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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Teaching in a Dystopic State ! : Lots Less for Lots More and No One Even Seems to Notice (Or Care)

Teaching in a Dystopic State ! : Lots Less for Lots More and No One Even Seems to Notice (Or Care):



Lots Less for Lots More and No One Even Seems to Notice (Or Care)



When I attended college (which of course was many years ago) Semester I began the first week in September and extended to the third week of December during which a one week Christmas vacation was held. After that vacation we returned to school for three additional weeks.
After a one week break Semester II began during the first week of February and continued until mid-June with a one week Spring vacation at mid semester.
Today the college Semester I begins just prior to the first week in September and ends in the first week in December. Some schools even have a break additional to Thanksgiving that they euphemistically call a  “study break”.
(I kind of thought students were supposed to be studying throughout the entire semester?)
Semester II doesn’t begin until the last week in January and ends during the first week of