Happy New School Year
That’s for everyone who wants New Year’s Eve on August 31
AND/OR: September feels more like the start of a New Year than January 1. There is back-to-school, the Jewish New Year, and a sense of back-to-work. Should September 1 be the New Year? ( Sharon Johnson) What are your reasons?
I often felt this way, that the new year should commence on September 1.
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First of all, it would end the crush of two major holidays in a week. Christmas and New Year’s can be expensive, busy celebrations. By moving New Year’s to September 1, it would delay the cost of New Year’s parties.
While in school, that was for 16 years, when college is included, everything revolved around the school year, from breaks and vacations, and the measurement of time. September meant time to buckle down and get to work, but by Thanksgiving, we knew our long Christmas break was coming.
After Easter, when the lilacs bloomed, the end was on the horizon. Another school year would be over, and the luxury of summer soon set us free until it ended along with the close of another year on August 31.
I will respond to more of these September questions.
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