Why do students get so much holidays in the Summer?

chops018 · 05-07-2015 8:06pm #1

I want more holidays :mad:

Serious question though.... why do they get 2+ months of holidays in the summer?

Do you think there is a need?

I remember when I was in school/college it was great, but I didn't think there was a need for it to be so long.

eternal · 05-07-2015 8:09pm

Be a student.

Then be a teacher.

Summer wind · 05-07-2015 8:11pm

Ooooooooo lovely lovely holidays:)

kneemos · 05-07-2015 8:13pm

The Brits get five or six weeks or something.
They seem to be off as much as as in school these days.

mikemac1 · 05-07-2015 8:15pm

I spent my summers shearing sheep though the feckers weighed more than me, stacking square bales (the knot must be on the outside & bottom

) picking stones, tidying up the silage pit and when I got to 13 driving a tractor on the roads.

Gotta be done OP

Dirty Dingus McGee · 05-07-2015 8:17pm

The reason there are such long school holidays is because when most people lived off the land they needed their children home in the summer time for the harvest so schools were closed during the summer.

Mr_Muffin · 05-07-2015 8:17pm

I agree OP. lets make all of the students work in leather factories instead of enjoying their youth.

Aidric · 05-07-2015 8:18pm

It's a good point. Students here get a month off, I think it's something similar in the UK.

Still, teachers will still complain.

kneemos · 05-07-2015 8:19pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

I spent my summers shearing sheep though the feckers weighed more than me, stacking square bales (the knot must be on the outside & bottom ) picking stones, tidying up the silage pit and when I got to 13 driving a tractor on the roads.

Gotta be done OP

Why the knots outside and bottom?

Doylers · 05-07-2015 8:21pm

3rd level get even longer get 3 months+. I hate being off for so long, I'm usually bored off my tits in the first week, would rather be doing something productive.

Luckily I have been on placement since Jan and their letting me work up until September

doulikeit · 05-07-2015 8:25pm

Jesus op, blow the bridge im across

James Bond Junior · 05-07-2015 8:27pm

Aidric wrote: »

It's a good point. Students here get a month off, I think it's something similar in the UK.

Still, teachers will still complain.

Where are there teachers complaining? :rolleyes:

Hollister11 · 05-07-2015 8:27pm

Doylers wrote: »

3rd level get even longer get 3 months+. I hate being off for so long, I'm usually bored off my tits in the first week, would rather be doing something productive.

Luckily I have been on placement since Jan and their letting me work up until September

I'm in college, and by the time I am back in college, I will have been off 4 Months.

ToddyDoody · 05-07-2015 8:31pm

And the correct answer is.. so they could have worked on farms during the busy season.

Jesus Wept · 05-07-2015 8:33pm

a week off every 3 weeks would be class

Junkyard Tom · 05-07-2015 8:35pm

Chinese Lantern.

eternal · 05-07-2015 8:35pm

The Rodgers wrote: »

a week off every 3 weeks would be class

Shift work.

Collie D · 05-07-2015 9:04pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The reason there are such long school holidays is because when most people lived off the land they needed their children home in the summer time for the harvest so schools were closed during the summer.

Learn something interesting every day. Genuine thanks for that info.

Guy:Incognito · 05-07-2015 9:26pm

The Rodgers wrote: »

a week off every 3 weeks would be class

School all year round would be better.A week off at Christmas.

pajor · 05-07-2015 9:28pm

An old joke, but my physics teacher gladly told us that the three best things about being a teacher are June, July and August.

Fr_Dougal · 05-07-2015 9:49pm

Let them keep their long holidays, they'll be working for long enough.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 05-07-2015 10:18pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The reason there are such long school holidays is because when most people lived off the land they needed their children home in the summer time for the harvest so schools were closed during the summer.

That's actually not true.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/debunking-myth-summer-vacation/

Sheep Lover · 05-07-2015 10:19pm

Because the teachers need the 3 months to plan for next year's curriculum.

Hehe.

KatW4 · 05-07-2015 10:31pm

Aidric wrote:

Still, teachers will still complain.

Not all teachers...

Why do students get so much holidays in the Summer?

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