When students get work over break, the obvious implication is that the assigned work should trump any need for a proper break. There is no University document that prohibits assigning work over break. Which isn’t to say work over break is assigned with malice, or to diminish the importance of learning. Interfering with rest that betters mental health and academic culture, is just “strongly discouraged.” And faculty simply should not “frame” work over break as work over break. Would it turn the University upside down if the three days following the “intentionally scheduled breaks,” were deadline- and exam-free?

Source: Daily Sun October 17, 2019 01:07 UTC