Originally Posted by laceybank

For sure, Scivers is a word I would use and they encourage/demonstrate it at an early age. Take snow days for example. On a snow day here in Ontario teachers still have to go in. Whenever I drive my kids in on a snow day the staff always say “the kids would be better off at home�. All they do with the kids is put all ages in the library and have them colour or watch videos all day. Why not use these days to teach some valuable one on one stuff
I was an exchange teacher in secondary school here 2 years ago and we had 10 snow days, on each and every one of them, the staff encouraged the brave kids who came in to go home! I am beginning to wonder about the education system here, what with part time for the first 2 years, numerous snow days, zillions of videos watched, lack of external examination system…it’s a bit mickey mouse!