Sunday, March 26, 2017
Is the glass half full or half empty
Is the glass half full or half empty
What is it with academics and summer?
While schools been out for a while, for reasons I cant blog about, my summers just begun. Everyone else seems to think that summers almost over.
As I see it, I still have more than two full months of summer left, minus a couple conferences or commitments here and there. Yet, inevitably, any chat with a fellow academic (fellow faculty, grad students, or friends) is about how summer is "slipping away" or is "almost over" or "has just gone by too fast."
Trust me, Im not an optimist. Why do I feel like theres still so much more time left, that so much more that can be accomplished?
Summer, my friends, is definitely half-full. Every day I get to come into my office and work without students to cater to, lectures to write, papers to grade. Theres no line at the campus coffee shop and faculty meetings are a thing of the past.
The rest of the world can continue to treat summer like its on its last leg, but Im going to enjoy this break for the half-full martini or margarita or mocha latte that it is. I hope you will too!
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