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Some people think it is better to have many short holidays during the year. Others believe it would be beneficial to have fewer, longer vacations. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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Nowadays, there are many
holidays
 going on during the year,
this
 causes many intense discussions about whether there should be many short
holidays
 during the year or
it’s
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if it’s
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 better to have fewer but longer vacations. From my own perspective, I think
it’s
 better to have fewer, longer vacations. During the holiday I would love to go
traveling
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travelling
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, I would love to take some
time
 to relax, after the relaxation, I wish I am able to get to work or
study
 quickly. If there are many short
holidays
 going on, it makes me feel hard to focus on my studies, and
it’s
 hard to get into the normal pattern. During short vacations,
it’s
 hard to plan, if
it’s
 only two or three days,
then
it’s
 very difficult to travel anywhere which makes
holidays
 a little bit meaningless. After a few
days'
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 short break, I need to go back to school, but mentally I am still on holiday, which causes my
study
 won’t be very efficient,
my
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 concentration will be decreased.
However
, on my own side, vacation is the best way to balance life and
study
. During
this
 process, I think the length of
time
 is not the most necessary thing, the most important thing is we should know how to organize our leisure
time
, and always need to remind ourselves to go back to
study
 or work quickly after the holiday. We should really learn to arrange our own
study
time
 and life and keep ourselves in order.
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