On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Cian Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

. . . after running into the issue of wealthy families (and some middle class ones)
leaving the high temperature cities during the summer.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/56901/why-do-students-get-summers

I was thinking something similiar. In the days before airconditioning, holding classes during the heat of summer would be problematic. I can easily see teachers complaining that not only was it hard on their own selves, but students simply couldn't be made to learn in that sort of environment. Most of them would be falling asleep every few minutes.

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