No School For Obama's Inauguration? |
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 Jan 19 2009, 07:01 PM
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I think it should happen i mean, it will be one of the biggest days in history.
Don't you think it should happen?
Reason for edit: Fixed spelling in title - tc
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Jan 19 2009, 07:02 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
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Jan 19 2009, 07:03 PM
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It's great that he's going to be our first biracial president, but I don't think that warrants its own holiday.
I'm going to watch Obama's inauguration in school tomorrow. :D |
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Jan 19 2009, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,288 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 585,380 |
Yeah i see, but like we won't watch it at our school, which i think is dumb.
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Jan 19 2009, 07:05 PM
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 Has a PhD in horribleness Group: Member Posts: 866 Joined: Sep 2008 Member No: 686,301 |
I'm watching it in half my classes anyways. Although if we aren't watching it in the class where it actually happens, I might skip it and go to my dads and come back for 5th hour.
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Jan 19 2009, 07:05 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
it's no big deal. just watch the re-run or something on youtube.
but if like something were to happen (he got shot) then yeah, it would suck to have missed it live. |
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Jan 19 2009, 07:08 PM
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Has a PhD in horribleness Group: Member Posts: 866 Joined: Sep 2008 Member No: 686,301 |
QUOTE(divergent @ Jan 19 2009, 07:07 PM)  school is more important than a president's inauguration. Not to me it isn't. >_> |
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Jan 19 2009, 07:13 PM
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 kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
^ I agree, but only when it's a president that I like :S
edit/ In my opinion, Inauguration Day is the most important day for the United States. I think it should be a day where we have no work or school. It is also my dad's birthday! 
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Jan 19 2009, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(divergent @ Jan 19 2009, 07:17 PM) July 4 is the most important day for white americans. fixedkind of joking but kind of not QUOTE "f*ck firecrackers, these crakers fire on niggas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTU9VSXCEw
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Jan 19 2009, 07:23 PM
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uh no, not really...
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Jan 19 2009, 07:28 PM
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QUOTE(Tung @ Jan 19 2009, 06:05 PM) it's no big deal. just watch the re-run or something on youtube. but if like something were to happen (he got shot) then yeah, it would suck to have missed it live. That would be horrible if he does get shot and dies. Dieing in front of 1000s of people, your family, and having your death being video typed. |
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Jan 19 2009, 07:32 PM
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 Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
When I was still in school we had inauguration day off. But that's because I live in the DC metropolitan area so it's always a hassle. If you don't live here then you need to go to school/work. Historic events ≠ holiday. Do you get a day off on Dec. 7th or Sep. 11th? No.
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Jan 19 2009, 07:49 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i'm not going to school. i mean it's not like im going to learn anything at school that's more valuable or educational to me than watching this really. i'm just going to stare at the professor tell me about different kinds of rocks (since i'll be in geology at this time) and count down for when class ends
 if i had kids i'd keep them home too becuase it's something you'll remember. and i agree with juna, i don't care about the 4th of july all that much 
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Jan 19 2009, 07:51 PM
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no, thats like going easy on a guy in a wheelchair when playing 1 on 1 basketball
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Jan 19 2009, 07:58 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
QUOTE(FreshYetDead @ Jan 19 2009, 06:05 PM) Yeah i see, but like we won't watch it at our school, which i think is dumb. TiVo it. Or have someone else record it for you.It'll probably be on the television at my school, they play CNN everyday anyways. |
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Jan 19 2009, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Jan 19 2009, 07:49 PM) i'm not going to school. i mean it's not like im going to learn anything at school that's more valuable or educational to me than watching this really. i'm just going to stare at the professor tell me about different kinds of rocks (since i'll be in geology at this time) and count down for when class ends truth ninja if i had kids i'd keep them home too becuase it's something you'll remember.you can go learn math formulas and how elements react any day, this ish happens only once |
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Jan 19 2009, 08:19 PM
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QUOTE i'm not going to school. i mean it's not like im going to learn anything at school that's more valuable or educational to me than watching this really. i'm just going to stare at the professor tell me about different kinds of rocks (since i'll be in geology at this time) and count down for when class ends shrug.gif if i had kids i'd keep them home too becuase it's something you'll remember. Whyyy are you taking geology? 
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Jan 19 2009, 08:20 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(hypnotique @ Jan 19 2009, 09:19 PM) Whyyy are you taking geology? to learn about rocks.  why should i take it
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Jan 19 2009, 08:31 PM
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Think about it.. if you gave school off to kids and work off to parents, most wouldn't think of it as a day to remember a historic inauguration. I'm sure half of those kids wouldn't watch the inauguration or even aknowledge it. I think it would be dumb to give kids the day off. If I had the day off I would actually watch the inauguration, but were watching it in class anyways.
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Jan 19 2009, 08:52 PM
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I don't have school and I'm Canadian.
But I don't usually have classes on Tuesdays anyway. |
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Jan 19 2009, 09:20 PM
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yeah i agree
it should be national obama day cause hes that awesome |
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Jan 20 2009, 05:52 PM
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To close school on this day would have been pointless. Just because he's the first African American President doesn't reserve the right to have school off in his honor. Maybe if he does something else of great prestige and honor, then giving him his own holiday may make sense.
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Jan 20 2009, 08:02 PM
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 the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
i didn't had school, but it wasn't because of the inauguration, it was teacher preparation day for the new semester, soemthing like that,
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Jan 20 2009, 08:04 PM
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QUOTE(rockguy @ Jan 20 2009, 08:02 PM) i didn't had school, but it wasn't because of the inauguration, it was teacher preparation day for the new semester, soemthing like that, you sho didn'tlol jk |
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Jan 20 2009, 08:10 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Hahaha, Arjuna.
I got out of class 20 minutes early, but I didn't hang around to watch it. The cafeteria, library, and halls were full of people watching it, so I wouldn't have been able to see much. |
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