I was ecstatic when I heard we’re getting a fall semester reading break. For whatever reason, the fall semester feels longer and busier than the others. A promise of a full week to catch up on homework, cleaning, and maybe even get started on Christmas shopping… it sounded like a dream come true — until I realized that “reading break” is only three days. Instead of giving students the full week, fall reading break is clumped in with Remembrance Day. So they give us a provincial holiday that we’d already have off, and two extra days — then back to school Thursday! I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s just a long weekend.
For the lucky students who already aren’t on campus Thursday and Friday, well done! You’ve got a full week. For those of us who don’t, I’ll see you around campus, grumbling about how they could’ve extended it just two more days. But hey, I guess three days is better than nothing, right?
