There is difference between korea and united states about the school vacatoin. In case of korea, vacation is divided into two main vacation,approximatly 2 and half months. Otherwise, U.S.A have both summer and winter vacation but winter vacation is just about 2 weeks long while summer vacation is over 2 months. So there should be advantages and disdvantages in both vacation system. What would you prefer? I had both system since I used to be an exchange student in america. In my opinion, I would prefer to have one long vacation like america has
To begin with, Studying for 10month straight like america is not easy for korean students. Because students have lots of things to do such as middle term exams and all kinds of assignments. So they can be stressed out for the entire semester.But if they get Long vacation, it may be chance for students to restore themselves. Not only that, students will be able to improve their skills which they are not good at. To illustrate my point, in the long term of vacation, most of my friends in america took the college classes to specity their studying.After taking courses, They said college classes helped them a lot since students got to have wide range of knowledges.
In addition, long vacation endows students to have 'real' vacation. Since the vacation is toughly over 2 months, they can even plan for the trip such europe tour or family trip for over 1 month. That gives students time to relax and realive stress they got from the school activities. On the contrary short vacation like korea has are not able to do so. Accoding to my friends in america, they tend to plan to travel abroad for 1month with their family, like to europe and even asia. That provided them time to enjoy their teenage life which will never come again. After that, my friends feel like they were recharged enough to study when they got back to their school.
In conclusion, Given the choice between vacation like korea or america, I would choose long vacation as america has. Because It provides one not only time to restore but also time to travel anywhere which gives one power to recharge oneself. |