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An Open Letter To Professors Who Gave Work Over Spring Break

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An Open Letter To Professors Who Gave Work Over Spring Break

Dear professors,

As we sit here staring at our Señor Frogs cup and over packed suitcases ready to make the drive back to school, we are also really stressing out about the many things on our to-do lists when we get back. 

A group project, two exams and five assignments and that's called a "break"? In the most respectful way possible, we are failing to see how this is logical in any way.

Don't get us wrong, we already know what you're about to say. We haven't procrastinated. We knew that things were due and worked on them for weeks before we left. It wasn't easy with the already existing weekly workload piling up on top of the new stuff. Nonetheless, we still managed to get a lot of it done. 

Getting things done ahead of time still didn't fully prepare us for the oral presentation we have to give the Monday we get back or the test we have in two days. We still have to meet with our group as soon as we touch land back at school to be fully prepared for what you're asking from us. We still needed to work on parts of assignments for accuracy. 

Some of us had things planned. A cruise with our friends, skiing with our family or just staying home and doing nothing for once waited for us. Would you want to spend the majority of your so-called vacation stressed about something due in the next few days that's 25 percent of your grade, or paycheck for this matter? Our guess would be no.

Of course, some of us spent our last weekend attached to our computers instead of spending quality time with our families for some busy-work assignment. Some of us typed away on our smartphones in a noisy airport terminal trying to get things done instead of getting excited for where we were going because our assignments were due during spring break. (Is that even allowed?)

A break is there for a reason. It's for us students to be able to relax and collect our thoughts after a hectic first half of a semester. It's there for us to work on our mental and physical health, two things which some professors seem to believe should take the back burner to their pressing work. 

Next year, we promise we won't forget everything we've ever learned in one week if you don't give us work. Give us more assignments in the weeks prior to break if you want to. Just remember that a break is not a chance to cram as many things as possible into one week or to completely ignore the word "break" at all. 

All we asked for was one week of peace and solitude. We respect you, please respect us. Give us a (real) break.

Sincerely,

Stressed and Sad Students

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