- February only has 28 days this year. When does it have 29 days? Why? Is this a good method ir should we do something about it?
February has 29 days every 4 years and when it happens, it is called a Leap Year. In the Gregorian calendear there are common years and there are leap years. Common years have 365 days while leap years have 366. "A leap year occurs every four years to help synchronize the claendar year with the solar year, or the length of time it takes the earth to complete its orbit about the sun, which is about 365 1/4 days," ( http://infoplease.com/spot/leapyear1.html ).
I think that this method is not good because what about the people who are born on 29th of February...? Would they only get to celebrate their birthday every four years?! That is not fair... I think that leap years can cause discrimination or be in favor for the people who are born on this day because, for example, a person who is born on this day gets to celebrate their birthday before or after their actual birthday... They are not born yet... They are supposed to be born 4 years later... There are some laws in the USA that state that people who are born the 29th of February are considered to be born actually on the 1st of March... This is not fair because they are saying that they are older than they actually are. If for example, a 17th year-old born this day, the day before their birthday, the 28th, they can commit a crime and still be judged as minors and if they commit it on the 28th, they would still be judged as minors... I think that leap years should just be eliminated forever...
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