What is going on??!! This is nearly the last day of the semester and we are still super busy. Usually we get a nice slow down during the final week. The weekend is hectic as students finish papers and study groups meet. The same for Monday, but after Tuesday, we usually dwindle to a handful of students who still need to finish. By Thursday only a few remain.
Not this year. We have been going full bore all of last week AND this! Here it is Thursday and the library is packed. Small groups huddle around coffee tables, deep in conversation about whether the professor will ask some question on the exam. Every computer station is occupied by students half buried in books, papers, notebooks and backpacks. No games or facebook are in sight. This is serious stuff.
True, the exam schedule is more evenly distributed throughout the week. But by now we should see a certain thinning out of at least undergraduate students. Many graduate programs are still in session, their finals not happening for another week or so. We will hardly catch our breath and fold away our caps and gowns before jumping into the summer session on Monday.
Its a bit unsettling, this constant rising of the semester workflow. Staff need some time to breathe. Already we have our summer projects planned, our student worker schedules set, our areas assigned. We were hoping for a few days to chill and just catch up, but at this rate there will be no downtime. Ah, well. I can't complain. At least we don't have to make any cuts this year. That's a good thing. I'll take busy any day of the week.
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