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The Case Against Summer Vacation

July 22, 2010 /

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When American students are competing with children around the globe who may be spending four weeks longer in school each year, larking through summer is a luxury we can’t afford.

Blame Tom Sawyer: Americans have a skewed view of childhood and summertime. We associate the school year with oppression and the summer months with liberty. School is regimen; summer is creativity. School is work and summer is play.

What’s more, for many children – especially children of low-income families – summer is a season of boredom, inactivity, and isolation.

By DAVID VON DREHLE

Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599200565400

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