3 months of school then a 1 month break?

[Cata|yst]

Had an argument in class about whether schools taking place year-round with 1 month break after every 3 months.
Therefore, 3 months in school, then a 1 month break, etc.

Personally, this is much more tedious and does not have any benefits. This type of thing should be seamless.

Discuss

[NecromancerJali]

I like the way that school works now better.

[Gattsu]

We have arguments about this in class all the time, >_> people in my class think school in america is better but i think having 2-4 week breaks throughout the year is much better.

[Neil]

I am forced to endure six to eight weeks of College before I recieve a one week break (Half-term), I then serve another six to eight weeks and recieve a two week break (End of term). This alternates all year until early June, when I recieve a very welcomed ten to twelve weeks off.

[Str1der]

Our college starts August 24 and ends May 13. So we get about 3 and a half months off for our summer break. Then we have basically 15 straight weeks until we get off for our Christmas break which lasts about 6 weeks, followed by 15-16 weeks till the end of that semester.

So.. I like getting a butt-load of time off. Very enjoyable after such a long amount of time studying for a Biomedical Sciences degree. Weeee...

[Espada1]

I am forced to endure six to eight weeks of College before I recieve a one week break (Half-term), I then serve another six to eight weeks and recieve a two week break (End of term). This alternates all year until early June, when I recieve a very welcomed ten to twelve weeks off.

You go to a state university or a UC?

It'd be ineffective to teach then. The whole point of having school months in a row is a teaching method. It's a method (supposedly) that crams information into you at a steady pace, which will make you remember the material better than you would with the proposed breaks at an interval.

They still have homeworks and assignments to do over the 1 month period so they still need to remember the lessons they were taught beforehand.