Summer Holidays...Too Long?

School has been in session for just over three weeks.  Many students, teachers and parents were excited to send their children back to begin another year of learning.  Some students were scared of being in a new grade because they were not confident in their skills and abilities or admitted they had forgotten everything learned from last year.

That thought led me to thinking:  Are summer holidays too long?

Don't get me wrong, I love having two months off in the summer to relax and go on vacation.  I am fortunate that my career allows me to do that.  I'm sure many students were counting down the days in June before school ended so that they could play all summer.

But think about the length of the summer.  Two months,  Eight weeks.  Sixty days.  That's a long time to be off from school.  I can understand why kids come back admitting they've forgotten everything.  I don't even remember what I did yesterday ten minutes ago!

Did you know that there are some schools that break up the holidays differently?  Overall, the number of weeks of vacation are the same but they may get two weeks at a time at Spring Break and then four weeks over the summer.  Essentially, they are going to school almost year-round.  Perhaps this method would be better for everyone.

What do you think about the length of the summer holidays?  Do you think there is a better way to break them up?

~The BIG HAM
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