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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Federal employees literally get off [u]59 minutes[/u] early on long weekends. Wahoo!!!

And my workplace has decided to cut back on this. [/quote]

My spouse gets these early releases and you know this isn't always true. It's often a lot more time than 59 minutes.

But my point is, cancelling class the day before a holiday is going to be a "benefit" for an overwhelming number of students...and yes, faculty too. It's a perk. It's nice. It's a reward or a gift, so to speak: what the students do with the time is up to them. If it is SO IMPORTANT that the students rush home the second classes end, whenever that is, then just book the kid's travel a day early and let them miss a Tuesday class (that is likely to be cancelled anyway). Most professors understand this and are unfazed by working around it if the students gives notice and is responsible. No reasonable professor would schedule an exam that week, and at most they'd have a turn-in submission due at class time (actually, this is a common way to deal with the cancelled class issue). This is not something to complain about for planning reasons, as your child is the master of his or her own schedule by the time they're in college.

As far as missing work or content: no professor who is halfway decent is going to skip content and put your child in academic jeopardy for a holiday week cancellation. Don't worry - they'll cover photosynthesis, if they haven't already. They're going to strategically catch it up or offer a remote lecture (this is done ALL THE TIME, by the way, for other reasons like presenting at conferences or being sick) or they'll offer a supplemental activity or class.

And you know what? If that professor offers extra office hours or an optional lecture at an alternate time, 85% of the students won't go or sign-up. Doubt me? I'd love to invite you to come sit in on my holiday week office hours with me and see how many students show. [/quote]

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