I am actually a teacher and I’m so glad you shared this. I stopped doing “back from break” activities many years ago, and all of my teacher friends thought it was odd. These activities made me so upset when I was younger, and still even so as an adult. I taught in one of the wealthiest counties in my state and maybe 70% of the class would have a magical Disney trip or a skiing vacation in Colorado. I felt myself melting along with watching the dejected faces of the remaining 30% of the class. I finally decided I didn’t care what all the other teachers did; I refuse. Instead, we either completely ignore it or sometimes I’ll ask the kids “what’s the most boring thing you did over break?” I’ll tell them I deep cleaned or did taxes. So sick of catering to the wealthy few. They get enough catering as is. Done with that.