why do we only have one reading week?
10-25-2009 at 11:25 PM
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University isn't supposed to be easy. One of the biggest challenges is time management. I know that sometimes profs just pile it on, but that's life.
I work 50+ hours a week and go to school full time. You'll survive without 2 reading weeks.  |
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10-25-2009 at 11:26 PM
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Pressure is the best motivator! We don't need another reading week 
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10-25-2009 at 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by michelle
University isn't supposed to be easy. One of the biggest challenges is time management. I know that sometimes profs just pile it on, but that's life.
I work 50+ hours a week and go to school full time. You'll survive without 2 reading weeks. |
A full course load? What program are you in? I am very impressed Michelle. I have a lot I am doing too but you are a role model. |
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10-25-2009 at 11:34 PM
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Pressure is the best motivator! We don't need another reading week |
Pressure is the best but when you exhaust yourself to get it done to the point where it harms you I got to question how good it really is. |
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10-26-2009 at 12:10 AM
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Yes it is a great motivator. But you have to ask yourself and so does the university. Is it best for our education that we are scrambling to learn as many things as possible and cramming or should we be taking fewer classes (say just 4 a term) and have time to learn the material more effectively.
It all comes down to what is better for the future. Does it serve anyone better by the university making us learn things under unideal conditions by piling on too many assignments/test/projects all at once rather than being given the time to effectively learn the material presented too us.
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10-26-2009 at 12:34 AM
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It's just a lesson in reality; When you get out in the real word with real non-negotiable deadlines, asking your boss for a week off because you are overwhelmed with work will get you that week (and many more) off, because you'll be fired. Time management is what you need to actively learn, and that helps you get through University and post-uni life successfully.
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10-26-2009 at 06:49 AM
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Okay, so, I was talking to a couple friends the other day, and one of them mentioned that a girl had committed suicide recently due to midterm stress. Apparently, I don't know if this is true, but the reason some schools have two reading weeks is because their suicide rate was apparently higher than Mac's, because of stress related to school, and that's why they have 2 reading weeks as opposed to one.
I don't know exactly.. I mean, it's the first I've heard of such a thing.
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My sister went to school in Peterborough (at Fleming College) and the schools there have an extra reading week because they had one of the highest suicide rates in young adults in the country.
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10-26-2009 at 12:44 PM
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A full course load? What program are you in? I am very impressed Michelle. I have a lot I am doing too but you are a role model.
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I'm at 4 classes/term this year in the double honours Multimedia + Cultural Studies & Critical Theory program.
I wouldn't call myself a role model. I'm more of an idiot for taking on too much financial responsibility in school.  |
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10-26-2009 at 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by PTGregD
Pressure is the best motivator! We don't need another reading week |
Is it sad to say that pressure IS my motivator? ><
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10-26-2009 at 03:26 PM
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i don't see the issue.
i feel i need a break in february. but right now we just had thanksgiving and christmas is on the horizon.
i would rather have it tough for a couple week than lose either a week of my summer or my christmas break.
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10-27-2009 at 10:52 PM
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i don't see the issue.
i feel i need a break in february. but right now we just had thanksgiving and christmas is on the horizon.
i would rather have it tough for a couple week than lose either a week of my summer or my christmas break.
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It's impossible to lose a week of christmas break... we end on the 22nd and start on the 4th... I guess they could cut out 2 maybe 3 days max, but definitively not 1 week.
I agree though, I don't need a break in term 1 since we have thanksgiving (which is a break from most labs). I'd rather have a longer summer.
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10-27-2009 at 11:08 PM
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Because Mac students are too smart to be suicidal = only one reading week.
So, you know what you have to do to get two reading weeks...
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10-27-2009 at 11:11 PM
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Reading weeks are for sissies! STUDY STUDY STUDY!
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