Days off from School: a Short Examination

Days off from school are the best. Not only do you not have to get up early and eat breakfast when you’re not even hungry and get dressed into school-appropriate clothes—you don’t even have to get dressed at all!

On days off from school, you can wear your pajamas all day if you want to. You can eat breakfast as early or late as you desire; you can even eat all day (as long as you don’t have a mom like me). You can sleep for as long as you need.

My sons, when they have a day off school, are ex...