained momentum.Ī survey of school decision-makers in 1971 found that 84 percent of respondents felt that year-round schooling would be in all U.S. In fact, the first schools that went against the summers-off version of the academic calendar were in urban areas that did not revolve around the agricultural calendar, like Chicago and New York, as early as the mid-1800s. The time off was not implemented to accommodate contemporary concerns, like children needing “downtime” to decompress and “be kids,” but was born out of economic necessity. ![]() The traditional school year, with roughly three months of vacation days every summer was first implemented when America was an agricultural society. ![]()
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![]() When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together.īy turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril. To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they should agree to commit suicide together once they’ve both turned eighty. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Surely one’s own father passing should never come as such a relief.īoth medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily eroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. 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Lera received his advanced education at the University of Illinois from where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969 and the University of Pennsylvania from where he received a Master of Science degree in 1971. He is also an expert on the preservation and the conservation of bats and caves and has been a vice-president of the National Speleological Society. Blount Research Chair at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum until 2021. Lera is an American philatelist who was the Winton M. ![]() ![]() Hogwarts Legacy is a beautifully crafted love letter to the magical universe millions have escaped to through Rowling's books and films.īut while many of those who pre-ordered did so out of pure anticipation, others say they did so to spite the boycott movement or to show support for Rowling. ![]() The love, care, and attention to detail that went into this game are obvious. 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