Oh my god, it’s really happening. After five straight weeks of class, fall break is finally here. Boy, I need it. Four days in a row of no class. Now I’ll have time to finish the two take-home midterms I’ve been given, along with all the homework that’s still due next Friday.
Please. Giving us two extra days off is like an invitation to professors saying, “Give them even more work, they have all the time in the world.” It’s not like I was planning on going home to see my family… My mom and dad would rather just watch me typing up a five-pager paper that’s due the minute I get back to Philly.
I have actually made provisions with my family so that they don’t schedule too many activities. Where I live in the Poconos, this means not going to the Olive Garden. And just in case you’re wondering, I happen to love the Olive Garden.
I’m almost glad that Penn’s fall break is so early this year, because most of my friends will still be at school. If they were home at the same time, I’m not sure I’d have the heart to tell them I’m just too busy to do anything except read Democracy in America and occasionally look around the home I never get to see.
I do have some things to look forward to though. For example, it’s four full days of not being heckled on Locust, and gosh darn it, it’s four days I get to spend with people who have already made their minds up about who they’re voting for, and will not waste any time talking about politics.
I would wish everyone a happy and relaxing fall break, but I know that’s not how fall break works. I will simply say… I hope you get all your work done, and Thanksgiving is only a month and a half away.
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