Back in the day (late '50's and early 60's) this is the way farming and school co-existed.
You'd go to school the first day and get registered. Then the farm kids would not attend school for the first six weeks and part of the second six weeks, except for rainy days. You were busy on the farm. Usually when you did get back to school, you couldn't miss another day for the rest of the 1st semester or you would fail. Teachers and principles would usually look the other way, if you did miss some more days, but you had to do all your schoolwork, and it couldn't be too many more days.
In the spring, the month of May didn't exist at school. You were busy on the farm again.
All the city kids complained about school...... All the farm kids thought it was a vacation.
