The Arrow's Path

Here in the town that I live in, the banks and city government are closed today as are (I assume) most of the businesses down on Main Street, but somehow the schools were opened.  I was initially a little irritated when I learned that the local school system did not give the students the day off for Veterans' Day because I do think that is a civic holiday worthy of commemoration and reflection. However, after a discussion I had with my Youth Mentoring pupil last night, I have changed my thinking about that. He apparently got quite a bit out of the Veterans' Day program his school did last year. They apparently had some Veteran come last year and tell stories. He still remembered it and was looking forward to this years program. I was somewhat surprised by this because when I was a school age kid, I always hated special school programs like that because I thought they were hokey or a complete waste of time when the alternative might have been getting the day off from school. ...