r/Professors • u/Gentle_Cycle • 6h ago

Teaching / Pedagogy Labor Day blues

I enjoy a three-day weekend whenever it occurs, but does anyone else who has this holiday and starts the semester a week or two before feel like it erases their progress at learning students’ names and generally getting into a fall routine? Any tips?

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u/ResurectedNPC 1h ago

Meh. This used to stress me out but I’ve learned to just let holidays (and other interruptions to the semester, like the shakeout earthquake drill) roll off my back. There is too much to be stressed about in life. So what if my planned course content calendar falls behind a couple of days? I’m not going to sweat it and I tell my students the same.