Talk:Summer vacation

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This page seems not to be neutral due to it focusing on the United States public education system instead of other nations, as well as incomplete since it lacks critisisms of the summer break, of which there are many. (A gap forms between what is "lost" over the period between students of different race, socioeconomic standing, etc.) --Demonesque 23:33, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

You are welcome to add criticisms and information about summer vacations in other countries, but please include references to avoid original research. I've heard of children "loosing information" over the three month summer vacation, but I don't see how differences in race or socioeconomic standing could possibly affect this. IMHO, I think 'differences in race and socioeconomic standing' is overused, misused, and exaggerated by critics of the educational system. Also remember that these are children, and there are criticisms of expecting too much of and overworking children in our society. Captain Jackson 19:37, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't think this conforms fully to an encyclopedic style of writing, either. 80.41.6.233 17:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Tone 2 History section? 3 Criticisms 4 i can't wait until summer vacation125.142.67.46 (talk)

[edit] Tone

This article has a tone of views that is not encyclopedic so I am going to pt a tag on it.

[edit] History section?

I'd be interested to see how summer vacation evolved over the years. I have a suspicion that in the days when the majority of people lived and worked on farms, the reason children didn't go to school in the summer is that they had to work on the farm. They couldn't take the time off to go to school until after the harvest was in, and could only go to school until spring planting began again, at which time they'd have to be home all day to help. If this is right, then summer vacation wasn't much of a "vacation" at all, and probably lasted a lot longer (6 months maybe). But I have no idea where to start researching this. —Angr 08:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticisms

The criticism and support section is very opinionated with no sources or citing for any comments. I recommend finding some way to put criticisms and support in a non-opinionated manner and to find sources for statements that need them.Catmoongirl 06:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] i can't wait until summer vacation125.142.67.46 (talk)

oh... i can't wait/... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.142.67.46 (talk) 08:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)