Spring Break Fun: Tell Us What You're Doing!

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Discussion Overview

The thread revolves around participants sharing their plans and experiences for Spring Break, discussing various activities, locations, and personal reflections. The conversation includes both light-hearted sharing and some concerns related to academic responsibilities during this time.

Discussion Character

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  • Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses excitement about Spring Break and invites others to share their plans, mentioning a potential trip to the Guadelupe River.
  • Another participant shares plans to travel to Europe for two weeks, expressing concern about missing school.
  • A participant mentions missing their child who is in Cancun for Spring Break.
  • There is a discussion about perceptions of drinking, with one participant reflecting on their own experience of not studying during their break.
  • One participant shares enjoyment of being home and participating in social events, including a rugby event and family gatherings.
  • Another participant notes that their Spring Break is two weeks away, indicating a difference in timing among participants.
  • A participant describes plans to chaperone a bird counting event on Belle Island.
  • Several participants share their recent trips to various locations, including Nassau, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Vegas, and Cabo San Lucas.
  • One participant recounts a frustrating situation regarding a missed final exam due to a TA not showing up, expressing concern about academic consequences.
  • Another participant suggests that exceptions should be made for the final exam situation, discussing the importance of the syllabus and potential arguments against taking the exam.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants share a variety of personal experiences and plans, but there is no consensus on the appropriateness of drinking during Spring Break or how to handle academic challenges related to missed exams. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the best approach to the final exam situation.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their Spring Break plans and academic responsibilities, highlighting the variability in experiences and expectations. There are also references to differing opinions on social behaviors during breaks.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in social activities during Spring Break, those facing academic challenges, or anyone looking for a sense of community in shared experiences may find this discussion relevant.

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WOO-HOO! Spring Break!

Since I'm not going anywhere for Spring Break I'd like to live vicariously through those that are. Please tell where y'all are going for SB and what y'all are doing. Bonus for you if you are doing something BESIDES getting swervy. If I can get ANY time off from work I'll probably just toob down the Guadelupe River (58 degrees year round = red top & blue bottom) and enjoy the silence. Thank goodness it's only a one hour drive from here.
 
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This upcoming Wednesday I am going to be on a flight to europe, I will stay there for two weeks. In total I will have missed a week of school O.O, I wonder how that will go...
 
The Child of Evo is in Cancun for 8 days. :frown: I really miss her.
 
Why do those who don't drink have a negative thought towards those who do?

Note: This isn't always the case, but generally it is.

I got wasted on my reading week (early spring break), and didn't crack open one book. Not even the ones, I want to read. I figured, my brain needs a break.
 
I'm home and enjoying having a sofa, (its funny, but i really hate not having a couch in my dorm.) then i'll be going to a big huge rugby thing and probably drinking too much. My friends were going to try and sneak me into a strip club on weds, but I'm thinking that... probably won't happen. We'll see. Yesterday my family had a big partied and i entertained everyone by playing guitar with this other guy. other than that, i really don't have plans... i should be going to florida... but things didn't quite work out...
 
I don't even have spring break until two weeks from now. You guys are breaking early. It isn't even spring yet.
 
JasonRox said:
Why do those who don't drink have a negative thought towards those who do? Note: This isn't always the case, but generally it is.
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You'll get no bad mojo from me. I was just adding that flyer because some people do things like helping Habitat for Humanity, etc. over their SB. Last year one of my dear Nieces spent her entire SB with my Octegenarian Mother catering to her every need, which in my book, gives her bonus points on the tote board of life.
 
I will chaperone a group of young adults counting birds as they{the birds} have there stop over on Belle Island. A dot of land in the middle of the Detroit river.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/300px-Belle_isle_detroit_full.jpg
 
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::Sigh:: I just got back from Nassau, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten.
 
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Vegas, then Cabo san Lucas, Mexico.
 
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russ_watters said:
I went to Mardi Gras, is that close enough?

Cool! Oh, and you claimed you were just sick to explain not being around, huh? Now the truth comes out. And here we were all so concerned for you when the only sickness was a hangover, huh? :-p :rolleyes:
 
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Vegas, then Cabo san Lucas, Mexico.

Omg, this really sucks. Listen to this. The TA who was supposed to give the final exam never showed up (final at 8:00 am), so my teacher is trying to convince the rest of the class to show up for a friday final, which was never accounted for. I'm home right now, and have no way of making it back for the final for friday 8-11 pm, so will probably have to take an incomplete for this quarter. This really messes my whole plan up, and I now have to continue to study for a final i'll take shortly after my spring break. Has this ever happened to you guys, and if so, what can I do to avoid taking any sort of final?
 
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Tell the prof to shove it.

Note: See my reason to "Rant on Physics Teacher" thread.

This is when you really have to say something.
 
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Gza said:
Omg, this really sucks. Listen to this. The TA who was supposed to give the final exam never showed up (final at 8:00 am), so my teacher is trying to convince the rest of the class to show up for a friday final, which was never accounted for. I'm home right now, and have no way of making it back for the final for friday 8-11 pm, so will probably have to take an incomplete for this quarter. This really messes my whole plan up, and I now have to continue to study for a final i'll take shortly after my spring break. Has this ever happened to you guys, and if so, what can I do to avoid taking any sort of final?

While I wouldn't usually advocate getting out of a final, these circumstances seem like some exceptions should be made (maybe final optional for those who need it to help their grade).

What does your syllabus state regarding the final exam? If you showed up for the right date and time and it doesn't say anything about possibility of rescheduling or make-up exam dates, you probably have a good argument not to take it, though, it might be easier in the long run to just study over the break and take it when you return than to fight it. I've really never heard of a situation where nobody showed up to GIVE the exam. Even if the TA was suddenly struck ill, the exam still should have been somewhere that anyone could have come in and passed it out to the class.
 

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