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Some people think it is better to have more short holidays during the year. Others believe it would be beneficial to have fewer, longer vacations. Discuss both of views and give your opinion. Write at least 250 words.

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Some people believe that it is better to have short vacations,
whereas
 others think
otherwise
. Generally, there are some benefits and drawbacks of different types of
holidays
.
To begin
 with, I would love to admit that short
holidays
 have some crucial benefits. As for the student
such
short
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 vacation provides you with a great opportunity to stay
in
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"fit", so you might not
be forget
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 all the study
infromation
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information
.
Furthermore
, one more quite big advantage is, that you can "stretch" all your plans during the whole year,
thus
 your vacations could be very memorable. Basically, other people still have another opinion about short-term days off. It is explained with significant issues.
Firtstly
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Firstly
, you can't plan a long-term trip to many countries
due to
 the time limit.
Although
, you can create
appropriate
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road-map
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according to
 your timeframes,
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 in a hurry is not comfortable for
majority
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 of people.
Furthermore
, the most beneficial thing
of
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 long
holidays
 is an
opportunite
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opportunity
 not to
cyclce
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cycle
 into studying, but to spend your time doing something else. Ultimately, discussion about which vacations are better only depends on each person's mind. For
someone
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, it is better to have short
holidays
,
while
 another person could see only
disadvantages
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the disadvantages
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 of
this
 type of vacation.
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 for me, in spite of all the drawbacks, short-term
holidays
is
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 more useful and comfortable.
For instance
, 3 or 4 days off can
definetely
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definitely
 refresh my mind and it is quite enough time to be ready for
the
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further
 tasks and continue
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 work.
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