100 Days of School Challenge Summer

I.School- July 19th. One Hundred Days on the Road. In a van; with a man. Is a Challenge. For both-

Not to be confused with T-School with its “100 Days of School Challenge.” Nationally recognized Pre-K to 3rd Grade incentives to “Celebrate getting to 100 out of 180 days of school. Motivate and encourage kids to continue their efforts. More than half way through the school year.” It’s a thing. Examples include:

100 days of :

  • Time and Learning- “helps students understand the passage of time within the school year and visualize the cumulative learning experience.”

  • Attendance and Effort- “importance of consistent attendance as it highlights that all the days of school are valuable.”

  • Fun and Engagement- “celebrate to remember, and help students feel motivated, excited and eager to learn.

  • Understanding the number 100.

100 activities! Including “dressing as a centenarian.” (which by the way is a chilling as a parent. Oh, another thing I have to do? Thrift store shop to dress my kid up. Dress my kid up as someone pretending to be older than me. For One day. For school.) Because it is the latest new trend- to keep kids in school. of 100 Days of celebrating being in an institution, and if you don’t dress your kid up, you are a lazy parent who does not care about your kid getting dressed up as an old person, nor do you care about learning, effort, “fun OR engagement.”

Cute right? Not in I.School. Nope. Not at all.

  • Time and Learning? Kids understand very well the passage of time within the school day. Why do you think they look at the clock so much? Cumulative- as in time spent in class is prioritized over quality of learning.

  • Attendance and Effort? Correct. All the days are valuable. Monetarily so. But for Whom?

  • Fun and Engagement, Is easier to play off by 3rd grade. Am I right? It’s all downhill from there. Compare a 3rd graders enthusiasm to a 12th grader, for example.

Traditional School encourages more time in school. Attendance and ‘effort’ are mandated. What un-fun. And why the hype? Why the gimmicky?

I.School encourages the realization that 100 days of anything is a challenge when counting the individual days. 100 Days on the road, in a van, with a man is a challenge. Socially, economically, intellectually. hygienically.

Yet- Time spent learning! On my own time. By choice. Is more fun and engaging than school.

How about one, out of the 100 day challenge, spend on- Why are we doing this again? and What exactly is the purpose of education?

Why 100 Days? Now?