lucifers angel
07-19-07, 09:47 AM
There is talk over here in UK to shorten the summer holidays, to just 3weeks and then have anouther three weeks of during the year, because the goverment has decided that the holidays are to long and the kids get bored and then start causing trouble for the neighbourhood, and the police cannot handle the extra work load.
Personally i think that if the kids work hard all year they deserve a 6 week break, (i know its long for the summer holidays in USA) if the goverment are worried about children getting bored and troublesome then perhaps they should have more summer clubs and holiday clubs for them to do, not all perants can afford to take holidays has many perants are on the bread line of finances has it is. perhpas the goverment should listen to kids with what they want and try to implement some of those ideas.
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If you have children, do you think they forget their lessons during the six-week break? Are the holidays a sacred island of family time, or a protracted ordeal of costly childcare and endless demands for entertainment?
If you are a teacher, how do you view shorter summer holidays?
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Personally i think that if the kids work hard all year they deserve a 6 week break, (i know its long for the summer holidays in USA) if the goverment are worried about children getting bored and troublesome then perhaps they should have more summer clubs and holiday clubs for them to do, not all perants can afford to take holidays has many perants are on the bread line of finances has it is. perhpas the goverment should listen to kids with what they want and try to implement some of those ideas.
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If you have children, do you think they forget their lessons during the six-week break? Are the holidays a sacred island of family time, or a protracted ordeal of costly childcare and endless demands for entertainment?
If you are a teacher, how do you view shorter summer holidays?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=BLOGDETAIL&grid=F11&blog=yourview&xml=/news/2007/06/05/ublview05.xml