With all the stress school has brought on students across the Rocklin High campus, many may be happy to hear how many school days are actually left in the month of November. When it’s all counted out, there only eight more school days.

For the majority of people on campus, this is some of the best news heard so far this year, but this is especially great for students taking AP, Honors or Advanced classes. It means time to not be only focused on difficult classes and enjoy the time off they have.

On average, students are run down mainly because of their work load. They must be able to balance homework, tests, extracurricular activities and even jobs on an everyday basis.

As for teachers, even they agree that this short break was well-needed. After their long hours they don’t get much of a break, but still recognize that we’ve gotten through this first quarter, and then some.

“I like the idea of short, little breaks. But I plan accordingly to the schedule, and for the students I think it’s great that they are able to have that four day weekend and then be able to come back and just keep going,” says AP World History instructor Mr. O’Donnell.

After coming off of the four day weekend though, many students have adjusted to sleeping in and may have relaxed so much as to have forgotten assignments! There are many positives to having a break, but the negatives may have greater consequences.

“I was having such a great time doing nothing I forgot about an essay I had due on Wednesday we came back…So I didn’t do it!” says sophomore Mindy Fink.

Many times long weekends and breaks allow for homework to be quick, done with and then move on to doing next to nothing else the rest of the week.

“I’m most excited to just be able to not worry about the upcoming homework assignments and tests. Having even just a week off of school is really nice to have,” explains sophomore Joy Gad.

But at least the stress isn’t as intense. Breaks give students a chance to not be stressed out for four days, giving a mental break that a weekend just can’t give, and even relieving stress that has added up just over the past quarter and a half.