Not even summer vacation yet… and already… back to school

As soon as her two children attended the year-end summary meeting at school, Hue packed up and sent them back to the countryside to visit their grandparents. She planned to let them play in the countryside until the school announced a new schedule for them to go to the city. Going back to the countryside not only provides an open space but also allows the children to play innocent childhood games with children of the same age in the neighborhood.

Just as Hue had thought, the day the children returned, they played happily with the children in the neighborhood. While the children were cycling around the village, Anh went to look for her children. When she saw Hue, Anh happily greeted her:

- Oh, so Hue and her mother came home to visit. My daughter Thao has been over since noon and hasn't come home yet. I have to go find her to take a bath, eat dinner, and then go to extra classes in the evening.

- Oh, Anh, you sent your child to extra classes. Why don't you let him have a few summer vacations to rest?

- My child's English is a bit weak so I don't let him take a break but force him to study hard. So when does Hue plan to let the kids come home and play, and not let them go to extra classes?

- I'm going to let them stay all summer.

- Then they forget all the knowledge?

- I think the school gives summer vacation so that the children can rest after a hard year of studying, and also so that they can have time to enjoy their childhood. But if we force them to study during the summer, then what is summer vacation anymore?

- No, you can't force them. Even if extra classes are banned, families in this neighborhood still look at each other and tell each other to find a way to send their children to school. Otherwise, later on, when they go back to school, they won't be able to keep up with their friends.

- Everyone thinks so, so the kids have already gone back to school before summer vacation.

At this time, teacher Huong rode her bike past, met two old friends and quickly stopped to greet them warmly. Anh felt like she had found gold, quickly pulled Huong in and whispered:

- Will you be tutoring literature in the future? I'll invite some other families in the neighborhood to let their kids study.

- Oh no, we don't get extra lessons.

- I know, but we have to find a way. I've looked into it all. You just take care of the kids, consider them as your own children, come over and play...

- Why are you so eager to send your child to school? Don’t you let him have a summer vacation? Even though I’m a teacher, I won’t force him to study all summer. I plan to let him take some extracurricular activities like swimming, martial arts, badminton, etc. to have fun and develop his physical abilities. Knowledge is important, but so are physical health and childhood.

- That's right, Huong is a teacher but she doesn't force her child to study, so Anh should think again.

At this moment, Anh's daughter ran over, panting and saying:

- Mom, it's so much fun going out with friends. It's summer vacation, let me go out with my friends every day, okay?

Hearing her daughter say that, Anh felt a little guilty. The thought flashed through her mind about her daughter's disappointment and fatigue if she had to go to school both day and night. Maybe Anh should reconsider as Hue and Huong advised.