Reply To: Who Thinks Mid-Winter Vac. Should Be Banned?

I disagree with the whole school calendar i general. There should be no huge breaks in school at all. Not even for the summer. That summer “vacation” was instituted back when we were a primarily farming nation. Heaven knows why we still keep it. Yes, kids need a break. But smaller breaks over the course of the year would be much much better. As it is, kids have to cram to keep up with all the info their brains have to hold. Wouldn’t it be better if we had year round schooling, with say 4 well placed breaks about a week at a time? Less time for kids to do mischeif. less time to bum out, Less time to forget all the stuff they had learned all year. OK, so maybe a longer break in the summer or whatever. the point is, More school = smarter more well prepared kids.