One long vacation each year VS short vacations throughout the year |
It is often said that students should need to have long vacation in order to recharge their energe from stress in school. However, from my own experience, I strongly believe that it is much better for students to have short vacations frequently. This is not only because long vacation hampers their continuous study, but also because short vacation is more helpful for relieving their stress.
To begin with, long vacation disrupts students from constantly staying the sense of study. It is obvious that if one stops something such as work, exercise as well as study for a long time, it would be very difficult and take a very long time to reclaim the former level of their work again, especially academic study. To be specific, according to the recent research conducted by the Ministry of Education of Korea in 2006, high school the grades of students who take a long vacation dramatically dropped down after long vacation. Also, they had to spend almost three months keeping up with the rate of courses. This demonstrates that long vacation has a negative influence on their study as well as grade.
On top of that, short vacation that students take several times for a year is much more effective for easing their stress from heavy studyload. This is largely because whenever students feel burden about their study such as preparing for exams, quizs, and homework, they can relieve their stress immediately by going to a short trip with their classmates and sleeping all day long without any interruption. To take a personal example, when I was a senior in high school, I had fully got stressed owing to the concern about college entrance exam for a senior year. However, whenever I got stressful, I had been able to overcome these worries by taking a rest at my sweety home for a while and enjoing a short trip around my area. If I had spent a long vacation, I would not have been able to reduce heavy stress properly.
To sum up, without any hesitation, I firmly believe that it is much better for students to take a short vacation during their school years. The rationale behind this is that short period of vacation helps students continue their study and relieve their stress efficiently. On the whole, I definitly believe that these are the most significant factor leading happier school life. |