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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's because there aren't enough large vacations in the school year that you feel burn-out.

In my home country of France, the summer vacation is shorter (one month and a half), but there are two-week breaks in mid-fall, around Christmas, mid-winter, and around but not necessarily at Easter. Two weeks is great, because it allows for a real re-charge. People can travel if they want, even to far-away places, and not have to worry about cramming it all in and jet lag. There is a system of subsidized childcare for parents who work.

So it's not year-round school, but the calendar is more evenly broken up. [/quote]

I read this as a two working parent household and thought, what a nightmare to line up childcare during those times off. Americans often start off with only 10 days of vacation. After working a decade, Im still at 15 days of vacation. I would have to be working during those breaks so I can have some summer travel. Subsidized childcare how? There are centers that take care of kids gor these two week breaks? How does this work? I'm intrigued. [/quote]

Don't people have much, much more vacation in France? Something like 4 - 6 months a year?[/quote]

Lol to 6 months of vacation. What do you think it is, Australia?  :lol:

It's more like 8-12 weeks, plus there are more bank holidays than here. But the main difference between France and other European countries and the US is that workers there actually take their leave and employers can't be as stingy with granting it as they can here.

We didn't go anywhere for the February break this year even though we wanted to, because I had a project ending that week and my boss literally would not let me take time off. And I'm a white collar worker, so have more leeway for that than most. People who work hourly jobs where they have to submit formal leave requests have even less freedom in using even the vacation they currently get. In France, the idea of not using all or most of your vacation each year is bizarre and will get you labeled a workaholic.[/quote]

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