Alex Allyn ‘13
EE Staff Writer
There is a debate amongst students and faculty. Should there be school on Veterans Day?
Many students agree that they’d much rather “honor those who served” at home. However, in actuality, most students would not honor anyone. Rather, they’ll use it as a day to catch up on sleep or last night’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo episode.
Knowing this, the Board of Education in Trumbull requires students to come to school on Veterans Day. But once they arrive, some students find it is like any other school day.
Most teachers don’t create lesson plans honoring veterans, those who deserve it more than anyone. The question to ask is what can we, the students, do to create a change?
We are all in school on a holiday. Yes, other schools have it off. Trumbull High does not. So, should we all, including the teachers, pout? The answer is obvious. Did the millions of Veterans who fought for our country pout when they were called to duty? No, rather they took the opportunity with pride.
In a way, Veterans Day gives us an opportunity as well. There is so much history behind Veterans Day, and individual veterans have interesting and thought provoking stories to share.
There is so much that teachers of any subject can work with and many students these days are uneducated about things they really should know more about.
For example, not knowing when Veterans Day is? Not acceptable. Students are in desperate need of some history lessons from their teachers.
Something else that is unacceptable is this holiday being put to waste. It should not be too much to ask that teachers to take a break from piecewise functions or Catcher and the Rye essays to educate about what happened on November 11th 1919, or those still affected by that date today.
It wasn’t too much to ask soldiers to leave their friends and family, not sure if they would return to see them again. We should take some time out of our schedules to pay our respects, in one way or another.