Why kids get summer vacations

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Useless but still interesting trivia on how summer vacation came to be. I always thought it was due to needing kids to work on the farm, but in fact, farm kids used to go to school in the summer.

http://www.slate.com/id/2170230/nav/fix/

Miss you all much; been too busy to visit lately.

Let's not forget the teachers who get every holiday and summers off.My brother is a teacher.