Post 445: The ritual of Spring Break should be canceled at all colleges from now on.

 Post 445: The ritual of Spring Break should be canceled at all colleges from now on

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A majority of U.S. colleges have canceled spring break, in an attempt to curb student travel. But the rise of online classes means students can now attend college from anywhere, including Miami Beach.

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 Article by Yvonne Ho

What? Cancel Spring Break? No way says students who are tired or stressed out from a semester of work! Unfortunately, when students take spring break, they wreak havoc on beach side communities by getting drunk, being loud, throwing parties on the beach and leaving trash behind. One CNN reporter interviewed a student asking him why he is not wearing a mask and the student said, "It's Spring break and where I live we are in strict lock down, it's nice to just take a break from all that because here in Florida, you can go maskless and party with large groups of people and just have fun." This student misses the point of it all--that we are still in a pandemic and students should be staying home and studying. This is one reason why Spring Break as a national ritual should be eliminated especially during a pandemic.

During a pandemic, Spring Break causes a surge in COVID19 cases which promotes the rise of mutations and variants that causes doctors to have to create new vaccines which causes people to have to get another booster shot. When cases surge, lockdowns occur, schools close, businesses close, people lose jobs, families go hungry because they cannot put food on the table or pay rent.  Therefore, schools should not even give 'rest days' or 'wellness days' off. Schools should have school as usual and have teachers make sure students are in class and in their dorms or at home where they belong.

If everyone stays home during the pandemic, we can lessen the spread of COVID19 and give doctors time to vaccinate the entire population of 350 million people in the United States. Kids need to be taught respect for others and others well being and health before one's own need for fun in the sun.

If we get rid of the entire ritual of Spring Break from now on, then students would not be tempted to have wild parties on the beach and infect everyone with variants of COVID19 in the future. Even if we return back to normal with everyone vaccinated, I think Spring Break should be eliminated and students should just focus on studying all year long to keep them focused on their studies and eliminate the spread of COVID19 variants in the future.

Right now, COVID19 is brand new. Doctors do not know the long term effects of COVID19 even with herd immunity. So, as a society, we need to realize COVID19 is here to stay. It will be the new normal, and since it is so virulent, we need to adopt a more sober more group oriented otulook where we care for our elderly, our vulnerable populations by getting rid of superfluous super spreaders like Spring Break.