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If suddenly there is a three to five-day holiday now, without the need for makeup days, basically no homework, and it is a forced holiday, what would be your evaluation?

Just looking at the words, I believe no student would give anything less than an "explosive" response. Having lived nearly seventeen years, this is the first time I’ve seen a holiday without conditions or costs (the policy states so). However, on the other hand, this autumn holiday is only a pilot in a few provinces, so the nationwide situation might be worse than the pilot.

From our perspective, compulsory education has five days off, and high school students at least get two and a half days. That sounds good, but policymakers seem to have forgotten one issue: should parents allow children to play during this holiday?

So you will find a problem: without parental accompaniment, children simply cannot go out to play. And parents, being too busy, can only pressure schools to assign homework, turning the so-called autumn holiday into a "place to learn". Or children might just stay at home playing electronic devices (of course, I say this to state the pros and cons; I believe playing is definitely possible, but playing all the time will eventually get boring).

Clearly, there are unreasonable and flawed aspects in the top-level design of this autumn holiday. Let's assume it’s due to rushing the planning. But we also hope that next year's "summer holiday" design can optimize some of these issues, perhaps by replacing them with more meaningful activities like spring outings or other events. Instead of letting the autumn holiday "come and go empty-handed" like this year.