http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2009/07/on-obstacles-to-change/ Exploring the Role of Social Media in Education Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2009/07/on-obstacles-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-5786 Brian Morgan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:08:48 +0000 http://www.edsocialmedia.com/?p=1737#comment-5786 At my previous school in New England I proposed that we essentially adopt a modified Japanese school calendar - first semester August - December, use the school as ski resort Christmas - March. second semester March - end of June. It went down like a lead balloon. The faculty would not give up the 3-month summer! How many American families take more than 2-3 weeks summer vacation? As a schoolboy in Europe my summer was 5-6 weeks long... and I still got bored! At my previous school in New England I proposed that we essentially adopt a modified Japanese school calendar – first semester August – December, use the school as ski resort Christmas – March. second semester March – end of June. It went down like a lead balloon. The faculty would not give up the 3-month summer! How many American families take more than 2-3 weeks summer vacation? As a schoolboy in Europe my summer was 5-6 weeks long… and I still got bored!

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