Few words in the English language are sweeter to most young folks, particularly pre-teens, than summertime.
No more being roused at dawn to catch a bus. No more racing around the house looking for that missing shoe or English essay. No more days scheduled by bells and classes. No more worrying about tests or homework assignments. To a whole army of the young, summertime is spelled F-R-E-E-D-O-M.
Of course, some of them don’t entirely give up academics while on this vacation. Some high school students dual-enroll in their local community colleges, taking a course or two to add to their high school transcript or to earn credit for college. Others of all ages take enrichment courses, available from all sorts of places and in everything from math camps to online biology courses….