As a student it would be awesome too. No "projects" over Thanksgiving break and no F' it attitude after the break.
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As a student it would be awesome too. No "projects" over Thanksgiving break and no F' it attitude after the break.
Very proactive approach by ISU. Nothing will be ideal this fall but this model makes sense to me. I could have seen them make finals week the week before thanksgiving but that's cutting the semester even shorter.
I assume there's really no rules set in place, colleges can start and end semesters whenever they want. I saw awhile back Stanford doesn't even start the semester during a normal year until late September.
I assume there's really no rules set in place, colleges can start and end semesters whenever they want. I saw awhile back Stanford doesn't even start the semester during a normal year until late September.
Will more students stay for Friday’s game?
Great opportunity for students to work retail during the long break
Great opportunity for students to work retail during the long break
Honestly, not much emptier. I guess maybe 500-1000 less students for some of those games.
or even short internships and the like. I used to go back to my summer intern job and work the Xmas break which was great for the company because so many people were using vacation and I wanted the $$$ and time away from family. That turns 2.5-3 weeks into what, six? Not bad.
Just anecdotally, the UW(isconsin) system does finals Saturday-Saturday before Christmas so finals on the weekend aren't a new thing either. Haven't seen their plan yet, I know someone involved with discussions here and it's just nuts. Has ISU said what their plans are for housing, dining, extracurriculars?
Getting the whole week off for Thanksgiving is not all that common nationally, so losing that should be a pretty minor complaint in the grand scheme.
If finals week will really be the Saturday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving, that would be worse. Finals should be Thursday-Friday, then the Monday-Wednesday of Thanksgiving week. 11/18 should be last day of class.
If finals week will really be the Saturday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving, that would be worse. Finals should be Thursday-Friday, then the Monday-Wednesday of Thanksgiving week. 11/18 should be last day of class.
Like every year the die hard students will come back or the ones that don’t live really far. The ones that miss mommas teat will stay home. Probably 50% student crowd.
If true, it is about time we did something about it. At least the new schedule won't make everyone pretend that they are being serious about school in December. However, I have a growing frustration with the softness of today's students. "Thusday is the new Friday." "Thanksgiving is the new Christmas."
Ugh just give me the degree already, I paid for it.
Not like I'm going to use anything from this class at an actual job.
I would have loved to start Finals on the weekend and guarantee being done by Wednesday. I used to hate that weekend before finals and would invariably have a final on Monday then the rest on Wednesday, Thursday and ALWAYS on Friday!
Back in the quarter system, we had the week of Thanksgiving off because finals were the week before. But then that Monday after, the winter quarter started - So imagine going to classes for 3-4 weeks then 3 weeks off (Christmas/NYears) then trying to pick up where you were after that. Not ideal.
Ah, those were the days, weren't they ... Although we didn't have three weeks off at Christmas. Just enough --by full week -- to get through New Year's.
Seems like if that gap between fall and spring remains wider, if the change were permanent it would open up more room for an accelerated winter term for those who wanted it- maybe online only?
I thought classes were being
Might be a bad year for U of I to have a lame duck president.
Might be a bad year for U of I to have a lame duck president.
Well tough cookies, they have to grow up sometime. If they don't have to come back till a after New Years that's plenty of break. Plenty of lead time I guess if you don't like the schedule you can transfer before the semester starts.
