Having just spent 17 days out of school (yay!), may I suggest that these breaks are needed...quite much so.
Unless you are a parent...as they seem to appreciate teachers even more during such breaks! Hummmm...are schools really just a state-paid-for babysitting system? No! Well, that certainly is not the true intent...although this does seem to be a perk for many parents.
Schedule makers, we are! Attending school on a regular basis does assist in our adopting a routine.
Mondays get us going until Hump Day on Wednesday, after which we glide into Friday afternoons with a smile on our faces...until Sunday evening when begin to dread the routine...that begins again on that Monday morning.
