Famous Last Words: An Ode to Dead Week

Oh Dead Week, how I wish you were actually dead... Instead us students are forced to slave away on assignments, presentations, lab reports, papers, studying for quizzes, and exams! I am always amazed at how many things I have due during dead week or assigned during dead week. It is understandable from the professors point of view that they would want to utilize every week we are in class. However, according to the OU handbook we are not supposed to be taught new material and we are not to have anything worth more than 10% of our final grade! I know several friends who are struggling with assignments and exams this week that are either just at 10% or equal more than that. It is unfair for us students to have to constantly deal with professors who are unwilling to understand that students have a busy schedule to prepare for the exams the following week. Particularly for those of us in 18+ credit hours. I have a friend who has 7 finals this semester, but has 2 papers they have to turn in this week before they can begin studying! As much as I am glad to see the end of this semester, this week will be a challenging one to get through!

The truth behind dead week

Improvements!

I have really enjoyed this class and can say that there are few improvements I would make. However, one thing that I have been thinking about is making the week's assignments all due on the last Sunday. Personally, I have been very busy this semester so trying to make sure everything was done on a Monday or Tuesday evening was a bit stressful. So, something to consider would be making it so that all assignments were due the last Sunday with a guide of what a student could be doing throughout the week to stay on track!

I also really wish that we had more opportunities to post with our own voice, such as with Famous Last Words posts. I really enjoyed being able to post a little bit about myself and what was going on, as well as about anything that interested me. I think that adding a few more options for that would be nice!