Process of creating syllabi:
Stage 1: Denial (two weeks before classes start). “There’s plenty of summer left! I’ll do it later.”
Stage 2: Preliminary Acceptance (one week and 6 days later). “Ah hell, class is tomorrow…I’ll get started now.”
Stage 3: Naïve Excitement (upon immediately sitting down at the desk). “This will be the best semester ever! I have so many ideas, and two months of sunlight and socialization have washed away last semester’s disillusionment!”
Stage 4: Confusion (after consulting Official Academic Calendar, which is completely different than Regular People Calendar). “Wait, that can’t be right…there’s an extra week here…”
Stage 5: Apathy (when it’s getting late). “Eh, I’ll just change the dates on last semester’s calendar. It’ll transfer.”
Stage 6: Anger (when somehow last semester’s syllabus dates won’t transfer to the current one). “@&#$^$%! It’s the SAME as last year! Why is there still an extra #*$&ing week?!”
Stage 7: Paranoia (when it’s getting later). “This is IMPOSSIBLE to do! Weeks don’t just magically appear! Who ARE these people – wizards?!”
Stage 8: Final Acceptance (after a few beers). “Oh forget it…we’ll just watch a movie that week.”
