Interesting post. I’ve certainly lost my fair share of knowledge over breaks. It certainly makes breaks more fun though when you can just not think about school though. Our previous school district in Seattle started the school year the end of September so their finals were actually the week or two after break and I always felt bad for the kids since I know I would have forgotten everything by that point in time. Apparently they had something there though. Anyway, I can’t think of how you could help undergrads carry knowledge across semester breaks other than spring semester teachers giving work in advance, but that sounds awful. I guess that means we just need to be proactive and keep our brains active during our breaks on our own.