Sir, – Am I alone in thinking the secondary school holidays are excessively long? As my teenagers count down the last of the 90 days or so they have been off, I am considering who this system benefits most.
I don’t believe is beneficial for my children; or for working parents who have to try to find things for their children to do. Can it really be for the farmers who need their children to help with the harvest? It is great if your children can get out and do some work, but we all know that’s very difficult these days.
Please could we have longer Christmas and Easter holidays and shorter summer holidays? It seems more balanced and natural to have longer holidays in the darker part of the year, when everyone is tired and needs time to recuperate. – Yours, etc,
CLARE DEMPSTER,
Corbawn Lane,
Shankill,
Co Dublin.