This is the way of things in the university: once upon a time, they let you have two days off for Thanksgiving, and you were humbled and grateful. Then they made it an even week, and people rejoiced. Then students began saying, "Uhhhhhh, dude, my ride leaves Friday at noon, so I gotta miss your class. Why don't you just cancel? Everyone else in the university is canceling their classes." The way I figure, in forty years kids will be saying, "I need to leave by Monday. Come on, everyone else is canceling their classes the week before break." One day, carrying this trend to its conclusion, we'll meet for September and then everyone will leave for Thanksgiving. Does the working world function this way? Cause I'm starting to understand why people don't think college teachers actually do any work.
Brian Hanna also mentioned that he wanted to be a high school history teacher. That I can't get over, either. Like fresh steak set before a herd of jackels.
Is it a herd of jackels, or a gaggel, or a murder?
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