Summer Vacation

          As we move along the school year, where summer always seems to be just around the corner, we question if the set up for our past agricultural life is appropriate. The summer we've all come to love is not very organized for kids educational development. If we broke up the long three month summer vacation into separate vacations throughout the school year, the possibilities for improvement would be endless. Over the summer, months of education is lost simply because the skills are not practiced. Yes summer classes are offered in most states- but the less privileged a child is, the more likely the child is to loose even more education.  If we broke up summer and allowed a week off (or even more) every month, children would not only be less stressed out because they know there is always a break coming, the educational development would increase steadily without a decrease. Although our generation is accustomed to summer, its not the best thing for our society.