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The Importance Of School Break

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When I hear one say, specifically Roman Hebel, “With school out of the picture, I can be stress free and happy” it evokes many questions and stress inside. How does one’s stress disappear simply due to school being put on the back burner? Yes, most homework responsibilities are not of concern, but our school break is only nine days. With nine days, I don’t believe that all individuals including himself are duty and completely worry free. I don’t know about most people, but merely because school is put on hold does not relieve all the worries in the back of my mind. Those issues will always be their haunting me and producing stress until they are resolved, and trust me I do not want to deal with them over a well deserved break. However, this is all just apart of life whether we attempt to enjoy the free time given to us or not. With that being said, the short interruption with school does not create a stress free environment where I am allowed to enjoy myself. Whether it’s the last minute Christmas baking, gift wrapping or a cramped work schedule, I do not categorize that as a way to enjoy my break as Roman makes clear in his paper. I find pleasure in the easy aspects such as the hour long naps and drinking a steaming cup of hot cocoa by the blazing fire. I only wish to be like Roman over the break when he expresses, “...having less responsibilities…” in his paper. Because frankly those pleasures are not a reality for myself this Christmas break. I don’t know

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