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...After this late start, we work pretty much non-stop from September until the middle of December, taking only a pitiful two-day break at Thanksgiving for a vacation that is barely long enough for us to catch our breath. In December, we return home each year for a Winter vacation that is consistently shorter than the holidays enjoyed at our peer institutions, and even that brief respite is burdened for Harvard students with the task of writing papers and the prospect of facing exams upon our return to Cambridge. When we finally take our exams in mid-to-late...
...seem pretty late for the end of the semester, consider the situation that we will face next year under our current calendar. In the 2004-2005 academic year, the last day of class in the fall semester will be Dec. 21, and after only 13 days of Winter vacation, reading period will begin on Jan. 4, 2005. Compare this to the situation that would exist under the newly proposed calendar: instead of fall classes, it would be fall semester exams that would be ending right around Dec. 21, after which we would head home for a real vacation without...
While finishing the Fall semester before a longer and stress-free Winter vacation is the greatest improvement of the proposed calendar, there are additional benefits. The committee has also recommended that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving be included as a holiday and noted the possibility of taking the entire Thanksgiving week off from school, which the University administration should definitely explore when reviewing the committee’s report. The proposed calendar also includes an earlier start and a much earlier finish to the Spring semester, with exams finishing at least a week sooner in May. This extra time...
...school has become increasingly national and international, the importance of making the sometimes-long journey home with no accompanying work or conflicting commitments has increased for us. We should welcome the calendar changes proposed by the committee and head home in the future for a real break every Winter...
Typically, most people try to assign such an inglorious distinction to autumn, a time which precedes the snowy festivities of winter and comes right after the good weather has just about run its course. And logic, at least on the surface, works...