To get irritated by people who call every school holiday Half Term?

I heard someone say this for the first time the other day. I had no idea this was a thing and now it will irrritate me officially 😂.

Completely agree. Having to sit on my hands to stop myself from commenting on a Facebook page run by a travel agent, called "Easter half term UK breaks". Wanted to ask which term the Easter "half term" holiday is half-way through. 🙄

Thanks for the explanation 😃

I'll sit in my corner and grumble about 'There, their and they're. And 'Your' and 'You're' 😂

It makes my teeth itch, just hate it. I’ve got a teacher friend who does it too and that’s the absolute worst. She should know better!

Oh very good OP, thank you for voicing a great irritation of mine!

Yes it’s ridiculous. Why would anyone call a school holiday at Xmas Easter or summer, half term?! When it’s not half way through a term! That’s what half term holidays are 🤦🏼‍♀️ I would always passively aggressively correct then or play dumb

Completely agree!

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And even though I know which way the clocks go, I cant work out what that means in actuality until it happens!

Spring forward, fall back

Thats the only way I remember but I rely on other people mentioning it otherwise it wouldnt happen!!

I dont know why people get upset about what other people can or cant remember.

Oh and I can only remember the way the hours are changing by saying "spring forward, fall back" to myself as well. I can't make it stay in my head that in March the numbers go up one and down in October without the reminder saying.

I can't remember this. I have to work it out every time.

I have to go through the entire thought process of "Right. Clocks go forward next next weekend. That means 6 becomes 7 so if it currently gets dark at 6 it will now be getting dark at 7. But if it gets light at 7 that's now 8 so it's darker mornings and lighter evenings. Got it:.

So I hide my ridiculous inability to remember the impact of clocks changing by working it out but I do have to do the working out.

We get a full fortnight in October in Fife

perfect for a cheapish holiday in the sun when everyone else is still at school

and I too have to translate the Scottish system to English relatives and colleagues 🤣

YANBU, my sister always did it when my nephew was at school. Bizarre.

I had this conversation with someone last week. She was genuinely puzzled, couldn't remember if it meant the evenings or mornings were going to be lighter.

IT'S THE SAME FUCKING THING EVERY SIX MONTHS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, HOW CAN YOU NOT FUCKING REMEMBER

Thankfully our school has 3 terms, with 6 half terms. Not sure where this half term malarkey has come from, but it is need very annoying.

We've always called it February Weekend and October week. And the holiday in May is just a couple of days off 😂 Also bonus for September weekend if you're from Glasgow/Lanarkshire sort of areas but turns out that totally baffles people from other areas who have never heard of it!

We won't mention my English MIL who raised 3 children in Scotland yet continues to seem completely surprised and confused when our children aren't on holiday at the same time as England and frequently refers to half term, which "year" our kids are in at primary school, reception, governors, grammar schools etc.

Presumably the parents went to school themselves though?! I'm in my 50s. The holidays were called the same as they are now.

its quite common for people with neurodiversity to struggle with this.

I had to Google it cause it’s not really a thing in Scotland.

YANBU.

I'm also infuriated by people who can't understand whether the clocks go forward or back during March and October.

100% agree! Had this conversation the other day with a colleague who wanted time off for half term at the end of March and I got confused thinking she meant the end of May.. so I took the opportunity to explain that isn’t half term, that’s the Easter holidays and how the terms work 😂

Yep, it really annoys me too!

Every time someone refers to half term when they're talking about the Easter, Summer or Christmas holidays, it totally confuses me as I think they mean the actual half term that's been the case my whole life!

Do people really not know when Whitsun is? I wonder if my kids do...
As for not knowing what time of year it is, that's just silly.
And yes, calling Easter half term gives me the rage. DH did it once. Once only 😂

Didn’t think it would have been too long ago it was referred to as that. My mother left school in 1979 and she used to call that half term,”Whitsun” when I was at school in the 90s/2000s. 7th Sunday after Easter if I remember rightly.

YANBU. I was saying this last night to DP and I dont know where this trend started but it seems new to me. It confuses the meaning of "half term" entirely. I'm hearing it all the time but specifically, we received a leaflet (produced by the county council) through school yesterday. It had the title "Spring Half Term Holiday Activities". Doesn't that mean February half term? No it was about activities in April during the Easter holidays. Its getting confusing.