It’s hot. The weather icon on this computer says it is 99°F. It’s September and we are getting a l;ate summer heat wave. It always get hot around Labor Day, doesn’t it? What did folks do in the old days when it got this hot? Surely they endured and took a break in the shade, sipping well water or something.
I guess we are not as hardy as they were. The schools around here that heave not gotten air conditioning are all closing early this week, including where I teach. It was 86° inside my classroom the last few days, and understand it was warmer at the elementary schools. So, we got out at 1:15 yesterday and 11:00am this morning. I remember riding my bike to school, and not worrying about the heat. Of course, I don’t remember if it got to 100° this late in the year when I was young. And there is a lot more humidity here than in Arizona, so if it did get this hot, we didn’t feel it as much. Or we ignored it.
Now I see why schools in the old days did not start until later in September, or even October. Not only was it cooler, but the children were needed on the farm to help with the harvest. Now, their are fewer farms, and the farmers don’t require the extra hands as much.
So, if you are reading this and you are older than 40, tell me something you remember from “the olden days”.
