"What we observe"

A friend of mine who honorably served in the US Army, including a tour in the first Gulf War, sent me this e-mail today. He poses an interesting question.

"I am, by no means, the most patriotic person in the world. Some of my views could be considered down-right anarchistic.

But, I had an interesting observation about Veteran’s Day

Some schools observe it, and some don’t. Some stay open (as Marylhurst does), and some close. This is odd to me because it is a Federal Holiday, and almost all primary and secondary schools close on Veterans day(as far as I can tell).

Conversely, MLK Day appears to be uniformly observed in colleges and universities, but not always in primary and secondary education.

Now, I don’t know if that means anything. And I really don’t know what it means to me, but as a white (not by choice) veteran (by choice), it certainly makes me think."