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                       Summer is such a simple thing; you have three months off from school to do what you want, no getting up early and no homework. Sounds like a perfect life! So why would anyone want to get rid of that? Kids of all ages love it because summer equals no school but some adults are too keen of the idea of kids running around free for three months straight. Believe or not it is found that kids educational levels decrease over the summer months. David Von Drehle states in his article "The Case Against Summer Vacation" that "'those months out of school do the most damage to the kids who can least afford it."' Middle and upper class families can afford to send their children to summer camps during the day like the Y.M.C.A or the Boys and Girls club. What do the more lower class families do with their kids? They have no choice but to leave them to find their own entertainment. "'By ninth grade"' Drehle states, "Summer learning loss could be blamed for roughly two-thirds of the achievement gap separating income groups."' In the more rural areas of the country, some cities or towns do not have the funds to support activities for kids to do for the whole summer.  It is not like three months is a short amount of time; parents have to find things to keep their kids busy every single day and to keep them out trouble. If summer, for instance, was a month at most it would be much easier to keep track of kids and find them things to do. A three month long break from school is almost like a shock. Everyone gets into the schedule for ten months of waking up early, going to school, sports and then home. Repeat for the next 180 days. Then suddenly a huge three month vacation interrupts your system and then you have to create a completely new system that is the opposite of your school one. When school comes around in the fall, you are running on your summer schedule and then you have to switch it again. Repeat for the next 365 days. So personally, I feel as though summer vacation should be shorter because it effects the way you think mentally throughout the year.