Students in Hunan resort to wish tree for holiday  

湖南一中学1月仅放3天假 学生愿望树下求放假(图)

9月19日中秋节，记者赶到岳阳县二中时正是课间休息时间。同学们三三两两地走到一棵挂着愿望与祝福纸条的“愿望树”下，挂上自己小小的心愿。其中“求放假”、“今天放假”的愿望让人看着很不是滋味。“中秋三天假期，我们都必须在学校补课，晚上还要晚自习。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Students at a high school in Hunan province expressed their wishes for a holiday on a tree, as they got only three and a half days off in a whole month, a local news website reported.

On Mid-Autumn Day, the students at Yueyang County No. 2 Middle School in northeast Hunan's Yueyang city had classes into the night, Hunan-based rednet.cn said. Between classes, many students tied colorful pieces of paper with words such as, "Wish a holiday" or "today is off," to a tree in the school yard.

"Mid-Autumn holiday is an extravagant expectation," one student said. Students told reporters that they have no weekends, no holidays and only get three and a half days off a month to go back home.

A deputy headmaster at the school said many students' homes are too far away, so it is unsafe for them to go back every weekend, and would be tough for the school to manage.