re: Spring semester

[Cynthia Haynes <cynthiah@utdallas.edu>]

On Fri, 2 Feb 1996 gillespiep@vmsa.csd.mu.edu wrote:

> James, I think that a lot of WCs are having sluggish traffic just now.  
> Spring is always a slower semester than fall for some reason.  Does 
> anyone have any good ideas why that is?  
> 
> Paula Gillespie
> Marquette University

Paula...I used to think about that alot when I directed the UTA Writing 
Center.  My theory is that the beginning of a new calendar year means 
it's not urgent to get things accomplished...there's still a whole year 
in front of us.  Not to mention some 330 shopping days left until 
Christmas :)  So, things slow down.  Plenty of time to procrastinate.  
The Fall is intense, seems shorter (to me, at least).  I think Spring 
cleaning must have something to do with it too :)  So, the upshot of all 
this, in my theory, as it relates to academia is that enrollment drops in 
the spring since people feel they still have summer and fall to make up 
for lost time.  They're tired from the holidays.  And I'm factoring 
faculty and students into this theory.  Heck!  There's an inch or so of 
snow on my yard today, ice on the streets, and I'm playing with 
webweavers when I should be working on the draft of an article due Monday.

So, for those you thinking o O (why doesn't she get to it, then!!) O o...
OK OK!

Theorizing-on-the-rocks-with-salt,

Cynthia Haynes


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