General Discussion

spring break coincides with a natural split in the subject matter. Otherwise, I'd consider that.

The only time I've vented in front of my students was the first year they got the full week off for Thanksgiving. When I started my current position 26 years ago (egad!), classes were scheduled to meet on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving. But Tuesday classes were poorly attended, so the university decided to cancel classes that day. So of course no one attended that Monday, and the decision was made to cancel that day as well.

So now they have the whole week - which, given how much of a pain in the ass travel is proximate to Thanksgiving, makes perfect sense. And of course they're skipping the Friday before break begins. When I have a quiz scheduled.