Bank holidays for no reason?

So apparently no one in England actually knows why there are Bank Holidays except for reducing the productivity of the British worker (according to our professor at least). The average British worker gets 6 weeks off a year, and it is growing slowly. I do love however that in fact there are two holidays today and we still had class. Our Prof. looked as bored as most of us today by the end of the lecture so that made me feel much better. Currently debating whether to do some wandering in this boston-esq weather. This whole no much reading thing is something I could get used to. Cheerio y'all.