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Finals in January: give me a break!

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Warning: The following column is the sole opinion of a ranting and irrevocably stressed teenager averaging six hours of sleep per night. All accusations and suggestions are due to several emotional breakdowns and to-do lists the size of ancient Egypt parchments.

Now that I have addressed the potential bias of this column, it is time to address the age old debate on campus: Should finals be before or after Winter Break? To me it isn’t even a question.

Without a doubt final exams should be taken before we take a break from everything academics for two weeks. Of course they should be taken before we spend 14+ days reliving our summertime freedom, subbing the Texas heat for a hint of holiday cheer. Final exams should absolutely be taken before the student body proceeds to forget all the knowledge they have attained over the past four months. It isn’t even a question.

Not only is it silly for us to postpone the end of the semester until after the holidays because of the chance students will forget what they learned, but also Winter Break has the word break in it for a reason. The last thing I want to be doing on my last couple days of break is cramming for the review projects I have due on the first day we get back, in typical procrastinator fashion. It would be refreshing to come back to school after a nice relaxing break, ready to start the new semester on a fresh note, not immediately back into stress-mode.

So regardless of why the system is the way it is, it’s time to make a change.

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Liz Schasel, Editor-in-chief
Liz Schasel has yet to introduce herself in a staff biography without a joke about being vertically-challenged, and wouldn’t feel comfortable starting her senior year without continuing the short-lived tradition (there it is). Ready for the multitude of adventures this year has to offer, Liz has mentally prepared herself to sacrifice sleep for the success of her many extracurriculars which include The Red Ledger, Relay For Life committee, school and club soccer, Key Club, NHS, and the Dallas Swing Dance Society. She also tutors adorable children and works at Pie Five where she is an acclaimed pizza architect. In her free time, Liz spontaneously explodes into billions of particles, injuring those within a 50 mile radius. Luckily for mankind, Liz has never experienced free time, as this tragic event has yet to occur. Thrilled to have one last year’s worth of Modern Epic Poems to write (self-proclaimed epics by the modern definition, not by literary standards), Liz is ready to embark on her third consecutive year as editor of The Red Ledger and looks forward to everything her wonderful, dedicated, bacon-crazed staff will accomplish.

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