While the U.S. may do schooling during the whole year except the summer, many other countries use a year round technique which is quite definitely better than the traditional nine month system. One reason for the superiority of full year is that students are generally positively affected by continuous learning without interruption of a 3 month break and are much less likely to lose or forget what they’ve learned which leads to a better education for all, elementary and above. An example of this system is South Korea who’s first semester starts in March, with the second beginning at the end of August. Their summer vacations are July to August, while winter vacation begins in late December and ends in early February. South Korea is additionally ranked as one of the highest scoring countries in student performance, which only shows that they’re education style is leagues above our own in the U.S.A.