There is a post up over on insidehighered.com that discusses how one's choice to work (or not) over Thanksgiving break is reflective of daily work habits. While I don't necessarily agree with the article, it did get me thinking about how I approach the holidays.
I'm grateful for the break from classes. By this time of year, my students are mostly tired of me, and, to be very honest, I'm tired of some of them, too.
In grad school, I rarely took Thanksgiving off. Free parking and empty labs? Sign! Me! Up!
But now? I am a professor!!
Wait....where is the super hero music? (Wow....it's quieter here than my class was last Friday. Tough crowd.)
This week, I plan to work the first half, spend Thursday and Friday with the Puppy and N.A. (and copious amounts of Pie), and then work most of the weekend to finish up grading. Hopefully somewhere in there I will make the time to catch up on the blogosphere.
I would like to think that my students will find time to get some work done over break, too.
...but I'm not going to hold my breath on that one.
