Summer vacation: Learning or playing [Archives:2006/959/Community]
Mohammed Khoshafah
When the school year finishes, and the holiday begins, students become happy. Most of them want to relax and practice their favorite hobbies. The question in this article which states itself is that: do all students practice the same routine of life during summer vacation? The answer of this question could depend on the situations of the students.
Marwan, 17, 2nd secondary, says: “I live in Ibb City and I study in a public school. During summer vacation my family gives me some money in order to register in a language institute. I learn English and computers every summer. This summer, I will study the syllabus of English, mathematics and physics to get ready for the third secondary class.”
Sameh, 16, 1st secondary student says: “I finished my school year. Thanks to Allah, I succeeded and got good marks. I live, as you know in a village. I am far from the city. If I want to go to the city, I need two hundred riyals everyday for transportation. My family is poor. I'm interested in learning English and computers and I would like to join any institute in the city to do that, but my family cannot support me. They can't offer me any help. What can I do? He adds, “I will stay at home, watch TV, and help my dad in our farms in the mornings.”
I notice that, all the language and computer institutes in Yemen become full of students during summer vacation, but this doesn't mean that all students in the schools come to study. Many families have the financial ability to teach their children in the institutes, but their kids don't have the desire to learn.
On the other hand, I see that many clever students want to study but they lack financial support and they don't have the sufficient fees. Furthermore, many families don't care about their children to learn or to stay at homes and play, because most of the parents are uneducated and they don't know what is good about education. Thus, during summer vacation, institutes, camps, private and public centers open their doors for students. Some of these centers, which teach Holy Qur'an and Arabic, don't charge any fees. Some of the centers demand very little fees.
We can say that these institutes and centers are good. Students can get the benefit by studying languages, computers, Internet, etc. However, parents must take the responsibility to make their children join such institutes during summer vacation instead of wasting their time here and there.
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