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I'm a full-time college student and I'm currently on my Spring Break. We go back tomorrow. I just saw a music video on MTV. They were showing some of their "Best of Spring Break Specials." The song made me really sad because the singer says he loves being in college because he can do drugs, drink and have anonymous sex (not in so many words but, yea, that's what he said). So, it made me wonder as to the true origin of a break in the middle of the school semester. I don't mean the Spring Break that we all know and "love" filled with vomit inducing drinking and tons of debauchery. I mean why did schools decide that students need a week off from school in the middle of the semester? I looked it up online and read the Wikipedia.org definition as well as a couple of other sites but nothing really seemed to make sense, let alone give me the answer as to why we have a week in the middle of the semester. Does anyone know the true origins of Spring Break?
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Spring Break originated with the ancient Greeks. As winter would lessen its chill, and thoughts turned to regeneration, rejuvenation, and new birth, Athens's elders noticed that the young people became particularly frolicsome.
Socrates then proposed, and the Greeks adopted, a wild rite to welcome Spring and allow young people to vent their ingrained urges⦠and Spring Break was born. Immediately thereafter were heard the first complaints that these strange new rites were destructive of morals and caused undue hardship upon the local residents of the seaside towns in which the festivals were held.
If you want to read more, click on the link in the source.
Spring Break originated with the ancient Greeks. As winter would lessen its chill, and thoughts turned to regeneration, rejuvenation, and new birth, Athens's elders noticed that the young people became particularly frolicsome.
Socrates then proposed, and the Greeks adopted, a wild rite to welcome Spring and allow young people to vent their ingrained urges⦠and Spring Break was born. Immediately thereafter were heard the first complaints that these strange new rites were destructive of morals and caused undue hardship upon the local residents of the seaside towns in which the festivals were held.
If you want to read more, click on the link in the source.
Where should I go for spring break? ?
jaaada
My friends and I would like to go on spring break somewhere in the US that won't cost too much. We are under 21 and don't wanna waste time relaxing on a beach.
I live in the midwest....with snow during that time. We dont wanna waste our time out on a beach...we wanna explore this country...ha Whats in San Fran?
ya spring break is in march..but
the early bird catches the worm.
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Spring break? Isn't that a long time from now?
Hm, well there's teen clubs. I've never been to one because it's not my thing (plus I'm 18 now), but I'm sure that would be fun for most teens who are in highschool. You could search that online, I'm sure some places would come up.
Oh, and going to the beach (like you said), could actually be pretty fun. You don't have to just lay out and relax.. you could go swimming, or play tag, or take pictures, etc. There are so many things you could do.
The only other thing I can think of is going camping. That would be pretty cool.
Oh, also if you're 18, there are casinos that allow 18 year olds to gamble, but that might cost a lot.
Last spring break (I live in northern CA), I went to San Francisco with some friends and we walked EVERYWHERE. That was really cool. I loved that. We didn't even spend any money except for our BART (train) tickets to get there.
Spring break? Isn't that a long time from now?
Hm, well there's teen clubs. I've never been to one because it's not my thing (plus I'm 18 now), but I'm sure that would be fun for most teens who are in highschool. You could search that online, I'm sure some places would come up.
Oh, and going to the beach (like you said), could actually be pretty fun. You don't have to just lay out and relax.. you could go swimming, or play tag, or take pictures, etc. There are so many things you could do.
The only other thing I can think of is going camping. That would be pretty cool.
Oh, also if you're 18, there are casinos that allow 18 year olds to gamble, but that might cost a lot.
Last spring break (I live in northern CA), I went to San Francisco with some friends and we walked EVERYWHERE. That was really cool. I loved that. We didn't even spend any money except for our BART (train) tickets to get there.
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