@Avi K: “Having a short vacation for the Chagim makes sense but ten weeks per year is exaggerated.”
I fully agree. However, I do think bochurim need a little more time than aveichim. In particular, I think a solution would be to learn a little less so that they would not get so ’emotionally tired’ and then need these huge breaks.
For example, learn from 9:00 to 16:00, and have 6-7 weeks of vacation per year – that would sound reasonable. Maybe even 8 weeks. Learning from 8:00 to 22:00 is what causes people to burn out. Learning a little less can actually make one learn more.
Of course everyone is different.