I don't remember having that many weeks off school when I was a kid. It seemed as if we were only off for a couple of weeks and then back again. I bet I'm sounding like a grumpy old person huh?
2006-07-04 07:17:49 · 6 answers · asked by muggle 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I'm in Scotland, so the kids have already started their holidays.... unfortunately! Why can't it rain to keep them all indoors?
2006-07-04 07:49:57 · update #1
i think ALL of the holidays have been extended ... i dont remember having all this time off either !!
Gumpy old people unite !!! lol x
2006-07-04 07:22:07 · answer #1 · answered by snooky me! 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It's definatly not true unless the summers near you are significantly different than the ones here. By the time I graduated high school a few years ago we were going at least a week longer and the end of the year and starting a week sooner than when I was in elementary school and Jr. high. Sometimes it was more.
2006-07-04 14:22:43 · answer #2 · answered by nezzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on when you were young enough to get the 'school holidays'!
When I was a kid - just after the dinosaurs decided it would be warmer on Mercury - the hols were 7 weeks; now they're 6.
Maybe you're just getting old and intolerant...................
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2006-07-04 20:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by franja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Summer vacation is shorter but seems like they have more holidays then we did like Presidents Day
2006-07-04 14:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by Eye of Innocence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably depends on where you are. In my school district, summer vacations are getting shorter.
When my mom was in grade school, in the 50s, they were out in mid-may and went back after Labor Day (early Sept.)
When I was in grade school in the 70s, we were out in mid to late May and went back the last week of August.
When my oldest daughter was in grade school, in the 90s, she was out in early June and back in mid to late August.
My youngest is in grade school, now. She was out in early June and returns to school in early to mid August.
2006-07-04 14:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they're a bit shorter this year as they have been doing so for the past few years.
2006-07-04 14:23:29 · answer #6 · answered by Tom D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋