By: Patrick Rivas, Posted: April 7, 2017 Spring break - why do we have it? Where did it come from? When was it established? These questions started to fill my brain. I started to get my own ideas for the “why.” As for the when and where, I had to do a little research to figure it out.
Why do we have Spring Break? In order to finish my article, I gave this question a bit of thought and I came to a conclusion. I concluded that we were given this period of recess just to give us a physical and mental break from school. I’m not sure about others, but I don’t want to have to wake up early in the morning 24/7/365 days to do work. Forget that. Can you imagine having to wake up early, get ready for school, go to school and stay at school for about seven hours a day everyday? I can’t, that would be complete unfair having to do that on the daily. As from where Spring Break came from. I did a bit of research for this one and coming up with my own answer here wouldn’t have had worked (duh). According to my highly reliable sources known as TIME, Spring Break originated from a College swimming coach from Colgate University known as Sam Ingram. In 1936, he took his swim team to Fort Lauderdale to train at the Casino Pool. Twenty-two years later, a professor overheard a college student’s planned trip to Fort Lauderdale and decided to tag along, where he wrote Where the Boys Are which later became a hit song and movie. From that point on, Spring Break became a major tradition in the United States. Why we have Spring Break is something that you could answer yourself. Spring break can mean different things to different people. If you feel the need to look up more details on these subjects, just remember, you’ll have an entire Spring Break to do so.
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