In many countries, schools have long summer holidays, with shorters holidays in between.
Most schools have one long holiday each year.
A new report suggest reducing the length of school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt.
Some people want to make holidays longer.
The annual amount of holiday time should remain the same.
The author thinks the duration of the holidays should change.
„The children have much longer holidays than me and I can't afford to take several weeks off work.”
The speaker does not want the children to have such a long holiday because she doesn't have enough money to stay home with them.
Sonia Montero has two kids at primary school and works full time.
Sonia Montero has two teenage children.
Nobody wants the work in the summer holidays - they all have holidays of their own.
No one wants a job during the summer vacation, because it's too hot.
„It's a stupid idea.”
The speaker agrees with the idea.
„The people who suggest this had long holidays when they were young, but now they want us to stop enjoyg our summer.”
The speaker doesn't think the proposition to make the summer holiday shorter is fair.
„Sure, the first week of school after the holiday is not easy, but you soon get back into it.”
The speaker thinks there is no problem after you return to school from the summer vacation.
„The real problem is that kids get bored after so many weeks out of school, and then some of them start causing problems.”
Some kinds behave badly when they go back to school after the summer vacation.
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