It’s the last week of classes and I confess I’m finding it hard to motivate myself to finish a long paper for one class and to do revisions for another. What would it be like if we were on the semester system instead and had six more weeks to look forward to?
Technically, spring semesters would end at roughly the same time as spring quarters do, but they would start much earlier, in order to fit in the six extra weeks of classes. I know everybody has had a chance to process the idea of changing the system, but I have to tell you, right now, I’m really feeling a fondness for quarters.
Ten weeks is long enough to cover a subject in some degree of depth but not long enough for me to lose motivation (especially when the weather turns nice!). I understand the benefits of standardization, but I wish all of the semester schools would change to quarters instead, so I’m going to enjoy these brief, intense classes while I can…
