Turnover

摘要

Every December brings the bittersweet end to yet another Fall term. By this time each semester, I’m usually ready to collapse. Homework assignments, which I’ve been procrastinating grading, have matured into intimidating stalagmites on my kitchen table. Papers and projects crowd out the other e-mails in my inbox. Every one of the tasks I was “totally going to get done this semester” seems to laugh at me from neglected to-do lists. So even with final exams still to be written, the last day of class always brings a great sense of relief — the piles (at least until new ones begin in January) won’t grow any bigger!