Today is the first day of school. That’s just not right. School is supposed to begin in September, sometime after Labor Day. It seems the first day of school has been inching earlier for years. I remember when the school board first set the first day of school before Labor Day. Many parents just ignored them and didn’t send their kids until after the Jerry Lewis Telethon. I miss that kind of independence. Of course, it’s not the Jerry Lewis Telethon any more. He’s gotten too old. This year for the first time he won’t be on the show.
Why does school need to start so early? Are they teaching our children more than they taught us. I don’t think so. Are they afraid that parents will have too much time with their kids? Okay that sounds like a conspiracy theory.
I remember the start of school as a good thing. I liked getting back with friends. Having clean empty notebooks and new textbooks. The start of school meant football and gumbo weather wasn’t far away. That just isn’t so when school starts in the middle of August.
It is important that we get a fresh start on our education each year even as adults. Soon we will be starting the “new semester” at church. There will be fresh opportunities to learn about Our Lord and spiritual things. But I think maybe we forget the purpose of education…it’s suppose to lead to graduation. We get educated to prepare us for our life work.
Maybe it’s time for some of us to leave school buses behind and start the mission work we’ve been given. It’s never too late to learn; but the best learning is by doing.
It’s time to start doing, at least it will be by Labor Day.
Nick
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