<p>My kid is on the trimester system, so no over-the-break assignments. She just intends to thaw.</p>
<p>Son is on break this week and is taking a few days off to just relax after 3 tests last week. However, he has a project and a big exam when he returns so will hit the books later this week. I know last year he spent the whole week studying and trying to catch up.</p>
<p>D. is on break next week and so far it looks like she will have very little work over break--but different schools and different majors (plus different personalities!).</p>
<p>My son is also on a trimester system. Since getting him to do his homework was a huge battle in high school (and one I usually lost), it has been really nice having him visit only between terms. He is staying on campus for break this year though. Apparently, he just intends to chill (Appleton, WI).</p>
<p>Mine's going to Vienna to spend five hours standing through Parsifal.</p>
<p>(ah, to be young again....)</p>
<p>My S headed to FL with a big group of friends. He has a hectic schedule and couldn't wait for a week sand, sea and sun. He did drive straight through back to college instead of a one night layover here at home (we are on the way) because he had some homework to do before classes started back yesterday.</p>
<p>standing through Parsifal sounds divine.</p>
<p>Our S also drove to Florida for spring break last week, staying in a Motel 8 room with three friends and reportedly had a great time--definitely no studying. We loaned him the car, but all costs were his. </p>
<p>All but one of his classes held the mid-term exam right before break. The one remaining exam was today and he felt sufficiently caught up studying only on Sunday and Monday. Because he is in engineering the studying doesn't seem to involve reading as much as lots of problem sets and labs, which he really prefers.</p>
<p>"standing through Parsifal sounds divine."</p>
<p>She asked for my advice as to whether to buy a seat (39 Euros) or to stand (3.50 Euros). I told her to stand. For one thing, if you really don't like it and are sitting, you are likely to fall asleep, whereas if you are standing, you'll just walk out. Secondly, if she stands, she's likely to meet other standees, and go out for vienna schnitzel together in the breaks between the two halves. Thirdly, she could (if she chooses), buy a score. Fourthly, with the extra dough, she can stand up the night before to hear Thomas Hampson sing Boccanegra, or hear Die Zauberflote at the Volksoper. </p>
<p>Then she's headed to Prague.</p>
<p>(Boy, do I feel old...on Christmas Eve, 1971, I hitchhiked from Munich to Vienna in a snowstorm, and arrived just in time to stand through Fledermaus!)</p>