Problem Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day where we promote equal rights for all Americans, regardless of their background. In our country, this is considered federal holiday. This means that all non-essential Government departments are closed for the day. There are also many other companies, colleges, and schools that are closed for the day. Except our school chooses to remain open. This wouldn’t be a problem if we taught about civil rights or at least recognized the holiday, but we don’t. Solution There are two obvious solutions to this problem. One would be for our school to give students the day off like many other businesses and schools in our country. The other solution would be to require teachers to talk about why it is a holiday and