This semester we have had more holidays than I can remember for any other semester in my undergrad and post-grad life.
We had one week of no classes (six days from Monday to Saturday) because of swine flu. Then we had two Mondays because of a typhoon. Then two other days to commemorate two people, the founder of Iglesia Ni Kristo, Eddie Manalo, and our former President Cory Aquino.
Typhoon Ondoy gave us another whole week, six days!
The total being more or less 3 weeks of no classes for this semester. I have some subjects that are barely halfway through and finals will be in a week!
The situation must be pretty dire for other schools as well. A Congressman recently proposed that professors in college give extra credit for those who volunteered during relief efforts for typhoon Ondoy.
I love vacations just as much as the next guy, but this might be too big a risk for my academic future. Grades are not everything, but I can only wish that maybe, just maybe, the school administration will be a bit more lenient with our grades, hopefully letting us pass this semester, in light of the fact that this is the worst flood we've had in more than fifty years. For some this is the worst flood ever!
An act of God is surely way beyond the control or foreseeable event that a simple student (almost typed stupid hehe) can avoid.
I pray we get some kind of academic break (the same way Marcos let everyone pass the semester when he declared martial law long time ago).
its not like we planned all these holidays and tragedies.
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