Spring Break

With spring just around the corner and the end of school coming up I often find myself having a hard time not thinking about summer. It seems that as soon as the weather warms up every year comes the issue of spring break. Is spring break really that important to students? Of course it is, we as students work hard to get good grades and it’s always nice to have a break from school. I think that BYU should give students a spring break because it does not give us fewer days in school and serves as a morale booster to help students finish the year strong. Many would argue that we get out of school earlier than other schools because we don’t have a spring break. This is simply not true According to the academic calendar for both BYU and local UVU, classes end about the same time this semester. Classes for BYU end on April 16^th, and classes for UVU end on April 19^th. That’s only a difference of 3 days and students at UVU still received a week long spring break from March 11^th to March 16. Both universities started class on the same day January 7^th. With that information it appears the spring break could easily be done and would provide students with a necessary break before the end of school. I think that we should receive a spring break because it does not increase the amount of school days that we have and helps make students happier because they are able to have a break from school.