Talk:Teachers' Day

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Does any one know how many countries decide to celebrate "Teacher's Day". Was it a copy cat exercise or pure coincidence?

Contents 1 Missing Country 2 Celebration of what 3 Celebrating just one teacher? 4 Teachers' Day 5 South Korea 6 Why is Iran the only one linked?

[edit] Missing Country

Could someone throw in Singapore? I don't know many details (when it is exactly), but it is a school holiday there, though not a public holiday. It occurs in the August 30 - Sept 1 region, and is not fixed from year to year.

[edit] Celebration of what

• Could we have a bit more description on what happens on this holiday, do they really celebrate the teachers? 24.203.251.69 14:32, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Celebrating just one teacher?

Should this not be Teachers' Day, or is it just supposed to celebrate a single teacher?—Kbolino 00:17, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Good point. Of all things that to punctuate correctly.... —BenFrantzDale

[edit] Teachers' Day

Does any one know how many countries decided to celebrate "Teachers' Day". It seems conicidental for all countries to call this day "Teachers' Day". Was it a copy cat exercise or pure coincidence?

         Well it is mainly coincidence, and mostly whatever it was named was probably translated at least roughly into
"Teachers Day." Besides, what else would they call it?

[edit] South Korea

I have been told by Korean teachers that the reason some schools close on this day is that the little presents that kids used to give to their teachers had been replaced with bribes to give the kids better grades. kdammers (tilde doesn't work).

[edit] Why is Iran the only one linked?

Why is actually iran linked at all? And no other countrys? Could someone remove it....maybe?

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