Hey America! I'm glad you had a great Labor Day. It must be nice to have a national holiday off all for the purpose of commemorating and celebrating the social and economic achievements of American workers, right?
Well, here at Hope College we have a different way of celebrating Labor Day, and that is by going to school. It has always been like this, so says one of my professors who has worked at this very institution for 34 years, and there is no sign of change much to the student, faculty and staff's collective dismay. So here is to us, the unfortunate population that has to be in school on this day when all of our friends are hanging at the beach, chilling on a boat, cooking out with friends, or just chilling! We envy you and have major FOMO, but if you don't believe me, here are some funny tweets.
And on this day every Hope student complained about having class on Labor Day.
— Hannah Jenae (@HannahPikaart) September">https://twitter.com/HannahPikaart/status/772812779... 5, 2016
True story tho.
while everyone else has the day off, my class just watched 20 min of videos from elementary teachers rapping the parts of a cell #LaborDay
— erin noel (@erinnoelmurphy) September">https://twitter.com/erinnoelmurphy/status/77284436... 5, 2016
It could be worse. You could be at the beach getting sunburned. You should thank your teacher.
Glad to celebrate Labor Day bright and early with my 8am while everyone else is sleeping!! #dopecollege
— Sarah Dykstra (@SarahDykstra_) September">https://twitter.com/SarahDykstra_/status/772794163... 5, 2016
Just pretend like you're waking up early on Christmas morning.
We at Hope College celebrate Labor Day in style by actually laboring #TheHopeDifference
— Christian Otteman (@cotteman7) September">https://twitter.com/cotteman7/status/7727746060673... 5, 2016
The actual truth.
Love that all my friends are having fun and I'm getting ready for my 8am tomorrow 🙃 #happylaborday #thehopedifference
— sarah beckett (@sarah_beckett5) September">https://twitter.com/sarah_beckett5/status/77263744... 5, 2016
At least you don't have to do it alone - Hope College stands beside you.
so thankful to have 7 hours of classes tomorrow in honor of Labor Day #thehopedifference 🙂
— natalie bertolone (@nataliebertolon) September">https://twitter.com/nataliebertolon/status/7725181... 4, 2016
Yup, that's the Hope difference.
Sorry but like I'm still v confused as to why we have class tomorrow when NO ONE ELSE DOES
— aubrey o'rourke (@aubreyylavoie) September">https://twitter.com/aubreyylavoie/status/772477099... 4, 2016
We are all confused, very, very confused.
