I didn't like the bullying that went along with school, but I didn't see much bullying in the summer since I lived well out in the country. That said, summers weren't all that great because when it was dry, I worked about 12-18 hours a day six days a week usually driving tractors or combines from about the time I was 10 or 11.
What I liked was the rain. When it rained, I usually got a day off. My younger brother, one of my neighbors, and I would get on our horses and ride. Sometimes we would take sandwiches with us so we didn't have to go home for lunch. There were no fields and pastures within about six to ten miles from home where we were forbidden from going as long as we behaved ourselves.