I will be at work on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year...probably for the first time in my life at a school. Why? I need the money, but if the college at which I worked was closed in honor of the day, I would not mind one bit. It was less than a week ago that I realized my university would not be in observance of this holiday, open on this Monday, January 21, 2013. I then researched to find that private Catholic schools have the ability to choose the days its students, faculty and staff will have off. Unfortunately, MLK Day was not good enough for the list at my particular school of choice--yet it will be come 2016, according to its Facebook page (Shaking my head). It saddens me a bit but I know that I will honor him and his courageous efforts in history on my own, whether I'm at home or in a school environment.Check out these opinion pieces. They offer two very different sides of this, but both of them deserve to be heard. Dr. King would look at us and see that part of his "Dream" has truly come to fruition, but not all. We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. Check out these posts. Happy MLK Day to all!
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